Reuters
[Source: Reuters]
Crystal Palace kept up their impressive away form in the Premier League as second half goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Marc Guehi handed them a 2-0 win at struggling Leicester City this morning.
Palace extended their unbeaten run away from home in the league to six matches with victory at the King Power Stadium and moved up one place to 14th in the standings.
Hosts Leicester lost a sixth successive league game and remain second from bottom, paying the price for squandering chances to take a first half lead.
Mateta’s opener came seven minutes into the second half in Palace’s first effort on target while Guehi added the second 12 minutes from time.
The imposing Mateta showed his power as he netted a sixth league goal of the season, shrugging aside Leicester defender Jannik Vestergaard before rounding goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk after being set up by a driving run through the middle from Ismailia Sarr.
Guehi’s goal came via a setpiece from Eberechi Eze, who lifted the ball high into the penalty area with the defender coming in on the left to steer home the ball on the volley.
Palace had initially been forced onto the back foot as Leicester made the brighter start but a 17th minute opportunity for the 38-year-old Jamie Vardy ended meekly after he bore down on the Palace goal but shot straight at goalkeeper Dean Henderson with his weaker left foot.
Vardy also miscued a close-in chance later in the half after some silky skills from Stephy Mavididi saw him get a cross in, despite several defenders blocking his path.
