Source: TheGuardian
Leicester City v Crystal Palace: Premier League – live!
Updates from the 5.30pm BST kick-off at the King PowerClockwatch – catch up with all the afternoon’s actionAnd why not email Scott with your thoughts 4.42pm GMT Leicester make two changes to the XI named for the 3-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur a fortnight ago. Jamie Vardy replaces Demarai Gray, who drops to the bench, while Christian Fuchs comes in for the injured Ben Chilwell.Palace make five changes to the side that brushed past Doncaster Rovers in the fifth round of the FA Cup last weekend. Vincente Guaita, James Tomkins, Mamadou Sakho, James McArthur and Wilfried Zaha replace Wayne Hennessey, Scott Dann, Martin Kelly, Max Meyer and Jordan Ayew. All of them drop to the bench, bar Kelly who is injured. 4.31pm GMT Leicester City: Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Evans, Maguire, Fuchs, Tielemans, Ndidi, Maddison, Ghezzal, Vardy, Barnes.Subs: Soyuncu, Morgan, Gray, Iheanacho, Ward, Okazaki, Mendy.Crystal Palace: Guaita, Ward, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt, McArthur, Milivojevic, Schlupp, Townsend, Batshuayi, Zaha.Subs: Dann, Meyer, Kouyate, Hennessey, Ayew, Benteke, Riedewald. 4.22pm GMT It’s a historic day in Leicester. Not quite up there with the discovery of the remains of Richard III, perhaps, but notable enough, as Roy I becomes the oldest man ever to manage a team in the Premier League.Hodgson is 71 years and 199 days young today. That means the Crystal Palace boss sashays past the legendary Sir Bobby Robson, who was 71 years and 191 days old when he took charge of his final game for Newcastle United. So hats off to King Roy. Continue reading......read full article
