Little to separate Crystal Palace and Leicester City

Crystal Palace and Leicester City clash this Saturday at the Selhurst Park for round 29 of the Premier League . Currently, Roy Hodgson's team are 12th in the table with 27 points, while Brendan Rodgers's team are 17th with 25 points.

After losing 4x1 in the last match against Arsenal (Premier League 2022/2023), Crystal Palace receive Leicester City, who drew 1x1 against Brentford (Premier League 2022/2023). Ahead of the contest, Roy Hodgson's team is on a sequence of 12 games without a win in the Premier League 2022/23. On the other hand, Brendan Rodgers's team is on a sequence of 5 games without a win in the Premier League 2022/23. A look back at the history books shows that Crystal Palace and Leicester City have faced each other seventy-eight times, with Brendan Rodgers's team holding the advantage: 30 victories, against 27 victories of Roy Hodgson's team. Specifically in the Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace have the advantage in the duels against Leicester City: 18 wins in 39 games, while Brendan Rodgers's team has 13 wins.

In the Premier League, twenty-seven games were played between the two teams, with 10 wins for Leicester City, 8 draws and 9 wins for Crystal Palace.

Considering the Premier League 2022/23, from Crystal Palace's most influential players, Eberechi Eze has entered the field 28 times, and Marc Guéhi is the one with more minutes played (2430). Wilfried Zaha has scored 6 goals, the most across Crystal Palace's squad. As for Leicester City, Jamie Vardy participated in 27 games, and Danny Ward has played the most minutes (2340). James Maddison is their current best scorer with 9 goals.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with a draw, 0x0. It is expected to be a thrilling clash, that can go either way.