Leicester City 1-4 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 February 2019

Result

Leicester City 1-4 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 23 February 2019, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Leicester City 1-4 Crystal Palace: match report

Leicester City were beaten by Crystal Palace 1-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 February 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Michy Batshuayi opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Leicester City's goal came from Jonny Evans (64'). Crystal Palace scored through Michy Batshuayi (40'), Wilfried Zaha (70'), Luka Milivojevic (81', penalty) and Wilfried Zaha (90+3').

Discipline: Leicester City received 2 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Leicester City were 12th on 32 points from 26 and Crystal Palace 15th on 27 points from 26. Leicester City went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Crystal Palace 12th with 49.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crystal Palace in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to James Maddison of Leicester City (8.3), ahead of Wilfried Zaha (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Leicester City wins, 1 draw and 5 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Wilfred NdidiLeicester City
  • 40'Goal · Michy BatshuayiCrystal Palace · 0-1
  • 51'Yellow card · James McArthurCrystal Palace
  • 64'Goal · Jonny EvansLeicester City · 1-1
  • 70'Goal · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace · 1-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Kasper SchmeichelLeicester City
  • 81'Penalty goal · Luka MilivojevicCrystal Palace · 1-3
  • 90+3'Goal · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace · 1-4

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Leicester City 3, draws 1, Crystal Palace 5.

Team news

Leicester City line-up (4-3-3)

Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans, Harry Maguire, Christian Fuchs, Youri Tielemans, Wilfred Ndidi, James Maddison, Rachid Ghezza, Jamie Vardy, Harvey Barnes

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

Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, James Tomkins, Mamadou Sakho, Patrick van Aanholt, James McArthur, Luka Milivojevic, Jeffrey Schlupp, Andros Townsend, Michy Batshuayi, Wilfried Zaha