Summary

  • Milivojevic puts Palace in front with sublime curling strike

  • Keeper Guaita makes Palace debut

  • Kelly and Ayew replace suspended Tomkins and Zaha for hosts

  • Vardy returns for Foxes in one of four changes

  • There have been 16 goals in the four most recent meetings

  • Palace have won just two and lost 10 of their last 15 league games

  1. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2018

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    No time left! The final whistle goes and Crystal Palace have held on to claim a vital win.

    That takes them five points clear of the relegation zone.

    And they've broken the Wilfried Zaha curse - winning for the first time in 14 games without their talismanic winger in the side.

    Leicester simply didn't do enough today.

    Demarai GrayImage source, PA
  2. Postpublished at 94 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    Last chance for Leicester?

    The visitors work it down the left and Kelechi Iheanacho wins a throw.

  3. Postpublished at 93 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    Christian Fuchs will swing in a free-kick from deep...

    ...but Wes Morgan is caught offside.

  4. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 92 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    Max Meyer is off for Jason Puncheon.

  5. Postpublished at 90 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    Four minutes of added time.

    Vicente Guaita gets a yellow card for time wasting.

    Can Palace hold on?

  6. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 88 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    Palace swing the ball in and it drops for Wilfred Ndidi, who fires over. Not the best.

    Marc Albrighton is off for Shinji Okazaki.

  7. Postpublished at 86 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    Leicester come forward again, exerting pressure on Palace once more.

    Can the hosts hold on?

    Jamie VardyImage source, AFP
  8. Postpublished at 85 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    The corner comes to nothing and Andros Townsend turns and burns.

    Jeffrey Schlupp is blazing down the left. Pass! Pass! Finally Andros Townsend does so and Jeffrey Schlupp is into the Leicester area.

    He works it back to Townsend and is strike is blocked. Palace could have been more clinical there.

  9. Postpublished at 83 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    Marc Albrighton gets in down the right and wins a corner off Mamadou Sakho.

  10. Postpublished at 83 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    James McArthur plays in Alexander Sorloth over the top down the right and Leicester's defence are nowhere.

    Fortunately for the visitors, neither is Sorloth's support.

    He tries to hold the ball up but ends up dribbling it out of play.

    Alexander SorlothImage source, Reuters
  11. GREAT SAVE!published at 79 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    How have Leicester not levelled here?!

    The Foxes streak right then work it into the middle for Kelechi Iheanacho to slide Jamie Vardy in on goal round the corner.

    Vardy gets a toe on it before Palace can get back but Vicente Guaita dives to make a fine save.

    Even then the ball looks like it will deflect in off the inside of the post but rebounds straight back and Guaita can hold on. Big escape for Palace.

  12. Postpublished at 78 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    Sorloth picks out Van Aanholt, who swings in a cross but Leicester get away.

    Here comes the Foxes on the counter...

  13. Postpublished at 77 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    And the corner is towards Sorloth but Leicester get a head on it and clear.

    But Palace win the throw to keep possession in Leicester's half.

  14. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 77 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    Palace build it up and find Jeffrey Schlupp by the left corner flag. He feeds Patrick van Aanholt, who finds Andros Townsend with a fine reverse pass.

    Townsend's cross is blocked.

    Jordan Ayew has run himself into the ground and is coming off for Alexander Sorloth.

  15. Postpublished at 74 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    Rachid Ghezzal ghosts in from deep to meet a cross in but his shot is crucially blocked.

    The ball deflects around the area and finally Palace get it clear.

    Rachid GhezzalImage source, AFP
  16. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 73 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    Leicester are going with two strikers up top now.

    Kelechi Iheanacho is on for Demarai Gray.

  17. Postpublished at 72 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    Leicester win a throw deep in Palace territory.

    Christian Fuchs can't throw it long enough though and Palace hack it away.

  18. Postpublished at 69 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    Leicester try to pick out Marc Albrighton down the left but Aaron Wan-Bissaka slides in brilliantly to win a goal kick.

    Aaron Wan-BissakaImage source, Reuters
  19. Postpublished at 67 mins

    Crystal Palace 1-0 Leicester

    Ricardo Pereira swings in another decent ball but once again Martin Kelly does really well to beat Jamie Vardy to it.