Clive Allen
Former Tottenham & England forward at Selhurst Park for 5 live Sport

"Crystal Palace need one more league win to ease the nerves. The FA Cup run has kept this club alive this season. But here, the brighter start has been made by the league leaders..."

Palace have had 60% of possession so far, but they have not really done anything with it.

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Robert Huth and Yannick Bolasie tangle again, this time for a high ball, and again Bolasie is left on the deck. Huth got the ball this time, so no free-kick.

The first shot of the game goes to Palace. It's a skidding effort from Yannick Bolasie from the edge of the box, and it is easily collected by Kasper Schmeichel.

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Crystal Palace 0-0 Leicester

A lively start? Yes. Leicester go on the attack straight away and almost find Jamie Vardy in the box. Palace clear and Yannick Bolasie is cleaned out by a flying Robert Huth challenge - let's just say he was late, and lucky not to get a yellow card.

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Leicester, playing all in white, get us started.

Hugs and smiles all round between the two managers, who have just made their way to the dug-outs. The players are on the pitch now, and we are almost good to go - a few last fist-punches from the Leicester players before we do.

Leicester City manager 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."

Opposing keepers Kasper Schmeichel and Wayne Hennessey, who were in the youth team at Manchester City at the start of their career, are catching up.

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Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew is backing his side to derail Leicester's title bid, as they did to Liverpool and Manchester City in the past two seasons.

"It has been a banana-skin, this place, in the past and it's typical of Crystal Palace," says Pards.

"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."

Clive Allen
Former Tottenham & England forward at Selhurst Park for 5 live Sport

"Leicester haven't charged their system all season. The players are confident and are behind the manager's plans, and no-one has been able to deal with them. 

"Why should they change anything?"

Jonathan Pearce
Match of the Day commentator at Selhurst Park

"Exactly a year ago Leicester were still bottom. But their 4-3 defeat at Spurs sparked the miracle. They won seven of nine games to stay up.

"Now, in one of the greatest football stories ever told, they can see the silverware shimmering. But they have to remain steadfast. If a remarkable year is bracketed with defeat, the wolves will be at the Foxes' door.

"Palace shouldn't beat them. They're the only side in the country without a 2016 league win. Their home form is shocking.

"But they know that they could be in a real relegation fight by the time their FA Cup semi-final comes around. They need a win. I've a sneaky feeling they'll get it."

All the way from South Africa, a perspiring Eddie Izzard tweets.

Izzard is nearing the end of his remarkable mission to run 27 marathons in 27 days for Sport Relief. Keep up-to-date (and donate!) via the BBC live page.

Trevor Sinclair
Former England winger on Football Focus

"More recently teams playing Leicester have opted to sit back, but the Foxes have been really good at adapting. 

"Leicester will be playing ahead of Spurs over the course of the next few weekends. That's a big advantage. If Leicester lose a match then there will be such pressure on Tottenham to take advantage. 

"Leicester's players are no longer regarded as workhorses, putting in a shift. They are Premier League players, worthy of a top four side."

Football Focus

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Former Leicester City winger Steve Guppy on Football Focus: "I think I have been in denial for the last few months, thinking the Champions League would be good enough for Leicester. But I'm now a believer in terms of the title. 

"Recent Foxes games have been tight but I think in each fixture they outworked their opponents, and of course 1-0s win leagues. 

"The impact on Leicester as a city has been amazing. I recently moved back here and the success of the football team has given the place a real buzz. Everyone's talking about this, even if you don't like football. 

"Mahrez has been a breath of fresh air, a player willing to pick up the ball and take players on. In England our wingers tend to be give-and-go merchants. Mahrez takes players on. He's a true Leicester player - really exciting to watch."

Clive Allen
Former Tottenham & England forward at Selhurst Park for 5 live Sport

"The FA Cup is so important to Crystal Palace. It has kept the club alive this season, and actually there's a real buzz here today. That's all down to the club, because the Eagles' league form has been disastrous. But with that FA Cup boost, today they'll be going all out for the win."  

Crystal Palace midfielder Mile Jedinak has recovered from a sore back and is fit to start.

That means Eagles boss Alan Pardew can name the same team that beat Reading to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals last weekend.

Palace XI: Hennessey, Ward, Dann, Delaney, Souare, Zaha, Cabaye, Jedinak, Ledley, Bolasie, Adebayor

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Leicester are unchanged from the team that beat Newcastle on Monday, but midfielder Andy King does not make the bench because of the sickness bug that ruled him out of that game.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Huth, Fuchs, Drinkwater, Kante, Mahrez, Okazaki, Albrighton, Vardy

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So, Leicester's title rivals are looking for Crystal Palace to do them a favour today, but the Eagles are not exactly flying at the moment...

Yes they are into the FA Cup semi-finals, but they have not won a league game since 19 December -12 matches ago - and they are the only team in the top four divisions without a league victory in 2016.

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