Patrick Vieira has made no changes to his Crystal Palace starting XI for today’s Premier League visit to the King Power Stadium to face Leicester City.
The Eagles head into today’s clash with the Foxes on a seven-game unbeaten streak, keeping clean sheets in each of their last four games which includes wins over Wolves, Everton and Arsenal plus a goalless draw against Manchester City.
Palace have an FA Cup semi-final to prepare for next week, though Vieira said in his pre-match press conference on Friday that he would not be resting players for the trip to Leicester and that the squad's full focus was on securing a good result in the Midlands this afternoon.
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As a result, the Frenchman has not altered the starting XI that breezed past the Gunners 3-0 last Monday night at Selhurst Park.
Trusted shot-stopper Vicente Guaita returns in goal for Palace behind centre-back pairing Marc Guhei and Joachim Andersen, the latter of which was voted man of the match last time out after picking up two assists and a clean sheet. Guehi takes the armband once again, having first skippered the Eagles in the 4-1 win away at Watford in February and has since led the team in five of the subsequent six matches.
Tyrick Mitchell keeps up his record of starting every league match of the season by coming in at left-back meanwhile, with Nathaniel Clyne once again preferred to Joel Ward on the right side of the back four.
In midfield, Cheikhou Kouyate is joined by former Foxes man Jeffrey Schlupp and Conor Gallagher. Vieira spoke in his press conference about Chelsea's decision to not allow Gallagher to feature in their FA Cup semi-final next week.
Up front, Jean-Philippe Mateta keeps his place as the team’s striker after scoring his fourth goal in his last seven games against Arsenal last time out. He starts centrally with Wilfried Zaha starting on the left-wing and Jordan Ayew - who also netted against the Gunners - starting on the right.
Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Mitchell, Guehi, Andersen, Clyne, Kouyate, Schlupp, Gallagher, Zaha, Mateta, Ayew.
Substitutes: Butland, Kelly, Ward, Tokins, Milivojevic, McArthur, Eze, Benteke, Edouard.
