Leicester vs Crystal Palace Predictions and Betting Tips

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We close off the week’s action in the Premier League at the King Power Stadium as Leicester play hosts to Crystal Palace. Read on for our expert tips and predictions.

The Foxes were held to a 1-1 draw at Selhurst Park in the reverse fixture earlier this season. With that, it is now three games since they’ve lost to Crystal Palace in the league. Can they continue this decent form against the London-based side?

Palace keen on denting Leicester’s UCL hopes

Leicester City was left heartbroken at the tail end of last season as they failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League having led the race by quite some points. This season, however, four points separated them to Chelsea and West Ham who are in 4th and 5th place respectively- both sides to at each other during the weekend. As such, this would be a huge opportunity for the Foxes to increase their lead. During the week, they emerged victors via a 3-0 scoreline against West Brom.

With just five wins in fifteen games since the turn of the year, Palace would once again finish in the mid-table which is pretty much what they have been doing since gaining promotion back in the 2013/2014 season. This could be attributed to them being hard to beat as they’re never in a relegation scrap at the end of the season. In their most recent game, they were beaten by the Blues in a 4-1 thrashing. Can they do the Blues a favor on Monday as they look to pick up points from the Foxes?

Leicester vs Crystal Palace Team News

Justin and Barnes are both ruled out for the hosts while McCarthy remains the only major injury casualty for the visitors.

Leicester possible starting XI:

Schmeichel; Fofana, Evans, Soyuncu; Pereira, Ndidi, Tielemans, Castagne; Perez; Iheanacho, Vardy

Crystal Palace possible starting XI:

Guaita; van Aanholt, Kouyate, Cahill, Ward; Ayew, Milivojevic, Riedewald, Eze; Benteke, Eze

Leicester vs Crystal Palace Prediction: 2-1

We expect the Eagles to be a handful mainly duel to their default defensive setup. As such, we expect the home side to take the initiative as failure to secure maximum points here could be catastrophic. Iheanacho is in very good form netting in his last two games for his side. The Nigerian attacker netting anything is a bet that could be considered. With regards to the outcome, we would be backing the home side to register a hard-fought victory.