Crystal Palace vs Leicester
English Premier League
Date: Saturday, 15th April 2017
Kick-off at 15:00 UK / 16:00 CET
Venue: Selhurst Park, London.
Crystal Palace will look to continue their fine recent form and move further away from the relegation places when they host Leicester City at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon.
Palace currently sit six points clear of safety after a run of six wins in seven matches, and another victory against the Foxes could secure their Premier League status for another season.
Leicester, on the other hand, will have one eye on their Champions League second-leg fixture with Spanish giants Atletico Madrid at the King Power coming up in midweek.
Recent Form
As alluded to earlier, Crystal Palace have been in incredible form of late, winning six of their last seven matches to stretch clear of the teams battling for survival below them.
Victory against league leaders Chelsea – only their second loss at Stamford Bridge this season – was followed up with a demolition of top four chasing Arsenal as Sam Allardyce’s side have ran riot.
Defeat away to Southampton has been the only blot on their copybook since the middle of February, and that was only courtesy of two late goals from the hosts.
Leicester themselves have been on a decent run of form since Craig Shakespeare took over from the departed Claudio Ranieri, winning five of their last six league matches to secure their own survival.
Resounding victory against Liverpool proved to be the turning point of their season, with wins against relegation rivals Hull City and Sunderland taking the Foxes away from trouble at the bottom.
Crystal Palace
The hosts are in on a great run. Palace won 5 out of last 6 Premier League matches. Their home form is also astonishing – Crystal Palace won previous three games at Selhurst without conceding a single goal.
However, they are still near the relegation zone in the 16th place. It is almost unimaginable for a team lead by Big Sam to face the relegation, so Crystal Palace will probably cruise towards the mid-table as the season is coming to an end.
Leicester City
The champions of England are amidst their two-legged Champions League quarter-final tie against Spanish Atletico Madrid, so the players will be certainly fatigued or rested for the clash in London.
Leicester’s away form is woeful. In 15 visits this season, they only managed to win a single game. They were defeated 11 times while 3 matches ended without a winner.
However, Leicester improved their goal-scoring form, as they managed to find the net at least twice over the last six Premier League matches.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester: Head-to-head
The previous three meetings between the two sides went to Leicester. Before 2014, Crystal Palace and Leicester were meeting regularly in Championship.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester: Prediction
The hosts will probably register another three points on Saturday against the tired champions. We can also expect a goal from each side since both teams prefer the offensive approach recently.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester: Bet tips
The first pick will be Crystal Palace to win at 1.80.
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