Leicester vs Crystal Palace prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-01-14 19:30.
[p]Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy will hope that a 6-2 FA Cup win over second-tier QPR injects some confidence into his dressing room as the Foxes look to stave off an immediate return to the Championship. That victory came on the back of a five-match losing streak in the Premier League to leave them two points adrift of safety pre-round, with all but one of those defeats coming by multiple-goal margins.[/p]
[p]The exception was a 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa most recently, and they’ll look to carry momentum from an encouraging performance there into this clash with Crystal Palace. Recent H2H history bodes well on that front, as not since February 2019 have they lost on home soil to the Eagles (W3, D1), while nine of their 14 points accumulated in the Premier League this term came at the King Power Stadium.[/p]
[p]Crystal Palace also enjoyed a winning outing in the FA Cup third round, though they were made to work much harder for their victory as they squeezed past third-tier Stockport 1-0 at Selhurst Park. That result at least extended their unbeaten run to four matches across all competitions (W2, D2) as manager Oliver Glasner looks to move his side further away from the relegation zone.[/p]
[p]Winning this game would go a long way to opening that gap up further for the Eagles, and they seem well placed to do just that as they remain unbeaten across their last five away league games (W2, D3). Another positive result here would see them equal their best ever run in that regard across their top-flight history, with their most recent such run of six coming back in February 1992![/p]
[p]Players to watch: Leicester’s Jordan Ayew will be out to haunt his former side and any strike from him here could arrive late since three of his four Premier League goals this season have come beyond the 90th minute. Only against Aston Villa (4) has Jean-Philippe Mateta scored more Premier League goals than against Leicester, with two of his three strikes against the Foxes coming in this season’s reverse fixture (D 2-2). [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Leicester have attempted just 174 shots in the Premier League this season – the lowest tally in the competition. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Nathan Evans[/i][/p]