Leicester City v Palace

King Power Stadium, Saturday 3.00pm

Dwight Gayle

Team news

Leicester City Team News

Leicester City duo Jamie Vardy and Jeff Schlupp have recovered from wrist and head injuries sustained last weekend.

Forward Leonardo Ulloa remains sidelined with a thigh problem.

Palace Team News

Dwight Gayle is suspended, joining injured Crystal Palace forwards Marouane Chamakh and Connor Wickham on the sidelines.

Patrick Bamford or Fraizer Campbell are therefore in line for a rare start.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"I certainly feel this week is an opportunity for strikers to make a case," said Pardew. "Gayle misses one game so he comes back for Man City and Man United.

"Therefore that leaves me with two natural strikers here, Fraizer Campbell and Patrick Bamford, with Chamakh and Wickham both being injured. Whether I play two of them or one of them, it looks to me like one of them will feature for sure."

Joe Ledley: “I think they’ll [Leicester] learn from last season and they’ll have more experience in the league just like ourselves,”

“Every year we’re getting stronger and stronger, and Leicester have got some good players.

“From that [win] we kicked on and stayed up and went on and got in the top half.

“It’s going to be a very difficult game, we know that it’s going to be hostile.”

Claudio Ranieri

“It [Crystal Palace] is a very tough match. The last 12 matches away with Alan Pardew, it’s been nine victories. That is amazing.

“We are ready. We know they are very dangerous. I think the fans will watch a good match.

“I work every day on defending. I know I’m an Italian manager and when we concede a goal something cuts inside our heart but when we draw or win it’s okay, I close one eye.”

Leicester City - league stats

Full league table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
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
02/01/2012	League	Crystal Palace	1 - 2	Leicester City

All time results

Last meeting

Leicester City 0-1 Palace

Saturday February 07 2015

Leicester City: Schwarzer, Simpson (Vardy, 79), Wasilewski, Morgan, Konchesky, Mahrez, Cambiasso, James, Schlupp, (Albrighton, 66), Nugent (Kramaric, 71), Ulloa

Subs not used: de Laet, Drinkwater, King, Hamer

Bookings: Simpson, Konchesky, Schlupp, Ulloa

Palace: Speroni, Ward, Dann (Hangeland, 45), Delaney, Kelly, McArthur, Ledley, Puncheon, Mutch (Sanogo, 45), Zaha, Gayle (Guédioura, 78)

Subs not used: Mariappa, Campbell, Hennessey, Murray

Goals: Ledley (55)

Bookings: Kelly

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