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Crystal Palace face a trip to Leicester City at Walkers Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 23 games played, Eagles have recorded 5 wins, and Leicester City have come away with 9 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2006, with Leicester City running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 14 Sep | Crystal Palace | 3 - 3 | Leicester City | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Leicester City have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Foxes in those games, with 4 conceded.
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 see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 16 points from their 12 games played so far, Crystal Palace's 17 points from 12 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leicester City | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 12 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Crystal Palace have an average recent record on the road, and this could be the reason why Leicester City may poach a narrow victory, according to the Madmen. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leicester City | Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
| Crystal Palace | An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |