Given the time at which is winner comes, it's hardly surprising that Mateta has headed straight for the jubliant crowd to celebrate, and the referee doesn't dampen the mood whatsoever in showing the winning goalscorer a yellow card for excessive celebration.
FULL-TIME: CRYSTAL PALACE 2-1 LEICESTER CITY.
90' +4
J. Mateta has scored a goal for Crystal Palace! Assist by J. Ayew.
GOOOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!!! Palace score right at the death!!! Ayew jinks in and away from Pereira before cutting inside and passing to Mateta. He receives the ball on the turn, taking him past Souttar, and sends the ball beyond an onrushing Iversen to slot into the near corner! Selhurst Park goes absolutely wild as Mateta makes it 2-1, and Roy Hodgson may just have a winning return at his old club!
The work from Ayew there was simply sublime, twisting and turning his way forward before picking out Mateta with an absolute peach of a pass!
90' +2
Souttar shoves over Ayew roughly 40 yards from goal, and from the resultant free-kick, Olise's curling delivery is missed by everyone and bounces behind for a goal kick!
90'
We'll play four added minutes to close out what has been a thrilling game, particularly this end-to-end second half!
89'
W. Ndidi gets yellow.
The yellow card's getting some use towards the back end of this game, and is raised again after Ndidi's high boot catches Ayew clearing the ball from the edge of his own box.
88'
M. Guéhi gets yellow.
Iheanacho rides the challenge of Eze before being hauled down by Guehi on the edge of the Palace box, and the latter goes into the book for his troubles.
86'
J. Mateta enters the game and replaces O. Édouard.
Off comes Edouard for the hosts, and the presence of Jean-Philippe Mateta in his position should cause some problems in the final moments of this game.
83'
K. Dewsbury-Hall gets yellow.
Dewsbury-Hall is absolutely all over Eze on halfway and brings him to the ground, warranting a free-kick and yellow card for the Foxes midfielder.
81'
W. Hughes enters the game and replaces J. Schlupp.
E. Eze gets yellow.
Eze catches the heel of Dewsbury-Hall as the Leicester midfielder sends the ball skyward, and the Eagles playmaker is booked as we enter the final stages of this entertaining encounter.
Schlupp comes off in Palace's latest substitution, and Will Hughes will see out the game from the base of midfield.
79'
Mitchell finds Edouard in the box, but he goes down following a challenge from Souttar and claims a penalty! His team-mates do likewise, but the referee says Souttar got the ball and calls play on!
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77'
The corner is headed out to Eze, who smashes a dipping volley which sways high and wide of the target and flies behind.
72'
K. Ịheanachọ enters the game and replaces P. Daka.
Daka's been feeding off scraps for much of this game, and the Zambian is replaced late on by Kelechi Ịheanacho up front.
70'
Maddison and Guehi engage in a foot-race to latch onto a long ball forward, but the pair collide in the box as Guaita collects the ball!
68'
H. Souttar gets yellow.
Eze is back deep in his own half to win possession brilliantly, and sends Palace on their way forward with a fast break. Edouard looks to turn Souttar on halfway, but is held back by his shirt and the big Australian defender goes into the book.
67'
Ayew cuts inside from the left to fire off a shot from distance, but he's pressured all the way by Castagne and his speculative 25-yard effort is easily saved by Iversen.
66'
Play has halted for Doucoure to receive some treatment - he's got a bloodied nose and mouth having taken a stray forearm to the face.
60'
L. Thomas enters the game and replaces V. Kristiansen.
The booked Kristiansen comes off following that equaliser, and he's replaced at left-back by Luke Thomas for the visitors.
59'
D. Iversen is unfortunate, scores an own goal!
GOOOOOOAAAALLL!!!! The Eagles are level!!! It's an own goal from Iversen, but comes via a sumptuous Eze strike! Daka fouls Eze on the edge of the box, and the Palace playmaker steps up to hit the free-kick as sweet as a nut. The ball rattles off the underside of the crossbar and hits Iversen in the back, but the sprawling goalkeeper can't prevent the ball crossing the line to lock the scores up at 1-1! All square in Croydon, and it's no less than Palace deserve!
57'
Olise beats his man before hanging a cross to the back post, but Edouard mistimes his header and the ball bounces wide of the unguarded far corner!
56'
Ricardo Pereira has scored a goal for Leicester City! Assist by T. Castagne.
Moving Castagne forward to the right of midfield has certainly paid dividends, with the Belgian bringing that cross-field pass down for Pereira to rifle home.
GOOOOOOAAAALLL!!!! Leicester launch themselves into the lead!!! A cross-field pass sees play switched to the right, and Castagne brings the ball down before passing inside to Pereira. He arrives just inside the box and leathers the ball beyond Guaita, rattling the ball into the top corner to make it 1-0 to the visitors! No goalkeeper was stopping that, and Palace once again are made to rue all their missed chances!
55'
Leicester pile forward in numbers as Dewsbury-Hall dribbles into the final third, but his pass centrally to Daka is cut out by Doucoure!
53'
Ndidi clips an aerial ball into the path of Maddison, but the Leicester playmaker can't escape the attention of his England team-mate Guehi, who shields the ball for Guaita to collect.
46'
Ricardo Pereira enters the game and replaces Tetê.
Leicester have been run ragged down the right-hand side so far, and Brendan Rodgers accordingly brings off winger Tete for right-back Ricardo Pereira.
Daka gets the game back underway for the Foxes, as the second half kicks off!
45' +3
HALF-TIME: CRYSTAL PALACE 0-0 LEICESTER CITY.
45' +2
We're into two allotted minutes of additional time, following that lengthy delay for Zaha to be substituted.
45' +1
J. Ayew enters the game and replaces W. Zaha.
Zaha does indeed come off for the hosts, and is replaced in the front three by Jordan Ayew at the end of the first half.
45'
Zaha's stayed down for some time following that attempted cross, and it looks increasingly likely the Palace captain will be coming off here.
43'
Mitchell does brilliantly to keep the ball in play and finds Zaha, who weaves past Castagne before having a meek cross cleared by Dewsbury-Hall!
37'
Kristiansen drives forward into midfield and attempts to find the run of Maddison, but his throughball takes a deflection and Guaita is able to collect for the hosts.
36'
Olise darts past Kristiansen and whips in a cross from the right, but Souttar, with Zaha breathing down his neck, pulls off an excellent defensive header to knock the ball away and into touch.
35'
Eze weaves his way between three Leicester defenders and looks for options in the box, but Ndidi nips in to win possession back for the under-fire Foxes.
32'
Olise's corner isn't dealt with at the back post and drops to Edouard, whose shot on the turn is well held by Iversen at the near post!
29'
V. Kristiansen gets yellow.
Olise attempts to dribble his way out of trouble and knocks the ball past Kristiansen, but he's blatantly held back by the Foxes left-back, who receives the first yellow card of this game so far.
25'
Palace cut Leicester open again as Schlupp finds an unmarked Zaha to his left, but the Ivorian's right-footed shot takes a nick off Castagne before Faes heads clear.
20'
A long clearing kick from Iversen has Daka searing after the ball at the other end, but he's outmuscled by Andersen who comes up with possession in his own box.
17'
Another Palace corner is swung in by Olise, prompting a small-scale game of head tennis in the box. Edouard looks to find the far corner, but Souttar is there to head the ball away from the unguarded back post.
15'
Guehi's heavy touch leaves the Palace defence a man down as Dewsbury-Hall plays Daka through the gap, but the pass is too wide for the Zambian to make anything of and Guaita dives onto the loose ball.
9'
Zaha's cross from the left is headed away, but Andersen arrives and pulls the trigger from distance. His first-time effort is wayward to say the least though, and Ndidi recovers the ball on the edge of his own box!
6'
Staunch Leicester defending sees Faes hook a Schlupp cross half-clear, before both Olise and Zaha are tackled prior to shooting on goal. The hosts keep coming though, and Doucoure's first-time effort is blocked by Souttar. Backs to the wall for the Foxes at the moment!
5'
Guehi's back-pass deceives Guaita and runs riskily across the face of goal, but the Palace 'keeper gets back in time to regain control of the ball!
1'
Eze gets us underway at Selhurst Park, and the Premier League's most heated relegation battle in many a year is back up and running after the international break!
Hello, and welcome to live coverage of this Premier League fixture, as bottom-half rivals Crystal Palace and Leicester City face off at Selhurst Park.
With Patrick Vieira sacked following a poor run of results, newly re-hired coach Roy Hodgson takes charge of his first Palace game this season. Winless in 2023, the Eagles have lost their last four games straight, scoring their only goal since February in a 4-1 loss to Arsenal prior to the international break.
The Foxes are on a dismal run of their own, also losing four straight games before a 1-1 draw with Brentford last time out. Palace are currently the highest placed of a nine-team squeeze at the bottom of the table – just four points separate them in 12th from bottom side Southampton – though Leicester, sat 17th, could overtake the Eagles with a win in Croydon.
LEICESTER CITY SUBS: Danny Ward, Caglar Soyuncu, Jamie Vardy, Kelechi Iheanacho, Daniel Amartey, Ricardo Pereira, Nampalys Mendy, Luke Thomas, Boubakary Soumare.
LEICESTER CITY (4-2-3-1): Daniel Iversen; Victor Kristiansen, Wout Faes, Harry Souttar, Timothy Castagne; Wilfred Ndidi, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall; Mateus Tete, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes; Patson Daka.
CRYSTAL PALACE SUBS: Sam Johnstone, Luka Milivojevic, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Jordan Ayew, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Nathaniel Clyne, James McArthur, Will Hughes, Jairo Riedewald.
CRYSTAL PALACE (4-3-3): Vicente Guaita; Joel Ward, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guehi, Tyrick Mitchell; Eberechi Eze, Cheick Doucoure, Jeffrey Schlupp; Michael Olise, Odsonne Edouard, Wilfried Zaha.
The teams are out on the pitch, and we're nearly ready for kick-off in south London!
The teams are back out for the second half, and can Palace turn the screw to find a well-deserved opening goal here?
A first win of the calendar year consolidates Palace's place of the nine-strong pack of teams at the bottom of the table. With 'mid-table' no longer a concept in the 2022-23 Premier League, the Eagles are now at least two points clear of all the chasing pack, with them and nearest side Wolves having played at least one game more than all the sides below them. Leicester's woes continue though, with their fifth defeat in six seeing the Foxes drop into the bottom three, where they sit 18th, now five points behind Palace in 12th.
That's all from us, we hope you enjoyed the game. We'll see you next time - goodbye!
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