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Crystal Palace face a trip to Leicester City at Walkers Stadium on Monday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 24 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 just last season, in October 2006, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 18 Aug | Crystal Palace | 2 - 2 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Mar | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 21 Oct | Leicester City | 1 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Leicester City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.
The away form of Crystal Palace however, is much more impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Eagles, and 5 goals against.
Leicester City are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 31 points from 28 matches. Crystal Palace's total of 44 points from their 28 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leicester City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Crystal Palace are in great form out on the road, so much so that the Madmen confidently predict a comfortable three points from their visit to Leicester City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leicester City | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. |
| Crystal Palace | 5 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |