Premier League match prediction: Little separates Leicester City and Crystal Palace in quality

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 10.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Power Stadium (32312 seats)

Data, trends, game results, player info, head to head, selected XIs and a lot more: Here's all you need to know on Leicester City - Crystal Palace!

Insights:
  • Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Only a few days to rest for the hosting team, as they featured in a Europa Conference League game only three days earlier. This match was also played here at King Power Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Crystal Palace have had more rest.

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Leicester City form and stats

Leicester City have collected 24 points from their Premier League home games so far after 7-3-4. Leicester City has recorded two wins in a row here at King Power Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The home followers witnessed a 0-0 draw vs PSV in the Europa Conference League last time out and are looking for a victory here. Dewsbury-Hall (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.13/10. Dewsbury-Hall hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 49 successful passes (of 59 total).

A 1-1 draw away in the Premier League before that, with Manchester United the opponent.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Leicester have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost three.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Leicester City as they are travelling to their away game against PSV in the Europa Conference League. That match is four days after this one.

Leicester City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at King Power Stadium with 24 goals in 14 league matches. Leicester's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Crystal Palace have produced an overall stat of 3-6-5 so far. Crystal Palace love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Palace have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Vicente Guaita Panadero. It's been 314 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.

The supporters enjoyed Crystal Palace's previous fixture versus Arsenal (placed 5th), a 3-0 win played at home. Defender Andersen was the best team player with a rating of 8.23. Andersen signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and won 5 of 8 duels.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Crystal Palace playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were two Palace wins, one draw and three defeats.

Crystal Palace have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 17 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Crystal Palace have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other previously this season, with the final score Crystal Palace - Leicester 2-2 logged in the official records. Previous ten meetings between these contenders: Leicester City won three, Crystal Palace triumphed in four and we saw three draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Leicester CityJ. Vardy
J. Vardy
10 goals
Crystal PalaceW. Zaha
W. Zaha
10 goals
Leicester CityJ. Maddison
J. Maddison
8 goals

Leicester City missing players

Crystal Palace missing players

Leicester City Crystal Palace
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 30
10 7 2 Won W 1 3 8
7 3 1 Drew D 1 6 13
11 4 0 Lost L 1 5 9
43 24 6 Scored S 3 17 42
47 19 3 Conceded C 2 21 38
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
86% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 79% 80%
61% 57% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 53%
36% 43% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 30%
18% 21% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 10%
64% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 50%
18% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 30%
18% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 43% 30%
 
5 4.6 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.1 4.4
6.2 6.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8.3 6.1 5.1
1.4 1.1 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.7 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.8 12 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 8.9 10.5
4.3 4.6 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.5 3.8
36% 38% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 35% 37%
 
16 16.2 16 Shots against (avg) S A 16.3 14.4 12.2
5.3 5.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.5 4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 30 23 4 3 70 18 14 11 1 2 40 10 16 12 3 1 30 8 52 73
2 Liverpool 30 22 6 2 77 20 15 12 3 0 39 7 15 10 3 2 38 13 57 72
3 Chelsea 29 17 8 4 58 23 14 7 5 2 29 14 15 10 3 2 29 9 35 59
4 Tottenham Hotspur 30 17 3 10 52 37 15 10 1 4 31 17 15 7 2 6 21 20 15 54
5 Arsenal 29 17 3 9 44 34 15 10 2 3 24 12 14 7 1 6 20 22 10 54
6 West Ham United 31 15 6 10 51 40 16 9 3 4 29 21 15 6 3 6 22 19 11 51
7 Manchester United 30 14 9 7 49 41 16 8 4 4 25 19 14 6 5 3 24 22 8 51
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 15 4 12 33 27 16 7 2 7 18 16 15 8 2 5 15 11 6 49
9 Crystal Palace 30 8 13 9 42 38 16 5 7 4 25 17 14 3 6 5 17 21 4 37
10 Leicester City 28 10 7 11 43 47 14 7 3 4 24 19 14 3 4 7 19 28 -4 37
11 Aston Villa 30 11 3 16 42 42 14 5 3 6 24 21 16 6 0 10 18 21 0 36
12 Southampton 30 8 12 10 37 46 15 5 7 3 20 14 15 3 5 7 17 32 -9 36
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 7 13 10 26 36 16 3 6 7 10 20 14 4 7 3 16 16 -10 34
14 Brentford 31 9 6 16 37 48 15 5 2 8 16 19 16 4 4 8 21 29 -11 33
15 Newcastle United 30 7 10 13 33 54 14 4 6 4 20 25 16 3 4 9 13 29 -21 31
16 Leeds United 31 7 9 15 35 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 15 3 4 8 17 38 -33 30
17 Everton 29 7 4 18 32 52 14 6 1 7 19 19 15 1 3 11 13 33 -20 25
18 Burnley 29 4 12 13 25 42 15 3 6 6 13 20 14 1 6 7 12 22 -17 24
19 Watford 30 6 4 20 29 57 14 2 1 11 14 34 16 4 3 9 15 23 -28 22
20 Norwich City 30 4 6 20 18 63 15 2 3 10 10 31 15 2 3 10 8 32 -45 18

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.