Leicester vs Crystal Palace Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 15th January 2025

Leicester enjoy home advantage, when visitors Crystal Palace swing by on Wednesday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Leicester are placed 19th with 14 points after 20 matches. Crystal Palace occupy a position as 15th in the league on 21 points.

Leicester welcome their visitors from The Eagles with the aim of closing the gap in the Premier League standings. A successful outcome could be crucial for their future endeavours this season.

The Foxes are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net nine times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.9 goals per game, as they conceded 26 goals. They managed zero clean sheets in these matches.

Crystal Palace are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 13 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.3 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 15 goals, and while Crystal Palace claimed two clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.5 goals per match.

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 2-2 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest this coming Wednesday.

Leicester vs Crystal Palace Prediction

Leicester Form

Leicester suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches, as they were run over by Manchester City in a 0-2 defeat. Aston Villa also proved too hard to handle, as they won 2-1, before Leicester were able to strike back last time out in a 6-2 win against Queens Park Rangers. Leicester just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the King Power Stadium. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored seven and conceded 13 goals.

Crystal Palace Form

In their last three matches, Crystal Palace beat Southampton 2-1, drew 1-1 with Chelsea and beat Stockport County by 1-0. Crystal Palace claimed two wins against three draws and one defeat in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches reads six goals conceded and eight scored.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, and we fully expect the trend to continue, when Leicester renew Crystal Palace their acquaintance.

Leicester won six points from their last five encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won one, scored seven and let in nine goals. Crystal Palace earned two wins and eight points from their past five matches against teams placed in the bottom six of the Premier League table. They scored eight and allowed seven goals against on their way. Leicester have a record of three wins, five draws and 12 defeats in the Premier League this season. Crystal Palace enjoy a record of four wins, nine draws and seven defeats in the Premier League.

Leicester vs Crystal Palace Squads

Leicester Squad

van Nistelrooy will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Crystal Palace from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Daniel Iversen (0/0), Danny Ward (0/2), Jakub Stolarczyk (0/3), Mads Hermansen (0/16), Conor Coady (0/9), James Justin (2/19), Jannik Vestergaard (0/12), Luke Thomas (0/2), Memeh Caleb Okoli (0/13), Ricardo Pereira (0/2), Victor Kristiansen (0/17), Wout Faes (1/17), Bilal El Khannous (1/15), Boubakary Soumare (0/13), Facundo Buonanotte (4/17), Hamza Choudhury (0/0), Harry Winks (0/15), Kasey McAteer (0/9), Michael Golding (0/0), Oliver Skipp (0/12), Wilfred Ndidi (0/15), Will Alves (0/0), Abdul Fatawu (0/11), Bobby Reid (1/14), Jamie Vardy (6/18), Jordan Ayew (4/18), Odsonne Edouard (0/6), Patson Daka (1/8), Stephy Mavididi (3/19).

Crystal Palace Squad

Here is the full team squad of Crystal Palace. The 50 year-old Oliver Glasner will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Dean Henderson (0/20), Louie Moulden (0/0), Matt Turner (0/0), Remi Matthews (0/0), Chadi Riad (0/1), Chris Richards (0/9), Daniel Munoz (2/19), Joel Ward (0/0), Marc Guehi (2/19), Maxence Lacroix (1/17), Nathaniel Clyne (0/8), Rob Holding (0/0), Trevoh Chalobah (3/12), Tyrick Mitchell (0/20), Adam Wharton (0/8), Cheick Oumar Doucoure (0/12), Daichi Kamada (0/16), Jefferson Lerma (0/16), Jeffrey Schlupp (0/11), Justin Devenny (1/8), Will Hughes (0/17), Eberechi Eze (2/16), Edward Nketiah (0/14), Franco Umeh-Chibueze (0/0), Ismaila Sarr (4/20), Jean-Philippe Mateta (5/20), Matheus Franca (0/0).

Leicester vs Crystal Palace Team News

At the time of writing, Crystal Palace just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Wednesday. Ismaila Sarr is ineligible for selection in the Crystal Palace squad, as he is suspended.

Cheick Oumar Doucoure won't be travelling with Crystal Palace this time, as he nurses an injury.

Leicester vs Crystal Palace Lineups

Leicester vs Crystal Palace H2H

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 2-2 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest on Wednesday? Leicester go into their upcoming match against Crystal Palace with a 40% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 4-4-2 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Leicester vs Crystal Palace Results

The past ten matches between Leicester and Crystal Palace have largely been entertaining affairs. Over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in these encounters. It seems only natural to look for goals this coming Wednesday. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/11 with the bookies.

Leicester vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Premier League, Jordan Ayew will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Crystal Palace hope Ismaila Sarr can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three Premier League goals in his last six Premier League games.

Leicester claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing five. Crystal Palace won four of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost three of the games in this run. Goals are flowing freely for Leicester on home soil currently, as both teams scored in seven of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target seven times in Crystal Palace''s last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Leicester managed an average of 1.6 goals, with Crystal Palace averaging 1.3 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in this run of matches. Leicester saw over 2.5 goals in nine of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Crystal Palace, who managed to score 1.4 times in those matches.