Crystal Palace vs Leicester City

Crystal Palace welcomes Leicester City to Selhurst Park hoping the return of Roy Hodgson can spark a run to Premier League survival.

Roy Hodgson has confirmed that Crystal Palace will be without defenders Chris Richards and Nathan Ferguson, but that goalkeepers Vicente Guaita and Sam ...

We’ve had a managerial change, and we want to come back from the international period with a clear mind, ready to go. Roy Hodgson is making his return to Selhurst Park as the Eagles take on Leicester. “Roy is obviously a familiar face, with familiar tactics to a lot of us. You’ll need to do this at least three days before the game. They’ve asked myself and Ray [Lewington] to do a very specific job: work with this group of players and try to make certain that, at the end of the season, we are still a Premier League team. A lot of us know how he likes to work. The manager said: “The time I spent here was [four] very good years. “It’s been positive,” Schlupp describes the mood at Palace’s Copers Cope training ground over the international break. “It’s unfortunate because both were training last week, but we’ve lost Nathan Ferguson and Chris Richards for this game. “We saw the international break as a chance to refresh and really have a crack at the last bit of this season – the last 10 games to come. Sambi Lokonga, Will Hughes, James McArthur and Luka Milivojevic are also options in midfield. I forged a very good relationship not only with the owners and the Sporting Director, but with a lot of people around the place, not least the players.

Roy Hodgson is set to make his re-debut as Crystal Palace manager when the Eagles host Leicester at Selhurst Park on Saturday.

Spurs fans and the soccer world will be watching to see how their players, especially Richarlison, respond to the change in manager. Everton had a penalty shout in the 23rd minute but replay showed there wasn’t anything in it. In fact, Spurs only served to underscore Conte’s concerns about their character and willingness to work for a win. Sean Dyche’s renewal of Everton continues to put the club in view of safety. More remarkable than all of that was Keane, the rarest of goal scorers and very rarely with anything but his head, struck as sweet a ball from distance as you’ll see to leave Hugo Lloris pawing for air. Crystal Palace will continue their relegation battle with a trip to Elland Road to face Leeds (26 points – 16th place) on Sunday (9 am ET). And Brentford could also join the fray. Leicester’s winless run isn’t quite as long as Palace’s (only five games – 0W-1D-4L) since the Foxes inexplicably scored four goals in back-to-back victories over Aston Villa and Tottenham at the start of February. 18th-place West Ham (24 points) will host last-place Southampton (23 points) in east London on Sunday, and a win for either side will see the Foxes drop into 18th with 10 games remaining. It's the most first half shots a side has had in a Premier League game since December 2015 (Liverpool 20 vs Leicester). 20 – Crystal Palace have already had 20 shots against Leicester, their most in a single Premier League match this season. Leicester (25 points) remain 17th, just a point above the bottom-three.

LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) - Roy Hodgson's second stint as Crystal Palace manager began with a 2-1 Premier League win over Leicester City on Saturday, ...

Leicester meanwhile dropped to 18th in the table. [Eberechi Eze](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/251400/Eberechi-Eze) cleared the wall, saw his shot come off the crossbar and go in off goalkeeper [Daniel Iversen](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/233301/Daniel-Iversen) for an own goal. [Ricardo Pereira](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/351043/Ricardo-Pereira), who received the ball at the edge of the box before blasting a shot into the top corner past the despairing dive of [Vicente Guaita](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/97429/Vicente-Guaita).

Jean-Philippe Mateta snatches a late victory as Crystal Palace win in the Premier League for the first time in 2023.

Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace) header from very close range is blocked. Attempt blocked. Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. - Shots - 14Mateta - 4Milivojevic - 7Olise - 28Doucouré - 3Mitchell - 16Andersen - 2Ward - 13Guaita

The latest Leicester City news as the opposition boss gives his thoughts on the 2-1 win over City at Selhurst Park.

“It came as a really cold shower to us because at that time we were thinking we could really build on the first half and come out and do the same,” he said. “That was a fantastic way to win a game and I'm not just talking about the fact it was a last-minute goal,” he told Match of the Day. [Brendan Rodgers](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/all-about/brendan-rodgers)’ men had Daniel Iversen to thank for going in at half time level, with the Dane repelling efforts from [Palace](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/all-about/crystal-palace-fc). [City](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/all-about/leicester-city-fc) went into the game knowing that a win would take them above their opponents and up to as high as 12th in the [Premier League](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/all-about/premier-league) table. “The way the team played throughout the 94 minutes was worthy of a lot of credit. That lead lasted just three minutes, when Iversen was unfortunate to concede an own goal with the ball ricocheting off him and into the back of the net.

Crystal Palace waited until the last few seconds to win their first game of 2023 as Jean-Philippe Mateta, who had not long been on the pitch, ...