Tottenham vs Crystal Palace Prediction & Match Preview

• Tottenham bagged two or more goals in nine of the previous ten Premier League fixtures.
• Crystal Palace lost four and drew one of the previous five away outings across competitions.
• Heung-Min Son is Spurs’ leading scorer with 12 goals to his name this season.

Tottenham Hotspur had a nice two-week rest after the 1-2 home loss to Wolves on February 17th. They will be looking to bounce back on Saturday afternoon in the home clash against London rivals Crystal Palace.

Ange Postecoglou’s men will continue the pursuit of Aston Villa in the battle for the top-four positions in the Premier League standings. Spurs are currently five points shy of Villa with a game in hand on Unai Emery’s squad. They can ill afford another slip-up at home, especially after a two-week break as they did not play football last weekend.

Crystal Palace ended their three-game winless thread with a 3-0 victory over Burnley seven days ago. Things did not go as smooth as the final score may suggest. The Eagles have been struggling to break the deadlock for quite some time despite Josh Brownhill’s early red card for Clarets.

Recent Meetings

• Tottenham have been the dominant force in the history of this matchup.
• Spurs will come into this on the back of four straight wins over Crystal Palace. The run includes a 2-1 win in October last year at Selhurst Park.
• Only one of the last five H2H clashes between these teams produced goals at both ends.

Tottenham vs Crystal Palace Prediction

Tottenham have nine wins and four draws in 13 home outings in this term of the Premier League. They boast one of the best attacking records in the division with 52 goals scored in 25 outings. We see them as big favourites against Crystal Palace who are winless in eight successive away matches.

The Eagles lost four and drew one of the previous five games on the road in all competitions. The run includes painful defeats to Arsenal (0-5) and Brighton (1-4). Despite the 3-0 win over Burnley, Palace did not impress us under new manager Oliver Glasner last weekend considering they played against a ten-man relegation struggler on the home patch.

The visitors are still without their two best players (Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise) and we can hardly see them doing much against city rivals on Saturday. The main bet is Tottenham to have the lead at the half time and win the game at the end at the 2.30 odds.

Tottenham scored at least two goals in nine of the last ten league affairs. They have most of their starters back in XI, including James Maddison and Heung-Min Son. The latter tops the team’s goal-scoring charts with 12 goals to his name.

The South Korean takes penalties and he will generally have a lot of space to deliver past Palace’s back line. The Eagles shipped five goals at Arsenal and four goals at Burnley in recent away fixtures. You can back Son Heung-Min to score anytime at the odds of 2.10.

Steffen Schmidt- February 29, 2024

Tottenham vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips

HT/FT Tottenham/Tottenham

OK

	2.30 Odds
	2.07 Odds

Heung-Min Son to score anytime

OK

2.10 Odds

Correct Score: Tottenham 3-1

OK

	12.00 Odds
	10.00 Odds