Crystal Palace 2-2 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 3 October 2021

Result

Crystal Palace 2-2 Leicester City

Premier League · Sunday 3 October 2021, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Crystal Palace 2-2 Leicester City: match report

Crystal Palace drew with Leicester City 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 3 October 2021. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Kelechi Iheanacho opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Crystal Palace's goals came from Michael Olise (61') and Jeffrey Schlupp (72'). Leicester City scored through Kelechi Iheanacho (31') and Jamie Vardy (37').

Discipline: Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 15th on 6 points from 6 and Leicester City 13th on 7 points from 6. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Leicester City 8th with 52.

Crystal Palace lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Hamza Dewan Choudhury of Leicester City (7.6), ahead of Michael Olise (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Crystal Palace wins, 2 draws and 4 for Leicester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Ryan BertrandLeicester City
  • 31'Goal · Kelechi IheanachoLeicester City · 0-1
  • 37'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 0-2
  • 46'Yellow card · Youri TielemansLeicester City
  • 61'Goal · Michael OliseCrystal Palace · 1-2
  • 72'Goal · Jeffrey SchluppCrystal Palace · 2-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Joachim AndersenCrystal Palace
  • 83'Yellow card · James McArthurCrystal Palace
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Harvey BarnesLeicester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Crystal Palace 4, draws 2, Leicester City 4.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Sam HughesLeicester City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
  • Dennis PraetLeicester City · injury (Biceps femoris muscle injury)
  • Nathan FergusonCrystal Palace · injury (Achilles tendon problems)

Crystal Palace line-up (4-3-3)

Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guéhi, Tyrick Mitchell, Conor Gallagher, Luka Milivojevic, James McArthur, Jordan Ayew, Odsonne Édouard, Wilfried Zaha

Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)

Kasper Schmeichel, Timothy Castagne, Çağlar Söyüncü, Jannik Vestergaard, Ryan Bertrand, Ademola Lookman, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Youri Tielemans, Harvey Barnes, Kelechi Iheanacho, Jamie Vardy