Crystal Palace vs Leicester: Premier League match preview and confirmed teams for talkSPORT 2 commentary

Crystal Palace vs Leicester: Premier League match preview and confirmed teams for talkSPORT 2 commentary
Crystal Palace could go five points clear of the Premier League’s relegation zone with a win at home to Leicester on Saturday.The Eagles lost 3-2 to West Ham last weekend and are the joint-lowest scorers in the top flight.Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace are the joint lowest scorers in the Premier League1
Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace are the joint lowest scorers in the Premier League
Roy Hodgson’s side have won just once in their last 10 league games, with four defeats in their last six games leaving them 16th in the Premier League.Claude Puel’s Leicester lie ninth in the top flight, and will be searching for a first win in three games when they travel to south London this weekend.The Foxes only win in the last month was a 2-0 victory at home to Watford.

What the managers are saying

Roy Hodgson (Crystal Palace): “Every time when you are not winning, you feel pressure.“We have won games in the league cup, but we are not at the right end of the table.“We are constantly needing to get points to pull away from the relegation zone.“I believe the players are more than ready to take that opportunity, but we will see tomorrow.”Claude Puel (Leicester):“It was a bad day for us (on last season’s 5-0 defeat against Palace).“It’s another season, another game and it will not be a revenge for us.“It’s important to keep the right concentration about this game and our play, because we need to move on another step in our play.“There are a lot of games to play in a short space of time and we need to focus, because we want to perform well.”

Where can you listen?

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Confirmed line-ups

The home side have handed a first Premier League start for Vicente Guaita, who comes in for Wayne Hennessey.Meanwhile star man Wilfried Zaha is not in the squad due to suspension as Palace look to win their first game without the forward in 13 Premier League games.Meanwhile, the Foxes have made four changes from their 2-0 defeat to Tottenham last weekend.Harry Maguire, Christian Fuchs, Marc Albrighton and Jamie Vardy come in for Jonny Evans, Ben Chilwell, Vicente Iborra and Kelechi Iheanacho.Crystal Palace:Guaita; Wan-Bissaka, Kelly, Sakho, Van Aanholt; McArthur, Milivojevic, Kouyate, Meyer; Townsend, AyewSubs: Speroni, Ward, Dann, Puncheon, Schlupp, Wickham, SorlothLeicester:Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Maguire, Morgan, Fuchs; Mendy, Ndidi, Albrighton, Maddison, Gray; VardySubs: Ward, Evans, Simpson, Iborra, Ghezzal, Okazaki, Iheanacho

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