Leicester City 3-1 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 22 October 2016
Result
Leicester City 3-1 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Saturday 22 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Leicester City 3-1 Crystal Palace: match report
Leicester City beat Crystal Palace 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 October 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Ahmed Musa opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Leicester City's goals came from Ahmed Musa (42'), Shinji Okazaki (63') and Juanjo González (80'). Crystal Palace scored through Yohan Cabaye (85').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 13th on 8 points from 8 and Crystal Palace 10th on 11 points from 8. Leicester City went on to finish that season 12th with 44 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 41.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crystal Palace in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Yohan Cabaye of Crystal Palace (8.5), ahead of Wilfried Zaha (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leicester City wins, 0 draws and 2 for Crystal Palace.
Key events
- 42'Goal · Ahmed Musa
- 63'Goal · Shinji Okazaki
- 80'Goal · Juanjo González
- 85'Goal · Yohan Cabaye
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Danny Drinkwater, Andy King, Ahmed Musa, Shinji Okazaki, Islam Slimani
Crystal Palace line-up (4-2-3-1)
Steve Mandanda, Joel Ward, James Tomkins, Damien Delaney, Martin Kelly, James McArthur, Joe Ledley, Andros Townsend, Yohan Cabaye, Wilfried Zaha, Christian Benteke