Crystal Palace vs Tottenham prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-12-27 16:30.
[p]Looking to bounce back from their midweek Carabao Cup defeat to Arsenal, Crystal Palace face North London opposition again as a struggling Tottenham visit Selhurst Park.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Heavy losing margins against both Manchester City (3-0) and Leeds (4-1), before going down on penalties to Arsenal, mean that Crystal Palace are in the midst of a four-match winless slump (D1, L3). An immensely busy schedule is beginning to bite, as this will be the 11th leg of a stretch of 15 competitive games in 50 days for Oliver Glasner’s side. The Eagles still start the round just three points adrift of the top four despite a three-match winless run in home league action (D1, L2), although confidence can be gained from winning their final league game in each of the last four calendar years – they’ve never done so in five successive years![/p]
[p]Tottenham’s similarly busy schedule has left them with little time to escape their recent troubles, as they plummeted to 14th after the end of the previous round after a 2-1 loss to Liverpool last time out which saw them reduced to nine men! Spurs were still able to build some positive momentum with a gritty performance in that defeat, but as only three sides have earned fewer than their five points since the start of November (W1, D2, L5), manager Thomas Frank is in desperate need of results. Their excellent away record (W4, D2, L2) in the league makes upcoming short trips to Palace and Brentford a great opportunity to kickstart a resurgence.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Palace’s two league wins over Spurs last season, both of which came without reply, were as many as they had earned in the 22 previous H2Hs (D3, L17).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Seven of Palace’s last nine competitive matches saw over 2.5 goals scored. [/p]
[p]There was a 1-0 half-time leader in ten of Palace’s last 16 Premier League matches.[/p]
[p]Nine of Tottenham’s last ten games in all competitions produced over 2.5 total goals. [/p]
[p]The team that scored first won seven of Tottenham’s last nine Premier League away games (D2). [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Jean-Philippe Mateta is halfway to matching his 14-goal tally in the Premier League last season, one of which came in last term’s corresponding fixture. Brennan Johnson likes these opponents having registered three assists across his last three games against Palace. [/p]
[p]Palace defender Chris Richards was stretchered off during the week, joining Daichi Kamada and Daniel Muñoz on the sidelines. Tottenham pair Xavi Simons and Cristian Romero are both suspended. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]These sides have been involved in plenty of goal-heavy encounters, so we anticipate over 2.5 match goals. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]