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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: The Walkers Stadium
  • Attendance: 21764
  • Referee: Ilderton, E

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90 mins

Shaun Derry is being taken off, Victor Moses has come on in his place.

89 mins

Goal!! Barry Hayles scores for Leicester.

88 mins

Stephen Clemence is booked for unsporting behaviour.

78 mins

Sean Scannell is replaced by Shefki Kuqi.

77 mins

Leicester are replacing Zsolt Laczko with Gabor Bori.

76 mins

Iain Hume is being taken off, Dudley Campbell has come on in his place.

62 mins

Richard Stearman is being taken off, Bruno N'Gotty has come on in his place.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by E Ilderton

0 mins

It's 7:45pm on Monday, January 28th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Barry Hayles struck an 89th minute winner for Leicester City to end Crystal Palace's 15-match unbeaten run.

A drab game appeared destined for a goalless stalemate until Dudley Campbell failed to connect with Matt Oakley's low cross to allow Hayles to bundle the ball home at the far post.

It was the first time City had recorded back to back home wins since August 2006.

The first chance of the game arrived after two minutes when Steve Howard headed Iain Hume's deep free-kick straight into the arms of the Palace keeper.

City's sustained pressure was rewarded with another opportunity on eight minutes when Howard drove over from 18 yards after John Halls failed to clear a Joe Mattock cross.

Leicester continued to menace with Hayles shooting just wide after a surging run.

The Londoners had to wait until the 27th minute for their first threat on goal, when Ben Alnwick was forced to punch away Ben Watson's inswinging corner from just beneath the bar.

The game had to wait until a minute before the break before either side fashioned a further chance with Zsolt Laczko just failing to connect with Mattock's dangerous cross and then Mark Hudson lifting Alnwick's punched clearance over the bar.

Leicester threatened twice within moments of the restart when first Hume whipped in a dangerous cross to the near post, where Laczko miscued his shot, before Hume fired a 20-yard free-kick into the sidenetting.

James Scowcroft responded for Palace, hoisting a half cleared Watson free-kick over the bar as both sides sought to quicken the pace of the game.

The Eagles did have the ball in the net midway through the second half but Clinton Morrison was ruled offside.

Gareth McAuley then deflected Clint Hill's drive just wide, before Howard directed a header from a Hume free-kick the wrong side of an upright.

With both teams seeming satisfied with a point apiece, up popped Hayles to give the Foxes victory.

Deep in time added on Campbell broke clear, but, with only the keeper to beat, he shot wide of the target to spurn a chance to add a second.

Leicester City Team

Crystal Palace Team

Leicester City

Crystal Palace

Corners

4 3

Fouls

10 12

Goal attempts

12 6

Shots off target

10 5

Offsides

2 4

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