Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur FC, English Premier League 2024-25, Today Match Prediction

Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur FC Match Prediction & Analysis

Palace were hard done by at City ground last week, when Dean Henderson allowed Chris Wood’s strike to squirm under his arm. Making it in this league is always about fine margins. That doesn’t seem to be working for the London Club. Luck didn’t play its role either when Eze and Nketiah hit the woodwork. 

It is unthinkable that a manager who previously won Europe’s most coveted prize i.e. the Europa league with Frankfurt, now finds himself in the dark dungeons of English top-flight. Palace are on the longest winless streak to a campaign in 31 years. The goals have run dry, which is why they really need someone to step up and chip in if they are to stay in the league. 

Spurs continue their stay in London and will look to brush aside London club Palace, just as they did at the London Olympic Stadium last week against the Hammers. Swedish Captain Kulusevski has taken his game to the next level. He is tactically, physically and technically astute and Ange will be happy to have him in his squad. Spurs have a 100% record in Europe with a midweek win against AZ Alkmaar. Now they’ll want to replicate this in England and keep the consistency.

Head-to-Head Record : Both teams have met 50 times in all competitions. Spurs have won 29 of those affairs, while Palace won 9. 12 games ended in drab draws.

Current Standings : Palace sit in the red zone in 18th position having collected a paltry 3 points. Spurs are 7th with 13 points from 8 games.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Crystal Palace Preview

The Eagles have won just one of their last 18 Premier League games against Tottenham (D2, L15), a 3-0 home win in September 2021 under Patrick Viera when Spurs were top of the league. Palace won 5 of their first 7 home Premier League matches under Oliver Glasner (D1,L1), scoring 22 goals. Since then, they’re winless in 4 at Selhurst Park (D2,L2), failing to score in three. 

This also means it is Crystal Palace’s joint-worst start to a top-flight campaign after 8 matches. The first time they failed to win any of their 8 top-flight matches in 1992-93, they went on to get relegated. Unfortunately summer signing Eddie Nketiah hasn’t hit the ground running. 

Since scoring a hat-trick against Sheffield United in October 2023 (for Arsenal), Crystal Palace striker Eddie Nketiah has played 804 minutes in the Premier League without finding the net. Indeed, he’s currently on a run of 30 shots without scoring in the competition.

Injury list - Chadi Riad, Matheus Franca, Cheick Doucoure and Chris Richards will all miss out. 

Crystal Palace Probable Starting Lineup -  Henderson (GK), Chalobah, Lacroix, Guehi, (DEF), Lerma, Munoz, Mitchell, Kamada, Hughes (MID), Eze, Nketiah (FWD).

Tottenham Hotspur FC Preview

The Lilywhites have won 19 of their 30 Premier League games against Crystal Palace (D7,L4), their highest win rate against any fellow London side in the competition (63%). Spurs have won 3 of their last 4 Premier League matches (L1), as many as they had in their previous 11 games (W3, D1, L7). 

Ange’s front footed football has his team make the most runs into the opposition penalty area (449) and also made the most overlapping runs in the final third (100) in the Premier League this season. Spurs players also top those categories individually - Dominic Solanke with 93 runs into the box and Dejan Kulusevski making 17 final-third overlapping runs. 

For shots, they are only second to Man City (145), shots on target (55), touches in the opposition box (355) and successful opposition half passes (2,069) this season. However, Spurs rank top for passes played into the opponent penalty area (306) and expected goals (16.95).

Spurs midfielder James Maddison could make his 200th Premier League appearance in this match. He ranks top for passes played into the opposition penalty area this season (72), while he has five assists in his last 11 games. 

Meanwhile, Son has been involved in 10 goals in his last 13 Premier League London Derbies (7 goals, 3 assists). Son has 39 goals and assists in London derby matches (27 goals, 12 assists), the joint-fifth most of any player in the Premier League. It’ll be a blow for Spurs if he doesn’t register fit for the weekend. 

Injury list - Talisman Son Heung-min will be a big miss for this London encounter. 

Tottenham Probable Starting Lineup -  Vicario (GK), Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie, (DEF), Kulusevski, Bissouma, Maddison (MID), Johnson, Solanke, Richarlison (FWD).

CRYSTAL PALACE vs TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC
Winning Prediction

Palace are more than desperate to register their first win of the season. Austrian manager Oliver Glasner is under immense pressure and could really steal headlines come Monday morning for the wrong reasons, if he doesn’t get a result. The Eagles could take advantage of Spurs’ midweek game and beat them at their own high octane gameplan. But if Spurs get into gear and if it clicks, there is only one team walking away as the winner in this London contest. 

Tottenham Hotspurs to Win (1-3)

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