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Leicester City vs. Crystal Palace kicks-off on Monday April 26, 2021, at 20:00 (GMT+1). Venue: King Power Stadium.
Preview Leicester City Premier League, Apr 26, 2021
Preview Leicester City put in a solid performance against West Bromwich Albion on Thursday, edging past the relegation threatened side with a 3-0 win. Jamie Vardy (23') ended his two-month goal drought after he scored the opener for the Foxes. Jonny Evans (26') doubled the lead before Nigerian international, Kelechi Iheanacho (36') found the back of the net for the ninth time this season after eleven premier League appearances. It was a much-needed win after two straight Premier League defeats, – against Manchester City (0-2) and West Ham (3-2). The Foxes have three victories in five games: WWLLW (Premier League) and are in 3rd place after playing 32 matches. Having six more games to play, the FA Cup finalists have scored 58 goals and conceded 37 goals in this campaign. That leaves them with a GD of +21 and 59 points after 18W, 5D & 9L. Brendan Rodgers’ side have a goal scoring ratio of 1.81 goals per game. The 48 years old coach has done extremely well in the last two seasons with the Foxes and is being tipped for the job at Spurs. He now has a 52.9%-win ratio with Leicester City since his appointment in Feb. 2019. On Monday, he will try to add to that record by picking up a win against Palace. He is expected to adopt an attacking 3—4—1—2 formation with the duo of Jamie Vardy and Iheanacho leading the attack against Crystal Palace. On injuries, James Justin and Harvey Barnes are ruled out of this tie while Wes Morgan remains doubtful.
Preview Crystal Palace Premier League, Apr 26, 2021
Preview Crystal Palace are in 13th place on the table - having, 10W, 8D & 13L. Palace had their game against Southampton postponed due to the Saints' participation in the FA Cup semi-final match against Leicester City. That fixture was supposed to take place on Saturday, the 17th of April. Christian Benteke scored Palace's only goal in their last match which ended in a 4-1 defeat to Chelsea. The defeat leaves them with a form that reads: DLWDL (Premier League). So far, Palace are the fifth highest conceding side with 52 goals. They have scored 33 goals and have a GD of -19 coupled with a goal ratio of 1.06 goals per game. In Monday's game, we expect a 4—4—2 formation from Roy Hodgson with Christian Benteke and Wilfred Zaha leading the attack as a duo. Crystal Palace have 38 points ahead of this Premier League appearance. Roy Hodgson was delighted with the return of several key players to training. “We’ve got a lot of players back, which is good news,” he said during his pre-match press conference as Jeffrey Schlupp, Mamadou Sakho and James Tomkins returned to training. Connor Wickham continues training separately from the squad along with Nathan Ferguson. Midfielder, James McArthur and center-back, Garry Cahill are both ruled out and will be missing this tie.