LEICESTER, Ingila – Leicester City da Crystal Palace za su fafata a gasar Premier League a ranar Laraba, 15 ga Janairu, 2025, a filin wasa na King Power Stadium. Wasan na da muhimmanci ga dukkan kungiyoyin biyu da ke fafutukar guje wa faduwa zuwa gasar Championship.
Leicester City, wacce ke matsayi na 19 a teburin, ta fadi wasanni biyar a jere a gasar Premier League kafin ta samu nasara a gasar cin kofin FA da ci 6-2 a kan Queens Park Rangers. Kungiyar ta kasa kare gidanta a wasanni 43 da suka gabata, wanda ya sanya ta cikin tarihi mara kyau a gasar Premier League.
A gefe guda, Crystal Palace, wacce ke matsayi na 15, ta samu nasara a gasar cin kofin FA da ci 1-0 a kan Stockport County. Kungiyar ta kuma kare wasanni biyar a jere a gasar Premier League ba tare da cin kwallo ba, wanda ya ba ta damar tsallakewa daga yankin faduwa.
Masanin kwallon kafa, Ruud van Nistelrooy, ya ce, “Mun bukaci nasara a wannan wasan don tsallakewa daga yankin faduwa. Mun yi aiki tuƙuru kuma mun shirya sosai.”
A cikin wasan da suka buga a watan Satumba, 2024, Leicester City ta yi rashin nasara a hannun Crystal Palace da ci 2-2, inda Eberechi Eze ya zura kwallo a cikin lokacin karin lokaci don cimma nasara. Crystal Palace ta kuma samu nasara da ci 2-1 a wasan da suka buga a watan Afrilu, 2023.
Leicester City za ta fada wasan ba tare da dan wasan gaba, Jamie Vardy, ba saboda rauni, yayin da Crystal Palace za ta yi amfani da Jean-Philippe Mateta a gaban gaba. Dukkan kungiyoyin biyu suna fafutukar samun maki don tsallakewa daga yankin faduwa.
Wasu daga cikin ‘yan wasan da za su fito a wasan sun hada da Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall da Wilfred Ndidi a bangaren Leicester City, da Eberechi Eze da Michael Olise a bangaren Crystal Palace.
