Palace v Leicester City

Selhurst Park, Saturday 3.00pm

Mile Jedinak

Team news

Captain Mile Jedinak has a back problem and faces a late fitness test but forward Connor Wickham (adductor) and Marouane Chamakh (hip) are definitely out, along with James McArthur (ankle). However, Jason Puncheon could return after six weeks out with a hamstring injury.

Leicester midfielder Andy King will be assessed after a picking up a bug and Matty James is not yet match fit after a cruciate knee ligament injury.

Palace (from): Hennessey, McCarthy, Speroni, Ward, Kelly, Dann, Delaney, Hangeland, Mariappa, Souare, Lee, Jedinak, Ledley, Zaha, Puncheon, Bolasie, Cabaye, Mutch, Campbell, Adebayor, Sako, Gayle.

Leicester (from): Schmeichel, Schwarzer, Chilwell, Fuchs, Morgan, Huth, Wasilewski, Amartey, Schlupp, Simpson, Kante, Drinkwater, King, Inler, Albrighton, Mahrez, Gray, Dyer, Ulloa, Okazaki, Vardy.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"It has been a banana-skin, this place, in the past and it's typical of Crystal Palace. Our history is littered with upsets against the odds, that's what this club is about. Not one pundit thinks we'll win, so that's actually when Palace are good.

"It's been almost the perfect season for them (Leicester) but it doesn't always come all the way through, that perfect run. Maybe their blips are still to come."

Bakary Sako

“It’s a big game and we’re going to have to be at more than 100% if we’re going to win. They are going to give everything and not going to give us anything, but the pressure is all on them. We haven’t got any pressure - we have nothing to lose and they’re playing for the title.

“Nobody expected Leicester to be where they are but they deserve it. You can’t target one strength because the whole team are their strength, every game they’re scoring and they don’t concede a lot of goals.

"For us, things at the moment aren’t going our way and we feel we’ve had a lot of decisions go against us and we’ve made bad decisions in games. We’ve gone three months without a win and we need to get one as soon as possible so we can be safe.”

Claudio Ranieri

"We have a tight-knit, wonderful dressing room and a team that works. However, we know we haven't done anything yet.

"Everyone is rooting for us to win the Premier League. It's incredible that a small club are punching above their weight like this in the big-money era.

"Now we're going to fight to qualify for Europe. And if we stay up there, we'll try to get into the Champions League and then go for the title. But we have to take it one step at a time."

Leicester City - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
1st	30	18	9	3	63

Full league table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
24/10/2015	League	Leicester City	1 - 0	Crystal Palace
07/02/2015	League	Leicester City	0 - 1	Crystal Palace
27/09/2014	League	Crystal Palace	2 - 0	Leicester City
20/04/2013	League	Crystal Palace	2 - 2	Leicester City
27/10/2012	League	Leicester City	1 - 2	Crystal Palace

All time results

Last meeting

Leicester City 1-0 Palace

Saturday October 24 2015

Leicester City: Schmeichel, Morgan, Fuchs, Simpson, Huth, Kante, Drinkwater, Schlupp yellow card, Albrighton (Okazaki, 63), Vardy, R Mahrez (Dyer, 79)

Subs not used: King, Schwarzer, de Laet, Kramaric, Inler

Goals: Vardy (59)

Bookings: Schlupp, Simpson, Drinkwater, Vardy

Palace: Hennessey, Dann, Hangeland, Kelly, Mariappa (Jedinak, 76), Bolasie, McArthur, Cabaye, Puncheon (Zaha, 68), Sako, Campbell (Bamford, 57)

Subs not used: Ledley, Mutch, Speroni, Delaney

Bookings: Zaha