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Crystal Palace pack their bags to visit Leicester City at Walkers Stadium on Friday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 22 games played, Eagles have recorded 5 wins, and Leicester City have come away with 8 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Walkers Stadium was more than three years back, in February 2003, the Foxes carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 14 Sep | Crystal Palace | 3 - 3 | Leicester City | LGEC |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 11 Apr | Crystal Palace | 0 - 3 | Leicester City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Leicester City have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
Crystal Palace have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Leicester City find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 47 points from their 41 matches. Crystal Palace's total of 70 points from their 41 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca Cola Championship.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leicester City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Eagles has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Leicester City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leicester City | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Crystal Palace | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |