The first game of the New Year is a London Derby which for fans will affected once again by the train strikes, but a point or three for Palace will be very welcome to build on the victory at Bournemouth at the weekend.
TIME/ DATE/ VENUE
- 8pm
- 4th January 2023
- Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
PREVIOUS MEETING
The last time Spurs made the trip to Selhurst they returned to North London with their tail between their legs as goals from Wilfried Zaha (from the spot)and a brace from new signing Odsonne Edouard making his first appearance from the bench sealed all three points for the Eagles. The visitor’s job was made worse by a red card for Japhet Tanganga in the second half.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Wilfried Zaha (8.7)
OFFICIALS
- Referee: Michael Olive
- Assistants: Stuart Burt, Scott Ledger
- Fourth official: Graham Scott
- VAR: Mike Dean
- Assistant VAR: Gary Beswick
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – James Tomkins is available after suspension but Tyrick Mitchell continues to serve his ban. James McArthur, Nathan Ferguson and Sam Johnstone are all expected to miss out.
SPURS – Richarlison, Lucas Moura, Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur may all miss out while Djed Spence could make a return.
DISCIPLINARY THIS SEASON
RED CARDS – Tyrick Mitchell (1), James Tomkins (1), Emerson Royal (1)
YELLOW CARDS (5+) – Cheick Doucoure (5), Marc Guehi (5), Rodrigo Bentancur (50, Yves Bissouma (5)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 26/12/21 Spurs 3-0 Palace
- 11/09/21 Palace 3-0 Spurs
- 07/03/21 Spurs 4-1 Palace
- 13/12/20 Palace 1-1 Spurs
- 26/07/20 Palace 1-1 Spurs
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 31/12/22 Bournemouth 0-2 Palace
- 26/12/22 Palace 0-3 Fulham
- 12/11/22 Forest 1-0 Palace
- 06/11/22 Newcastle 0-0 Palace
- 29/11/22 Palace 1-0 Southampton
Last FIVE results for Spurs;
- 01/01/23 Spurs 0-2 Villa
- 26/12/22 Brentford 2-2 Spurs
- 12/11/22 Spurs 4-3 Leeds
- 09/11/22 Forest 2-0 Spurs
- 06/11/22 Spurs 1-2 Liverpool
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Spurs are in 11th place with 30 points from 17 games played while Palace are 11th with 22 points from 16 games.
RECORD AGAINST SPURS
- Played 55
- Won 11
- Drawn 15
- Lost 29
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Harry Kane 7.42
- Rodrigo Bentancur 7.32
- Eberechi Eze 7.01
- Wilfried Zaha 6.98
ONE TO WATCH
HARRY KANE
FORMER CLUBS – Ridgeway Rovers, Arsenal, Watford
With the form Spurs have been in, we should not be looking very much further from the England captain. His side have yet to win since the season got back underway after the World Cup but he will remain key to the North Londoners.
KEY CLASH
MARC GUEHI v HARRY KANE
The Palace centre back returned to the side after injury and put in a good display at Bournemouth and played a key part to the Eagles taking the win. After being left out of the England squad, the former Chelsea man will be keen on making sure Spurs’ form continues in similar fashion.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
- The away team have not scored in the previous 2 games between the two sides
- Palace have only won once in their last 7 games against Spurs
- Spurs have conceded at least 2 goals in their last 6 league matches
- Palace are unbeaten in the last 4 games against Spurs at Selhurst Park
- Spurs have 1 win from their last 5 matches and have not had victory since the World Cup break
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Wilfried Zaha (6 – 14th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Michael Olise (4 – 10th in PL)
- PASSES – Joachim Andersen (950 – 14th in PL)
- TACKLES – Jordan Ayew (37 – 16th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Joachim Andersen (1173 – 15th in PL)
- SHOTS – Wilfried Zaha (36 – 18th in PL)
- SAVES – Vicente Guaita (47 – 10th in PL)
DID YOU KNOW?
When Spurs were last relegated to the old Second Division in 1977 their support never waned. Instead fans recorded average attendances of over 33,000 which exceeded rest of the division crowds by 8,000.
PREDICTION
Palace are looking to build on the win at Bournemouth while Spurs are trying to find their form again and there are plenty of rumours that their manager is under pressure. That all adds up to a quite interesting match up under the lights at Selhurst. The Eagles have good recent form in this fixture and would surely like that to continue but we see this one going for a share of the points which is perhaps what both teams would be comfortable with.
FINAL SCORE: 1-1
BETTING ODDS
- Home – 11/5
- Draw – 23/10
- Away – 6/5
- Both teams to score – 13/20
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