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Leicester City face a trip to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Foxes will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in January 2006, with Crystal Palace running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 21 Oct | Leicester City | 1 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Fri 07 Apr | Leicester City | 2 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 02 Jan | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 01 Feb | Leicester City | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 27 Aug | Crystal Palace | 0 - 0 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Wed 01 Nov | Leicester City | 0 - 3 | Crystal Palace | LGEC |
| 1999/2000 | Wed 22 Sep | Leicester City | 4 - 2 | Crystal Palace | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
Leicester City have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Foxes's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 10 against.
Crystal Palace's 49 points from 36 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Leicester City see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 45 points from their 35 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
| Leicester City | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
An indifferent set of results for Leicester City on the road, and I believe this game is only going to yield a solitary point for the Foxes. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | 5 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Leicester City | Undefeated in last 3 away games. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |