Crystal Palace vs Leicester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Crystal Palace 2-2 Leicester: The hosts rescued a draw in added time to leave both teams without a win this season
Jean-Philippe Mateta’s second-half stoppage-time penalty salvaged a point for Crystal Palace in a 2-2 draw with Leicester at Selhurst Park.
Jamie Vardy fired the Foxes into a 21st-minute lead and Stephy Mavididi made it two for the visitors less than a minute after the break.
Mateta pulled one back in a near instant reply, awarded following a VAR check in a contest that also saw deadline-day signing Eddie Nketiah handed his Palace debut.
The visitors looked to be on course to secure their first win of the season until Conor Coady sent Ismaila Sarr tumbling and the Frenchman made no mistake with the resulting spot kick.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
Palace make their first foray into the attacking third, but are left frustrated as the play is pulled back for a foul in favour of the opponents. It's not a great start for Glasner's side, but the Palace faithful will hope their players will grow into this game quickly.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
CHANCE! The first chance of the game falls for the Foxes unsurprisingly as an unmarked Ayew meets Ndidi's cross inside the box, but he fails to make the proper connection and passes up a chance to hurt his former side early!
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
It's the visitors Leicester who look more comfortable in possession in the early minutes of this contest, but they are yet to make a proper inroad into the home defence so far.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
A huge display from the fans to celebrate 100 years of Selhurst Park welcomed the players to the pitch, and the Palace players will be eager to mark the occasion with a much-needed win today!
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
KICK OFF! Referee Tony Harrington blows his whistle and Palace get us underway in this Premier League contest.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
Both sets of players are making their way out onto the pitch at Selhurst Park and we are moments away from kick-off in this Saturday afternoon fixture.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
Cooper makes just one change to the Leicester side that lost to Villa, with Fatawu dropping to the bench and Mavididi starting in the visiting side’s attack. Former Spurs duo Skipp and Winks feature in the defensive midfield looking to provide cover for the backline of Kristiansen, Okoli, Faes and Justin as Buonanotte remains on the bench. Ayew will face his former club while captain Vardy continues to lead the line for the Foxes who will be keen to grab the three points today.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
Glasner hands debuts for new signings Nketiah and Lacroix as the former Arsenal attacker replaces Kamada and the French defender takes the place of Richards in the Palace back-three. Doucoure starts in the midfield as Hughes drops to the bench in the only other change for the hosts from their draw against Chelsea. New loan signing Trevoh Chalobah is missing from the matchday squad due to a slight knock while defender Chadi Riad is set for a prolonged spell on the sidelines with an ACL injury.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
LEICESTER CITY SUBS: Danny Ward, Conor Coady, Abdul Fatawu, Bilal El Khannouss, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Hamza Choudhury, Ricardo Pereira, Boubakary Soumare, Facundo Buonanotte.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
LEICESTER CITY XI (4-2-3-1): Mads Hermansen; Victor Kristiansen, Caleb Okoli, Wout Faes, James Justin; Oliver Skipp, Harry Winks; Jordan Ayew, Wilfred Ndidi, Stephy Mavididi; Jamie Vardy.
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