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Spurs v Crystal Palace Previous Fixture

Spurs 1 – 0 Crystal Palace (6^th May 2023)

Spurs’ most recent match against Crystal Palace came in May 2023 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The home team managed to secure a vital 1-0 victory that day against Roy Hodgson’s Eagles.

Ahead of this match, Tottenham were sat in 7^th place with 54 points. The Lilywhites were still in the race for European football going into the final weeks of the Premier League season. The home side were just a point behind high flying Brighton in 6^th place, whilst they were ahead of 8^th place Aston Villa on goal difference.

Tottenham faced Liverpool at Anfield in their most recent match before facing Roy Hodgson’s team. They were narrowly beaten 4-3 on Merseyside after a very competitive match. Harry Kane (40’), Heung-Min Son (77’) and Richarlison (90+3’) all found the back of the net for the visitors, whilst it was Curtis Jones (3’), Luis Diaz (5’), Mohamed Salah (15’ – Penalty) and Diogo Jota (90+4’) who scored for Jürgen Klopp’s side.

Meanwhile, Crystal Palace sat in 11^th place with 40 points. The Eagles were in no danger of relegation, and they were just 5 points behind high flying Fulham in 10^th place. They were also a point ahead of Chelsea and Bournemouth, who were occupying 12^th and 13^th place respectively in the Premier League table.

Argentinian central defender and World Cup winner Cristian Romero had Spurs’ first opportunity of the match, and he was unlucky not to find the back of the net with the ball hitting the crossbar following Romero’s powerful close range header on goal (17’).

Denmark international Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg then had an opportunity of his own, but his shot flew narrowly wide of the post after receiving the ball following a fantastic through ball from Harry Kane almost half an hour into the match (23’).

Romero had another opportunity a few minutes later, when he had a header blocked well by the Palace defenders to keep the game goalless (32’).

Tottenham finally broke the deadlock in first half stoppage time, with Harry Kane finding the bottom left corner with an emphatic close range header following a Pedro Porro cross (45+1’).

Early in the second half, French central defender Clement Llenglet had a header blocked by Palace’s defenders (56’). Moments later, Pedro Porro forced a fabulous save from the Eagles’ goalkeeper, Sam Johnstone (61’).

Heung-Min Son had a late effort on goal saved by Johnstone following a shot from close range (76’).

The final whistle went with Tottenham Hotspur claiming what was a deserved 1-0 victory in the end at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

It was the home team who had the most possession and shots on target. The Lilywhites had 57.5% possession, in comparison to 42.5% for Roy Hodgson’s side. Tottenham also had 3 shots on target as opposed to Crystal Palace’s 2.