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
That was a great piece of play from Ndidi to cut the ball back for Mavididi to score Leicester's second of the game! He has his second assist of the game!
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
Palace make a change at the interval as injured Doucoure is taken off and Hughes comes into replace him for the second half.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
Leicester get us underway for this second period at Selhurst Park!
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
Hosts Palace enjoyed around 64% possession and had the most chances in this first half, but Glasner's side have failed to really work Leicester goalkeeper Hermansen so far. The Eagles registered 10 shots in the first period, but only one of them was on target. They've also had 19 touches in the opposition box and created two big chances, but have failed to threaten, having generated an xG of 0.81. Leicester, meanwhile, have executed Cooper's plan to perfection so far and have an xG of 0.89 and a 1-0 lead at the halfway point. They had two of their five shots hitting the target and have looked dangerous whenever they broke forward. It's a big half coming up for both sides with the Opta supercomputer giving the Foxes a 48.6% likelihood of winning this contest while Palace have their work cut out to turn things around. They have a 22.2% likelihood of getting their first victory of the season while there is a 22.9% chance of a draw.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
It's visitors Leicester who lead 1-0 against Palace at the halfway point in this Premier League fixture after captain Vardy pulled Cooper's side ahead in the 21st minute. It was the Foxes who began the game on the front foot, and just when the Eagles were finally starting to click in the attack, 37-year-old Vardy was sent through on goal by Ndidi and the Foxes veteran did the rest to fire home from a tight angle and hand a major blow for the home side. New signing Nketiah has looked lively for Glasner's side and created a few chances for the hosts only for the Leicester defence to stand firm. With both sides looking to secure a first league win of the season, we are in for an exciting second period where Palace will be desperate to find a way back into this contest in front of their supporters while the Foxes will look to hold onto the precious lead and hurt the opponents with some sharp counters.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
HALF-TIME: CRYSTAL PALACE 0-1 LEICESTER CITY
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
Leicester continue to look for Vardy inside the box, but this time Guehi is there to cut off the supply to the Leicester captain as Palace try to avoid further damage before the interval.
Crystal Palace vs Leicester City
We have a minimum of three minutes added on at the end of this exciting first half.
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