Crystal Palace vs Leicester: Preview and Prediction

Sunday 3rd November 2019

England Premier League
Sunday 3rd November 2019
Kick off at 2pm GMT
Venue: Selhurst Park

Match Preview:

Watch out Crystal Palace, the last time Leicester played they won 9-0! Roy Hodgson’s team have been preparing for this Sunday match and these two sides have started the season well so we should be in for a very entertaining game of football.

Palace are in 6^th place with 15 points and have lost just once in their last five games. That defeat was to Manchester City so can be forgiven and the Eagles have had a really solid start. Last weekend they got a remarkable draw at Arsenal, as they were 2-0 down and fought back to 2-2 when all seemed lost.

The Eagles have lost just once at Selhurst Park and have won 8 points from their 15 so far. The one worry is that they are not scoring enough goals at home with just 4 so far, on the flipside, they have conceded just 3.

Leicester stunned Southampton and a few back pages with their brilliant 9-0 victory over the Saints, which set a new Premier League away record victory. The Foxes are easily having their best season since they won the title in 2016 and come into this match in 4th place with 20 points just 5 points behind Manchester City. They also have Chelsea 3 points ahead after their win over Watford this weekend.

Brendan Rodgers side have won 4 from their last 5 games, losing only to Liverpool in what was controversial circumstances (last minute penalty). Away from home their record isn’t as great, making up just 35% of their points. Then again when they switch, they can beat teams 9-0 on the road. The bottom line is Leicester are in a very good moment and will be full of confidence going into this match.

Team News:

Crystal Palace: Andros Townsend has recovered from a muscle injury but is a major doubt through a lack of fitness and looks like he could miss out. There is no known date for Connor Wickham’s return who is also suffering from some fitness issues

Leicester: The Foxes have no new injury worries coming into this game

Crystal Palace vs Leicester Head to Head:

Crystal Palace won this fixture last season 1-0.

Crystal Palace have won the last 4 meetings between the sides.

The last time Leicester beat Crystal Palace away from home was in 2016.

Crystal Palace vs Leicester Prediction:

There is so much to analyse here because on one side we have Palace who have been pretty solid at home, with very few goals in those games. Even Manchester City could only score two. We then have Leicester who have lost two games away, although that was against Liverpool and Manchester United, and have drawn 1-1 at Chelsea which was impressive but that was near the beginning of the season. There are a lot of similarities in both teams, that is why we think this will be a very close game, where a lot will be decided in the midfield. Watch out for the corner market, entertaining games at Selhurst Park have had quite a few especially when the teams are more level. Palace have had 13 on their own on some occasions so we will take the corner market for this game also.

Crystal Palace vs Leicester Betting Tips:

Highest Scoring Half: 2^nd half at 1.91

Half Time Correct Score: 0-0 at 2.50

Over 10.5 corners at 1.83