Leicester v Crystal Palace Predictions & Betting Odds – 16th December 2017

Foxes value to continue winning streak

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Leicester v Crystal Palace Betting Tips – Premier League 16th December 12.30pm

Leicester have really been showing up well recently and they will fancy their chances on home soil against Crystal Palace on Saturday lunchtime. The Eagles managed to get a win in midweek as they fought back at home to beat Watford, but they still have yet to muster up a single goal on their travels this season and are still searching for that first win. The King Power is going to be a hard place for them to make it happen.

Leicester News and Form

Leicester are really on the up at the moment and after a midweek win at Southampton which took them to a four match winning streak, they get back to the King Power where they have good winning form going. They have won three of their last four fixtures at the King Power and are W4 D1 L3 there this season, and they have scored in all but one of their home games this term, their only blank coming in a 2-0 loss against Manchester City. So overall it has been a good stretch of form for the Foxes since the end of September and they are being helped out by Riyad Mahrez being back to his best. The Foxes have eleven home goals in their eight games and only 38% of their home games have gone over 2.5 goals. So it may well be worth a flutter under 2.5 goals at William Hill which is a price of 3/4 for the game. Jamie Vardy is a 21/20 anytime goalscorer favourite for the match with Mahrez at 12/5. 64% of the goals that Leicester have scored at the King Power this season have been in the first half of matches so they are strong starters. Three of their four victories at the King Power have been with a clean sheet and they will be a decent option at William Hill to win to nil.

Crystal Palace News and Form

Palace really gave themselves a much needed bolt of confidence in midweek by grabbing a dramatic win against Watford at Selhurst Park. That was after being 1-0 down with just a couple of minutes left on the clock. So they are doing well now on a six match unbeaten streak of form but they still haven’t managed a goal or a win out on the road this season. They have drawn their last two though, obviously, 0-0 draws, coming at Brighton and West Brom, so there have been defensive improvements. The Eagles are still only D2 L6 away from Selhurst Park this term though. Both teams not to score at William Hill is at 10/11 odds but it could be worth backing them in a half time draw because they have been level at the break in five of their eight road games. Palace have conceded 69% of their away goals after the half time break and have shipped an average of 1.6 goals per game on their travels. A low scoring game should turn up as 25% only of Palace’s away games have gone above that 2.5 goal line. Wilfried Zaha is a 13/5 anytime goalscorer option for them. Will they break their duck out on the road this weekend?

Leicester v Crystal Palace Head to Head

Leicester have strung together a four match unbeaten streak of form against Crystal Palace in the Premier League winning three of those. There have only been the six previous Premier League clashes between the two sides and things are tight overall with Leicester edging things with a W3 D1 L2 head to head against the Eagles.

Leicester v Crystal Palace Betting Odds

Leicester 10/1, Draw 12/5, Crystal Palace 3/1

Leicester v Crystal Palace Predictions

Leicester to win: The Foxes have delivered well enough on home soil recently to be value to get the better of a side who haven’t scored a single away goal this season which includes recent visits to Brighton and West Brom. The Foxes can open them up and get the three points.