Football betting preview: Leicester City favourites when Crystal Palace visits

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Mon 26.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Power Stadium (32312 seats)

It's advantage Leicester City so far with their 3rd position in the Premier League table, welcoming Crystal Palace who are placed 13th.

Insights:
  • Leicester City have the fewest matches under the total-line (12) in Premier League
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Premier League match only four days ago. 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

8-1-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Leicester City so far this season.

A nice win for Leicester last time playing, versus West Bromwich Albion. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Kelechi Iheanacho, Jonny Evans and Jamie Vardy scoring for the victors. Before that, Leicester had a FA Cup home game versus Southampton which ended with a victory 1-0.

Leicester City decided the match against West Bromwich Albion in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (3-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy.

Leicester are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won three, drew one and lost zero.

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

A decent goal production from Leicester in their home games so far, with 28 goals from 16 league matches. Leicester's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

5-3-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Crystal Palace in their Premier League matches away.

Home advantage was not enough for Crystal Palace in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League-match, hosting Chelsea, 1-4. Before that, Palace travelled to Everton and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

You'll want to know how Palace managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found five similar matches resulting in two away wins, zero draws and three home wins.

Palace are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 15 games (in the league). Palace's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 27 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Crystal Palace - Leicester 1-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Leicester won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Crystal Palace has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Leicester CityJ. Vardy
J. Vardy
13 goals
Leicester CityH. Barnes
H. Barnes
9 goals
LeicesterK. Iheanacho
K. Iheanacho
9 goals

Leicester City missing players

Crystal Palace missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leicester City Crystal Palace
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 4 15 31
18 8 1 Won W 1 5 10
5 1 0 Drew D 1 3 8
9 7 4 Lost L 2 7 13
58 28 3 Scored S 4 17 33
37 21 9 Conceded C 10 27 52
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
88% 88% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 77%
59% 62% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 60% 48%
28% 38% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 33% 29%
16% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 19%
50% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 48%
34% 38% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 23%
19% 25% 40% Failed to Score F T 50% 47% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
12 11.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 9.4 8.5
4.5 4.4 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.5 3.2
41% 39% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 32% 34%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Leicester City have the fewest matches under the total-line (12) in Premier League
  • Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 33 24 5 4 69 24 17 12 2 3 37 15 16 12 3 1 32 9 45 77
2 Manchester United 33 19 10 4 64 35 16 9 3 4 34 21 17 10 7 0 30 14 29 67
3 Leicester City 32 18 5 9 58 37 16 8 1 7 28 21 16 10 4 2 30 16 21 59
4 Chelsea 33 16 10 7 51 31 16 7 6 3 27 16 17 9 4 4 24 15 20 58
5 West Ham United 33 16 7 10 53 43 17 9 4 4 29 21 16 7 3 6 24 22 10 55
6 Liverpool 33 15 9 9 55 39 17 8 3 6 25 20 16 7 6 3 30 19 16 54
7 Tottenham Hotspur 33 15 8 10 56 38 16 8 3 5 28 18 17 7 5 5 28 20 18 53
8 Everton 32 15 7 10 44 40 16 5 4 7 22 25 16 10 3 3 22 15 4 52
9 Leeds United 33 14 5 14 50 50 17 6 5 6 22 19 16 8 0 8 28 31 0 47
10 Arsenal 33 13 7 13 44 37 17 6 4 7 19 20 16 7 3 6 25 17 7 46
11 Aston Villa 32 13 6 13 46 37 16 6 3 7 26 23 16 7 3 6 20 14 9 45
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 11 8 14 32 45 17 6 4 7 18 22 16 5 4 7 14 23 -13 41
13 Crystal Palace 31 10 8 13 33 52 16 5 5 6 16 25 15 5 3 7 17 27 -19 38
14 Burnley 33 9 9 15 30 45 16 4 6 6 13 18 17 5 3 9 17 27 -15 36
15 Southampton 32 10 6 16 40 58 15 6 2 7 21 20 17 4 4 9 19 38 -18 36
16 Newcastle United 33 9 9 15 36 54 16 5 5 6 22 27 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 36
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 7 13 13 33 39 16 2 8 6 16 19 17 5 5 7 17 20 -6 34
18 Fulham 33 5 12 16 25 43 17 2 4 11 9 24 16 3 8 5 16 19 -18 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 33 5 10 18 30 64 16 3 5 8 12 33 17 2 5 10 18 31 -34 25
20 Sheffield United 33 5 2 26 18 56 17 4 1 12 11 25 16 1 1 14 7 31 -38 17

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  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 33 24 5 4 69 24 17 12 2 3 37 15 16 12 3 1 32 9 45 77
2 Manchester United 33 19 10 4 64 35 16 9 3 4 34 21 17 10 7 0 30 14 29 67
3 Leicester City 32 18 5 9 58 37 16 8 1 7 28 21 16 10 4 2 30 16 21 59
4 Chelsea 33 16 10 7 51 31 16 7 6 3 27 16 17 9 4 4 24 15 20 58
5 West Ham United 33 16 7 10 53 43 17 9 4 4 29 21 16 7 3 6 24 22 10 55
6 Liverpool 33 15 9 9 55 39 17 8 3 6 25 20 16 7 6 3 30 19 16 54
7 Tottenham Hotspur 33 15 8 10 56 38 16 8 3 5 28 18 17 7 5 5 28 20 18 53
8 Everton 32 15 7 10 44 40 16 5 4 7 22 25 16 10 3 3 22 15 4 52
9 Leeds United 33 14 5 14 50 50 17 6 5 6 22 19 16 8 0 8 28 31 0 47
10 Arsenal 33 13 7 13 44 37 17 6 4 7 19 20 16 7 3 6 25 17 7 46
11 Aston Villa 32 13 6 13 46 37 16 6 3 7 26 23 16 7 3 6 20 14 9 45
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 11 8 14 32 45 17 6 4 7 18 22 16 5 4 7 14 23 -13 41
13 Crystal Palace 31 10 8 13 33 52 16 5 5 6 16 25 15 5 3 7 17 27 -19 38
14 Burnley 33 9 9 15 30 45 16 4 6 6 13 18 17 5 3 9 17 27 -15 36
15 Southampton 32 10 6 16 40 58 15 6 2 7 21 20 17 4 4 9 19 38 -18 36
16 Newcastle United 33 9 9 15 36 54 16 5 5 6 22 27 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 36
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 7 13 13 33 39 16 2 8 6 16 19 17 5 5 7 17 20 -6 34
18 Fulham 33 5 12 16 25 43 17 2 4 11 9 24 16 3 8 5 16 19 -18 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 33 5 10 18 30 64 16 3 5 8 12 33 17 2 5 10 18 31 -34 25
20 Sheffield United 33 5 2 26 18 56 17 4 1 12 11 25 16 1 1 14 7 31 -38 17

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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.