2020/21
Matchweek 16
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Barnes grabs another late draw for Leicester

Harvey Barnes scored for the second match in a row as Leicester City grabbed another late draw against Crystal Palace to move three points behind leaders Liverpool.

Having struck an 85th-minute equaliser in Saturday’s 2-2 draw against Manchester United, Leicester had a golden opportunity to take the lead at Selhurst Park.

James Tomkins brought down Luke Thomas and a 19th-minute penalty was awarded. But, with Jamie Vardy resting on the bench, Kelechi Iheanacho's spot-kick was saved by Vicente Guaita.

Instead it was Palace who took the lead just before the hour-mark, with Wilfried Zaha leading a counter-attack and then arriving at the back post to volley in from Andros Townsend's cross.

But Barnes levelled on 83 minutes, evading Palace's defenders on the edge of the box and firing into the bottom-right corner.

Palace, who are without a clean sheet in 15 Premier League matches, climb to 13th place with 19 points.

Leicester move up to second above Everton, whose fixture against Manchester City this evening has been postponed.

See: Crystal Palace report | Leicester report

Next fixtures

Crystal Palace: 2 Jan v Sheff Utd (H)
Leicester: 3 Jan v Newcastle (A)

Match officials

Referee: Graham Scott. Assistants: Peter Kirkup, Timothy Wood. Fourth official: Dean Whitestone. VAR: Robert Jones. Assistant VAR: Marc Perry.

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Match officials

Referee: Graham Scott

Assistants: Peter Kirkup, Timothy Wood

Fourth Official: Dean Whitestone

VAR: Robert Jones

Assistant VAR: Mark Scholes

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      Season So Far

      Crystal Palace
       
      Leicester

      Top Player Stats

        Head-to-Head

        Crystal Palace
        Total Wins
        9
        Home
        5
        Away
        4
        Leicester
        Total Wins
        8
        Home
        5
        Away
        3

        Played

        22

        Draws 5

        Recent Meetings