Match Stats: Crystal Palace v Leicester City

Crystal Palace effectively secured their Premier League survival with a dominant showing over Leicester City earlier today.

Heading to Selhurst Park for the tie, Claude Puel’s standing amongst the fanbase will not have been helped by this heavy defeat as he continued to tinker with the starting line-up. Fans of Aleksandar Dragovic will again be incensed that he failed to start the game as the match was largely over by the halftime break.

Marc Albrighton’s straight red card ten minutes into the second period certainly didn’t aid our cause and with his departure, our defence fell apart and Palace added another three goals to their tally inside of the final ten minutes of the game.

Having already blown a potential European adventure next season, our campaign is petering out as we have only picked up four wins in the last 18 games.

The performance is probably ably summed up by the fact that Jamie Vardy only managed nine touches across the 90 minutes. With press speculation mounting that Puel’s time at the club will be up this summer as we undergo an overhaul – this result is only going to breathe new life into those stories.

Crystal Palace				Leicester City
Zaha (17), McArthur (38), Loftus-Cheek (81), van Aanholt (84), Benteke (pen 90)
Hennessey				Hamer
Ward				Albrighton
Tomkins				Morgan
Sakho				Maguire
van Aanholt				Chilwell
McArthur			83	Mahrez
Milivojevic				Ndidi			51
Cabaye				Choudhury			45
Loftus-Cheek			86	Gray
Townsend			86	Iheanacho			45
Zaha				Vardy
Substitutes
Speroni				Simpson
Sorloth				Adrien Silva			45
Lee Chung-yong			86	Dragovic			51
Schlupp			83	Jakupovic
Benteke			86	Fuchs
Wan-Bissaka				Barnes
Kelly				Diabate			45

Game Statistics
15	Goal attempts	6
9	On Target	1
8	Corners	2
11	Fouls	9
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	1
50	%	50