Crystal Palace vs Leicester City

Roy Hodgson has confirmed that Crystal Palace will be without defenders Chris Richards and Nathan Ferguson, but that goalkeepers Vicente Guaita and Sam ...

We’ve had a managerial change, and we want to come back from the international period with a clear mind, ready to go. Roy Hodgson is making his return to Selhurst Park as the Eagles take on Leicester. “Roy is obviously a familiar face, with familiar tactics to a lot of us. You’ll need to do this at least three days before the game. They’ve asked myself and Ray [Lewington] to do a very specific job: work with this group of players and try to make certain that, at the end of the season, we are still a Premier League team. A lot of us know how he likes to work. The manager said: “The time I spent here was [four] very good years. “It’s been positive,” Schlupp describes the mood at Palace’s Copers Cope training ground over the international break. “It’s unfortunate because both were training last week, but we’ve lost Nathan Ferguson and Chris Richards for this game. “We saw the international break as a chance to refresh and really have a crack at the last bit of this season – the last 10 games to come. Sambi Lokonga, Will Hughes, James McArthur and Luka Milivojevic are also options in midfield. I forged a very good relationship not only with the owners and the Sporting Director, but with a lot of people around the place, not least the players.

Roy Hodgson's return as Crystal Palace manager starts with a home clash against Leicester City on Saturday (April 1).

"He’s come in and tried to give that confidence to the players. Many were surprised when news broke that Hodgson was the man Crystal Palace chose to replace Vieira. However, Palace have persuaded him to take charge until the end of this term. It’s easy to start pointing the finger and blaming each other, but he’s come in, and this week has just been a confidence week. Meanwhile, viewers in India will be able to stream the game on Disney + Hotstar at 7.30 GMT+5:30. He told the club's official website:

Palace, who had scored the fewest goals in the league this season, looked like a different team from the one that struggled under Patrick Vieira firing in 20 ...

Leicester meanwhile dropped to 18th in the table. [Eberechi Eze](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/251400/Eberechi-Eze) cleared the wall, saw his shot come off the crossbar and go in off goalkeeper [Daniel Iversen](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/233301/Daniel-Iversen) for an own goal. [Ricardo Pereira](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/351043/Ricardo-Pereira), who received the ball at the edge of the box before blasting a shot into the top corner past the despairing dive of [Vicente Guaita](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/97429/Vicente-Guaita).

How Leicester City set up at Selhurst Park as Brendan Rodgers brings Victor Kristiansen and Wout Faes back into his line-up for a relegation six pointer in ...

Rodgers has stuck with the same midfield and forward trios from the draw at Brentford, meaning Wilfred Ndidi is preferred to Papy Mendy. Harry Souttar is fit to start alongside Faes, recovering from the ankle knock he suffered on Australia duty. Kristiansen has missed the past three games with an ankle injury but comes back into the side at Selhurst Park, with Timothy Castagne switching back over to the right of defence.