Crystal Palace and Leicester City meet at Selhurst Park, in a match for the 17th round of the Premier League. The history of direct confrontations disputed in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 4 matches won 2, drew 1 and lost 1. Indeed, the last time these two teams played a game in this stadium, in 28 -04-2018, for the Premier League, Crystal Palace won by (5-0). W. Zaha (17 ‘), J. McArthur (38’), R. Loftus-Cheek (81 ‘), P. van Aanholt (84’) and C. Benteke (90 ‘) scored the goals for Crystal Palace. Particular attention is required for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results at home and abroad.
Crystal Palace:
The home team is currently in the 16th position, with 12 points won, after 3 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Brighton & Hove Albion, by (3-1). In the last match, they lost in an away match against West Ham United, by (3-2). This is a team that, oddly enough, has had better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses in away matches; against 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses at their stadium. For the championship, Crystal Palace won 5 points out of 21 possible points, after 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses in the last 7 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (4 out of 7 matches). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it has not been very strong defensively. In 16 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 9 times and never got the comeback. In the last 8 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 4 of their 8 goals between minutes (46′-60 ‘).
The Crystal Palace is a club that has already won the Championship (second national division) twice, in addition to having been twice runner-up in the FA Cup. In the current season, the team has been doing a bad campaign within the national championship, since it has conquered only 12 of the 48 points played so far, thus being at the bottom of the table, two points ahead of the first team within the zone of descent. In the last five games that Crystal Palace played at home, four of them scored one or more goals in the second half. We believe that in this match the boss will remain and the Crystal Palace will make another game with goals in the second half.
Leicester City:
The away team is currently in the 9 th position of the league, with 22 points won, after 6 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in an away match against Fulham, by (1-1). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Tottenham Hotspur, by (0-2). This is a team that, oddly enough, was better outside than at home, as in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses in away matches; against 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses at their stadium. For the league, Leicester won 11 points out of 24 possible points, after 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in the last 8 away matches. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (3 out of 8 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 16 matches in this competition, they only got 2 comebacks in the 10 matches in which they suffered the first goal. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 10 away matches for all competitions: they have scored 5 of their 11 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).
Leicester City is a club that has already conquered the Premier League once throughout its history, winning the title in the 2015/16 season, as well as having seven titles of the Championship (second national division) and three titles of the League Cup. In the current season, the team has been doing an irregular campaign, since it won 22 of the 42 points it played so far, occupying a place in the middle of the table, relatively far from the first classified. In the last five games that Leicester City played as a visitor, in all of them there was one or more goals in the second half. We believe that in this match the Leicester will be able to score goals and make an open game, mainly in the first half.
PREDICTION: Over 1.5 goals @ 1.44
