The Eagles have two away games of the season remaining and neither of them require a trip out of the capital. They head to Spurs this weekend hoping to heap more misery on the North London side with an opportunity to end a recent poor form in this fixture.
TIME/ DATE/ VENUE
- 3pm
- 6th May 2023
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Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 782 High Rd, London N17 0BX
PREVIOUS MEETING
Boxing Day 2021 was the last time Palace this fixture took place and it will be no surprise to recall a 3-0 home win courtesy of goals from Harry Kane, Lucas Moura and Son Heung-Min. Compounding matters was a second yellow card right before the break for Wilfried Zaha.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Lucas Moura (8.9)
OFFICIALS
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Referee: Darren England
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Assistants: Dan Cook, Constantine Hatzidakis
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Fourth official: Robert Jones
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VAR: Neil Swarbrick
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Assistant VAR: Sian Massey-Ellis.
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Nathan Ferguson, James Tomkins and James McArthur are all out. Nathaniel Clyne is back in training while Naouirou Ahamada will face a late fitness test.
SPURS – Emerson Royal, Yves Bissouma, Rodrigo Bentancur, and Ryan Sessegnon all miss out. Hugo Lloris and Oliver Skipp are doubts.
DISCIPLINARY THIS SEASON
RED CARDS – Tyrick Mitchell (1), James Tomkins (1), Cheick Doucoure (1), Emerson Royal (1), Cristian Romero (1), Lucas Moura (1)
YELLOW CARDS (7+) – Cheick Doucoure (9), Marc Guehi (8), Cristian Romero (8), Rodrigo Bentancur (8), Joachim Andersen (7)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 04/01/23 Palace 0-4 Spurs
- 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
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 29/04/23 Palace 4-3 West Ham
- 25/04/23 Wolves 2-0 Palace
- 22/04/23 Palace 0-0 Everton
- 15/04/23 Southampton 0-2 Palace
- 09/04/23 Leeds 1-5 Palace
Last FIVE results for Spurs;
- 30/04/23 Liverpool 4-3 Spurs
- 27/04/23 Spurs 2-2 Manchester United
- 23/04/23 Newcastle 6-1 Spurs
- 15/04/23 Spurs 2-3 Bournemouth
- 08/04/23 Spurs 2-1 Brighton
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 11th in the Premier League with 40 points from 34 games played, while Spurs are 6th with 54 points from the same amount of games.
RECORD AGAINST SPURS
- Played 56
- Won 11
- Drawn 15
- Lost 30
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Harry Kane 7.48
- Rodrigo Bentancur 7.22
- Sam Johnstone 6.98
- Eberechi Eze 6.97
ONE TO WATCH
SON HEUNG-MIN
FORMER CLUBS – Hamburger SV, Bayer Leverkusen
Always one to look out for against Palace as no matter what the form of the South Korean heading into a game against us, he often finds the back of the net. Having said that, while it is not in the realms of his usual goal-scoring efforts, he has scored 10 times in the Premier League so far this season.
KEY CLASH
MARC GUEHI v HARRY KANE
This will be quite a battle on the pitch as the England captain will be facing up to our young centre back looking to cement a place in the international squad, and he has every chance of doing so from what we have seen from him.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
Michael Olise has provided 9 assists in the Premier League this season and could become the first Palace player to reach double figures in a single campaign.
Tottenham have lost just 1 of their past 15 Premier League meetings with Palace (W12 D2), with that defeat coming at Selhurst Park last season.
Eberechi Eze has scored 4 Premier League goals since Roy Hodgson’s return, more than any other Palace player. These 4 goals have come in his last 5 games, as many as he’d netted in his previous 33 appearances.
Spurs’ Harry Kane has been involved in 10 goals in his past 7 Premier League appearances against the Eagles (7 goals, 3 assists), while team-mate Son Heung-min has been involved in 7 in his past 7 (5 goals, 2 assists).
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Eberechi Eze (8)
- ASSISTS – Michael Olise (9 – 4th in PL)
- PASSES – Marc Guehi (1,892 – 11th in PL)
- TACKLES – Cheick Doucoure (73 – 9th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Marc Guehi (2,283 – 15th in PL)
- SHOTS – Wilfried Zaha (62)
- FOULS – Jeffrey Schlupp (50 – 4th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Wilfried Zaha (81 – 1st in PL)
- SAVES – Vicente Guaita (85 – 11th in PL)
TEB PREDICTION
Both teams can score goals, Palace playing with a bit of freedom having reached forty points, Spurs needing the points to try and keep faint hopes of Champions League football alive. We fancy a point.
FINAL SCORE: 2-2
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