Leicester City v Crystal Palace betting preview: Prediction, free Premier League tips, best bets and Sporting Life RequestABet
The evening game comes from the King Power, George Pitts looks at the betting.
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1pt Draw no bet - Crystal Palace at 8/5
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Leicester v Crystal Palace (BT Sport 1, 1730 KO)
Roy Hodgson will reach a milestone on Saturday when he becomes the oldest manager in Premier League history, aged 71 years and 198 days old.
The Palace boss surpasses Sir Bobby Robson's record by six days and will be hoping to get a vital away win at Leicester to move further clear of the drop.
The Eagles should be fine avoiding relegation. They are just three points clear of the bottom three, but have gone without defeat in their last five outings in all competitions.
As Palace's manager celebrates a milestone, the other is in danger of losing his job. Claude Puel's Foxes may be 12th and eight points clear of the bottom three, but they have won just once in 2019.
Luka Milivojevic scored the only goal in the reverse fixture at Selhurst Park in a 1-0 win for the hosts in December and there may not be much in it again between two sides of a similar quality.
Betting guide
Prediction: Leicester 1-2 Crystal Palace (Sky Bet odds: Price Boosted to 14/1)
The Foxes may have had a tough run of fixtures of late and did perform well at Tottenham, but there appears to be some nervousness playing in front of their own fans at the King Power, with defeats in their last three - Man United (forgivable given their run), Southampton and Cardiff.
Best bet: Draw no bet - Crystal Palace at 8/5
The option of backing the away side in draw no bet provides insurance in case these are both evenly matched and share the points. It was tempting to back an away win at around 27/10 but the great price on draw no bet makes it worth a look.
RequestABet: Crystal Palace to win, BTTS and Michy Batshuayi to score anytime
Opta stats
- Leicester lost this exact fixture 0-3 last season, but have never lost back-to-back top-flight home games against Crystal Palace.
- Crystal Palace have won each of their last three Premier League games against Leicester, by an aggregate score of 9-0. They’ve only won more top-flight games in a row against Wimbledon (5), Southampton and Stoke (4 each).
- Crystal Palace have won three Premier League away games against Leicester, only winning more on the road in the competition against Everton (4).
- Leicester are winless in their last five Premier League games, last having a longer winless run in the competition in October 2017 (6).
- Leicester have lost successive Premier League games for the ninth time since Claude Puel took charge. However, the Foxes haven’t lost three in a row in the competition since February 2017, when they lost five in a row under Claudio Ranieri.
- 67% of Crystal Palace’s Premier League goals have come in away games this season (18/27), the highest such ratio in the division.
- Leicester haven’t lost four consecutive home Premier League games since January 2000.
- Crystal Palace striker Christian Benteke has scored in each of his last three Premier League games against Leicester. The Belgian has never scored in four consecutive appearances against an opponent in the competition.
- Just two of Leicester striker Jamie Vardy’s eight Premier League goals this season have come at home. He’s not scored in any of his last four Premier League games at the King Power Stadium, his longest goalless streak at the ground since a run of five between September-November 2016.
- Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson will be aged 71 years and 198 days on the day of this game, making him the oldest person to take charge of a Premier League game.
Odds correct as of 1200 GMT on 22/02/19