After an impressive start to the season, Tottenham Hotspur make the short trip south of the river to take on Palace in the Friday night fixture.
MATCH INFORMATION
- 8pm – 27th October 2023
- Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
PREVIOUS MEETING
The last time Spurs visited Selhurst it became a very one sided match up thanks to a first half double from the departed Harry Kane, which was added to by Matt Doherty and Son Heung-Min in a heavy defeat for the Eagles.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Harry Kane (9.7)
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Andy Madley. Assistants: Nick Hopton, Wade Smith. Fourth official: Graham Scott. VAR: Stuart Attwell. Assistant VAR: Nick Greenhalgh
PALACE – Michael Olise, Eberechi Eze, Dean Henderson and James Tomkins all remain out, but Jeffrey Schlupp is closing in on a return but probably not for this fixture.
SPURS – Ivan Perisic, Manor Solomon, Ryan Sessegnon, Rodrigo Bentancur, and Alfie Whiteman all miss out. Yves Bissouma returns from suspension, while Pape Sarr and Destiny Udogie may both be a late decision.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
RED CARDS – Yves Bissouma
YELLOW CARDS (3+) – Yves Bissouma (4), Destiny Udogie (3), Joel Ward (3), Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (3)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 06/05/23 Spurs 1-0 Palace
- 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
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 21/10/23 Newcastle 4-0 Palace
- 07/10/23 Palace 0-0 Forest
- 30/09/23 United 0-1 Palace
- 26/09/23 United 3-0 Palace
- 16/09/23 Villa 3-1 Palace
Last FIVE results for Spurs;
- 23/10/23 Spurs 2-0 Fulham
- 07/10/23 Luton 0-1 Spurs
- 30/09/23 Spurs 2-1 Liverpool
- 24/09/23 Arsenal 2-2 Spurs
- 16/09/23 Spurs 2-1 Sheffield United
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 11th in the Premier League with 12 points from 9 games played, while Spurs are top with 23 points.
RECORD AGAINST SPURS
- Played 57
- Won 11
- Drawn 15
- Lost 31
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- James Maddison 7.82
- Son Heung-Min 7.52
- Eberechi Eze 7.48
- Joachim Andersen 7.38
ONE TO WATCH
JAMES MADDISON
FORMER CLUBS – Coventry City, Norwich City, Aberdeen (loan), Leicester City
The addition of Maddison to the Spurs side this summer was an inspired move, and could only have been bettered in the view of Spurs fans had Harry Kane stayed. Regardless, the 26 year old has been key to the impressive start to the season Tottenham have had following is move rumoured to be for a fee in the region of £40million.
KEY CLASH
JEFFERSON LERMA v JAMES MADDISON
The return of the Columbian midfielder is a real positive for the Eagles even if that did not show last weekend, but he will need to be on top form to combat the threat of the former Leicester midfielder who has impressed for his new club this campaign.
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Odsonne Edouard (4 – 11th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Jean-Philippe Mateta (3 – 7th in PL)
- PASSES – Joachim Andersen (549)
- TACKLES – Cheick Doucoure (24 – 12th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Joachim Andersen (685 – 18th in PL)
- SHOTS – Eberechi Eze (27 – 6th in PL)
- FOULS – Jordan Ayew (15 – 9th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Jordan Ayew (27 – 1st in PL)
- SAVES – Sam Johnstone (23 – 13th in PL)
- CLEARANCES – Joachim Andersen (50 – 3rd in PL)
- BIG CANCES MISSED – Jordan Ayew (3 – 16th in PL)
THE NUMBERS
Palace have won 1 of their last 16 league games against Spurs (D2 L13), a 3-0 home win in September 2021. Their 3 goals in that game account for 43% of the total they’ve scored against Tottenham in that run (3/7)
Since the start of last season, Palace have won 2 of their 15 league London derby matches (D5 L8), with both victories coming against West Ham United (2-1 away and 4-3 at home)
Tottenham are unbeaten in their last 5 away league London derbies (W2 D3), since a 3-1 loss at Arsenal in October 2022. They last had a longer run without defeat on the road in London derbies between October 1992 and December 1993 (7 – W3 D4)
Palace lost 4-0 against Newcastle last time out but haven’t lost consecutive league matches since Roy Hodgson’s return to the club in April. Their last 2 home games have finished 0-0, with QPR in February 2013 the last team to have 3 consecutive home goalless draws in the top-flight
This will be Palace manager Roy Hodgson’s 500th game in charge of English clubs in all competitions. He lost his 100th and 200th milestone games (with the latter coming against Tottenham), while he won his 300th and 400th games in charge
James Maddison has either scored (2 goals) or assisted (5 goals) in each of his first 5 away league appearances for Spurs. He is only the third player to do that for a club, along with Andrey Arshavin for Arsenal and Bruno Fernandes for Man Utd, neither of whom scored or assisted in their sixth away games
TEB PREDICTION
After the debacle up in the North East last weekend, Palace will be keen to put things straight and fans are hoping to see a reaction. Spurs travel to Selhurst in good form and will be the favourites but the Eagles will prove tough opposition in the Friday night fixture, so we are going for them to hold the North London side to a draw.
FINAL SCORE: 1-1
