Selhurst Park: Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur Premier League pre-match guide

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Wed 04.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Selhurst Park (25073 seats)

It's only been four days and nights since Crystal Palace played against AFC Bournemouth and the scoreline was 2-0. How will it end hosting Tottenham Hotspur?

Insights:
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tottenham Hotspur have the most points from losing position (14) in Premier League

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Crystal Palace at their home stadium (Selhurst Park) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

It's back home for Crystal Palace, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating AFC Bournemouth away with the result 2-0. Eze and Ayew found the net in that victory. Midfield player Olise got a match rating of 8.3 in that game, the max score being 10. Olise signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Fulham (0-3).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Southampton are coming to town in three days.

Palace are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. On the other hand, Crystal Palace have conceded 11 goals.

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Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

Tottenham Hotspur might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Aston Villa proved too strong as Tottenham Hotspur slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Son, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.45. Son hit one key pass and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Brentford that ended 2-2.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Portsmouth in just three days.

Spurs has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. As for defending, Tottenham Hotspur rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Palace two wins, two draws and Tottenham Hotspur six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tottenham HotspurH. Kane
H. Kane
13 goals
Crystal PalaceW. Zaha
W. Zaha
6 goals
Tottenham HotspurP. Højbjerg
P. Højbjerg
4 goals

Crystal Palace missing players

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Crystal Palace Tottenham Hotspur
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 1 Played P 3 8 17
6 4 0 Won W 1 3 9
4 1 0 Drew D 2 3 3
6 3 1 Lost L 0 2 5
17 10 0 Scored S 5 12 33
21 11 2 Conceded C 4 12 25
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 88% 88%
50% 62% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 59%
12% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 41%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 24%
50% 62% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 65%
25% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 24%
38% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 12%
 
4.1 4.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.1 6.3
4.4 3.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.5 4.2
2.2 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.9 11.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 13.1 14.4
3.9 4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.5 5.5
27% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 33% 35%
 
13.2 12.9 10 Shots against (avg) S A 13 15.5 13.9
4.3 4.4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5 4.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Crystal Palace have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Crystal Palace haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Tottenham Hotspur have the most points from losing position (14) in Premier League
  • Tottenham Hotspur have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tottenham Hotspur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 16 14 1 1 40 14 7 7 0 0 22 8 9 7 1 1 18 6 26 43
2 Manchester City 16 11 3 2 44 16 9 7 1 1 31 10 7 4 2 1 13 6 28 36
3 Newcastle United 17 9 7 1 32 11 9 5 4 0 17 5 8 4 3 1 15 6 21 34
4 Manchester United 16 10 2 4 24 20 7 5 1 1 12 4 9 5 1 3 12 16 4 32
5 Tottenham Hotspur 17 9 3 5 33 25 9 6 0 3 21 13 8 3 3 2 12 12 8 30
6 Liverpool 16 8 4 4 33 19 9 6 2 1 23 9 7 2 2 3 10 10 14 28
7 Chelsea 16 7 4 5 20 18 7 4 2 1 12 6 9 3 2 4 8 12 2 25
8 Fulham 17 7 4 6 29 27 9 4 3 2 16 14 8 3 1 4 13 13 2 25
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 16 7 3 6 28 24 8 3 2 3 13 10 8 4 1 3 15 14 4 24
10 Brentford 17 5 8 4 27 27 8 3 4 1 15 9 9 2 4 3 12 18 0 23
11 Crystal Palace 16 6 4 6 17 21 8 4 1 3 10 11 8 2 3 3 7 10 -4 22
12 Aston Villa 17 6 3 8 19 25 8 4 1 3 12 9 9 2 2 5 7 16 -6 21
13 Leicester City 17 5 2 10 26 30 8 2 2 4 9 9 9 3 0 6 17 21 -4 17
14 Leeds United 16 4 4 8 23 29 8 3 2 3 13 12 8 1 2 5 10 17 -6 16
15 AFC Bournemouth 17 4 4 9 18 36 9 3 2 4 9 10 8 1 2 5 9 26 -18 16
16 Everton 17 3 6 8 13 20 8 2 2 4 7 8 9 1 4 4 6 12 -7 15
17 West Ham United 17 4 2 11 13 22 9 3 1 5 9 12 8 1 1 6 4 10 -9 14
18 Nottingham Forest 17 3 5 9 12 34 9 3 3 3 11 12 8 0 2 6 1 22 -22 14
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 3 4 10 10 26 9 2 2 5 5 14 8 1 2 5 5 12 -16 13
20 Southampton 17 3 3 11 15 32 8 1 3 4 9 15 9 2 0 7 6 17 -17 12

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.