He is the top goalscorer in the Premier League with nine goals, but how good is Leicester's Jamie Vardy?

Chris Sutton, who helped take Blackburn to the Premier League title in 1994-95, gave his opinion on BBC Radio 5 live.

“His link-up play could be better, but he is confident, he has pace and a real natural effort to his finishing," said Sutton. "He is everything you want in your team at the moment.

“Would he get in the Arsenal team, I’m not sure. Would he get in Manchester City’s or Manchester United’s? No. But if he carries on this form then he has to go to the Euros.”

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Thierry Henry, Alan Shearer, Ian Wright, Mark Stein, Emmanuel Adebayor, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Daniel Sturridge.

Jamie Vardy can join an exclusive club today. 

If he finds the net against Palace he will become only the eighth player - after those listed above - to score in seven successive Premier League games.

Van Nistelrooy has the best run of top-flight scoring form having scored in 10 games running for Manchester United in 2003.  

  Remember this man?   

Of course you do (if you are of a certain era). Italy striker Toto Schillachi did not play his first season in Serie A until he was 25 and was also a latecomer to international football but, after starting the 1990 World Cup on the bench, he went on to become the tournament's top scorer and a national hero.

Can ex-Fleetwood man Jamie Vardy go the same way for England? Ian Wright thinks so.

Read his column on the Leicester City striker and Premier League top scorer here.

Guy Mowbray
BBC Match of the Day commentator

"It's a meeting of the minds of arguably the two most impressive managers in the Premier League so far this season - with an honourable nod to Slaven Bilic too.

"Leicester's incredible spirit will surely be tested to the max by a team whose away record since Alan Pardew took charge is only bettered by Arsenal.

"From the Palace boss to goal-getting Jamie Vardy, and even including Claudio Ranieri, this is a game fuelled by the desire of the underdog - those who've perhaps been overlooked and under-appreciated once or twice along the course of their careers.

"The Foxes and the Eagles are full of those types - finally getting full credit."

Bakary Sako is preferred to Wilfried Zaha on the wing for Crystal Palace while Fraizer Campbell replaces the suspended Dwight Gayle up front.

Adrian Mariappa comes in for Pape Souare in defence.

Palace XI: Hennessey; Mariappa, Dann (c), Hangeland, Kelly; McArthur, Cabaye; Puncheon, Sako, Bolasie; Campbell.

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Riyad Mahrez returns in the only change to the Leicester starting line-up after being dropped to the bench for last weekend’s draw at Southampton and the win away to Norwich a fortnight before. Shinji Okazaki makes way.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Simpson, Huth, Morgan, Fuchs, Albrighton, Kanté, Drinkwater, Schlupp, Mahrez, Vardy.

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Fifth v sixth. Who saw that coming in August?

When Palace rolled up at the King Power in February, their two wins from three games under Alan Pardew looked like a classic case of "new manager bounce".

A Joe Ledley goal gave them victory that day and the Eagles are now flying high in sixth on the back of nine wins in 12 away games under Pardew.

Not as high as Leicester though who are a point and a place better off….