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Leicester vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Premier League commentary stream, TV channel, team news, line-ups, score prediction

Leicester vs Crystal Palace LIVE
Premier League 2018-19
Venue: King Power Stadium
Kick-off: 5:30pm GMT

Having secured their place in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, Crystal Palace return to Premier League action this afternoon with a televised trip to Leicester.

The Eagles, who successfully avoided an upset at League One Doncaster, have taken five top-flight points from the last nine available to steadily climb up to 13th and three clear of the relegation zone.

Palace, now with the oldest manager in Premier League history in Roy Hodgson, face a Leicester side that sit one place and five points better off in the table following consecutive defeats to top-six opposition in Manchester United and Tottenham.

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Leicester vs Crystal Palace team news and predicted line-ups

Leicester plan to assess Ben Chilwell and James Maddison (both minor knocks) ahead of kick-off, but Marc Albrighton (hamstring) and Daniel Amartey (ankle) remain sidelined.

Nampalys Mendy is available after a groin injury and Jamie Vardy will hope to earn a recall to the starting XI after his eventful cameo against Tottenham at Wembley during which he both missed a penalty and scored.

Predicted Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Evans, Maguire, Chilwell, Ndidi, Tielemans , Gray, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy

The big news for Crystal Palace - other than Wilfried Zaha's welcome return from suspension - is that they will be without impressive right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who has a hamstring problem.

Joel Ward should start in his place as Martin Kelly battles a muscle strain, while Julian Speroni, Pape Souare and Connor Wickham will not feature.

Predicted Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt, McArthur, Milivojevic, Schlupp, Townsend, Benteke, Zaha


TV channel and live stream, and online coverage

The match will be televised live on BT Sport 1, with coverage starting from 5.00pm. BT Sport subscribers will be able to stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app.

You can also follow all the action with Standard Sport's LIVE blog.


Head to Head history (h2h)

The teams have met 13 times in the Premier League, with Palace winning seven and Leicester four. There have been two draws.

Palace beat Leicester 3-0 and 5-0 last season and got the better of them again in December thanks to captain Luka Milivojevic's excellent first-half strike at Selhurst Park.

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