Crystal Palace vs Leicester City: TV channel, stream, kick-off time, odds and match preview

Leicester City visit Crystal Palace on Saturday in a meeting of two of the Premier League’s form sides.

Both the Foxes and Eagles have won five of their last six games in the English top flight to put some distance between themselves and the relegation zone.

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Both have also been helped by changes in the dugout, with Craig Shakespeare leading Leicester into the Champions League quarter-finals and Sam Allardyce on the verge of successfully completing another rescue job with Palace.

TV CHANNEL and LIVE STREAM

In the UK, the match will not be available to watch live due to the blackout between 2.45pm and 5.15pm on Saturday.

In the US, the game will be available to watch live on NBCSN and streamed via NBC Sports Live.

TEAMS AND TEAMS NEWS

Patrick van Aanholt is available again for Crystal Palace after an ankle injury, but Jeff Schlupp could continue at left-back against his former club. Andros Townsend should be fit to play despite a heel problem and Loic Remy and James Tomkins are closing in on a return.

Scott Dann, Connor Wickham, Fraizer Campbell and Pape Souare are long-term absentees.

Potential starting XI: Hennessy; Ward, Kelly, Sakho, Schlupp; Milivojevic, Cabaye; Townsend, Puncheon, Zaha; Benteke.

Nampalys Mendy and Molla Wague are ruled out for Leicester, while Wes Morgan faces a race to be fit for the second leg of the Champions League tie against Atletico Madrid and will not be involved.

Shakespeare hinted that he could change his squad ahead of that Atletico game, but did not specify which positions. Danny Drinkwater could be a school dropout as he appears to be carrying a concussion.

Potential starting XI: Schmeichel; Simpson, Benalouane, Huth, Chilwell; Mahrez, King, Ndidi, Gray; Slimani, Okazaki.

BETTING AND GAME ODDS

Crystal Palace are 4/5 favorites to continue their excellent form and win at home according to Oddschecker, with Leicester priced at 4/1 and the draw available at 3/1.

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Christian Benteke is 5/1 favorite to score first, with Wilfried Zaha 8/1 along with Leicester’s top choice Jamie Vardy.

PREDICTION OF THE GAME

What a difference a new manager can make. Crystal Palace remain in danger in 16th place going into this game, but their form in their last six games – five wins and one loss – is as good as that of Chelsea at the top of the table.

Leicester are on an identical run, with Craig Shakespeare’s first defeat as Foxes boss coming at Everton last weekend. Another followed at Atletico Madrid in the Champions League, but the champions will be happy with the 1-0 deficit they claw back at the King Power Stadium in that tie.

First, he must navigate the journey to Selhurst Park. Leicester are five places above Palace but just two points ahead of them with seven teams crowded into the bottom half of the Premier League table. They all know that another win or two is needed to seal survival.

Palace can look at this match with a little more urgency; they will hope to capitalize on any changes Shakespeare makes ahead of the Atletico rematch and have Liverpool and Tottenham after that, although they have proven their ability to surprise the country’s biggest clubs in recent weeks.

Sam Allardyce has taken a little longer than usual to steady the latest sinking ship in charge, but after the scandal that ended his short time in charge of England, he is rebuilding his reputation with the kind of job that became his specialty.