Tottenham Hotspur FC vs Crystal Palace FC, Premier League 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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Premier League · 2020-21

Tottenham Hotspur FC

4 – 1

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Crystal Palace FC

Sun 7 Mar 2021 · 19:15 UTC Tottenham Hotspur Stadium HT 45+4' · FT 45+6'

Y 29' Jordan Ayew

Y 35' Gary Cahill

Y 48' Jairo Riedewald

Matt Doherty 90' Y

Carlos Vinicius 90' Y

Overview

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Tottenham Hotspur FC vs Crystal Palace FC — Premier League at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Tottenham Hotspur FC 6 games · 3 pts (2026/27)
Crystal Palace FC 6 games · 7 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Darren England
Referee Neil Davies
Referee Stuart Attwell
Referee Constantine Hatzidakis
Referee Andre Marriner

6 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 5.5 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Manchester City FC	6	18
2	Arsenal FC	6	15
3	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	6	13
4	Brentford FC	6	10
5	Everton FC	6	10
6	Chelsea FC	6	10
7	Leeds United FC	6	9
8	Hull City AFC	6	9
9	Liverpool FC	6	9
10	Ipswich Town FC	6	9
11	Newcastle United FC	5	8
12	Crystal Palace FC	6	7
13	Manchester United FC	6	6
14	Nottingham Forest FC	6	5
15	Aston Villa FC	6	5
16	Sunderland AFC	6	4
17	AFC Bournemouth	6	3
18	Tottenham Hotspur FC	6	3
19	Coventry City FC	5	3
20	Fulham FC	6	2

Head-to-Head

Tottenham Hotspur FC 17 games · Avg 2.6 goals Crystal Palace FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-03-07 Tottenham Hotspur FC 4–1 Crystal Palace FC 2020-12-13 Crystal Palace FC 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur FC 2020-07-26 Crystal Palace FC 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur FC 2019-09-14 Tottenham Hotspur FC 4–0 Crystal Palace FC 2019-04-03 Tottenham Hotspur FC 2–0 Crystal Palace FC

Recent Form

Tottenham Hotspur FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Mar	Crystal Palace FC	H	4–1	W
04 Mar	Fulham FC	A	1–0	W
28 Feb	Burnley FC	H	4–0	W
24 Feb	Wolfsberger AC	H	4–0	W
21 Feb	West Ham United FC	A	1–2	L
18 Feb	Wolfsberger AC	A	4–1	W

Crystal Palace FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Mar	Tottenham Hotspur FC	A	1–4	L
03 Mar	Manchester United FC	H	0–0	D
28 Feb	Fulham FC	H	0–0	D
22 Feb	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	A	2–1	W
13 Feb	Burnley FC	H	0–3	L
08 Feb	Leeds United FC	A	0–2	L

Season Stats

Tottenham Hotspur FC		Crystal Palace FC
#18	Position	#12
3	Points	7
6	Played	6
0 / 3 / 3	W / D / L	2 / 1 / 3
3	Scored	9
9	Conceded	12
-6	GD	-3
0.50	PPG	1.17
0%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

35% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

47% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
Tottenham Hotspur FC this season

17% Clean Sheets
Crystal Palace FC this season

Tottenham Hotspur FC are 18th (3 pts). Crystal Palace FC are 12th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Tottenham Hotspur FC

0-15

–/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/2

46-60

–/1

61-75

–/4

76+

3/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Crystal Palace FC

0-15

1/2

16-30

–/2

31-45

3/3

46-60

2/3

61-75

1/–

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Crystal Palace FC

Tyrick Mitchell

2 G

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as Tottenham Hotspur FC face off against Crystal Palace FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' Matt Doherty, a Ireland , has 15 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' Tottenham Hotspur FC is showing some good football. However, Tottenham Hotspur FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
15' Tottenham Hotspur FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Crystal Palace FC backline.
20' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
25' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Gareth Bale makes it 1-0.
29' Jordan Ayew catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 29.
34' The 29-year-old Jean-Philippe Mateta has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
35' The referee calls foul for Gary Cahill. He receives a Yellow card.
40' Andros Townsend has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
45' Tottenham Hotspur FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Crystal Palace FC's shape.
46' Crystal Palace FC ring the changes. Eberechi Eze has done his job and it is now time for Wilfried Zaha to step up.
46' What composure from Christian Benteke! The Belgium international strokes it home. 1-1.
48' Jairo Riedewald was booked on 48.
49' What composure from Gareth Bale! The Wales international strokes it home. 2-1.
52' A goal from the England international Harry Kane! He fires home on 52 to make it 3-1!
57' Crystal Palace FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
62' It is a cagey affair so far. Tottenham Hotspur FC in their trying to find a way past Crystal Palace FC's compact .
65' Jeffrey Schlupp is replacing Andros Townsend for the Crystal Palace FC side.
70' Tottenham Hotspur FC make a change. Harry Winks trudges off to be replaced by Moussa Sissoko on 70 minutes.
74' Fresh legs for Crystal Palace FC! Jean-Philippe Mateta comes on to replace Christian Benteke.
76' The deadlock is broken! Harry Kane gets on the scoresheet on 76 minutes.
80' Carlos Vinicius is replacing Harry Kane for the Tottenham Hotspur FC side.
85' Wilfried Zaha is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Crystal Palace FC so far.
90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Matt Doherty.
With this win, Tottenham Hotspur FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Tottenham Hotspur FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach José Mourinho

Crystal Palace FC Lineups

Starting XI

31
Vicente Guaita
4
Luka Milivojevic C
8
Cheikhou Kouyate
9
Jordan Ayew
2
Joel Ward
3
Patrick van Aanholt
44
Jairo Riedewald
10
Andros Townsend ↓ Jeffrey Schlupp 65'
20
Christian Benteke ↓ Jean-Philippe Mateta 74'
24
Gary Cahill
25
Eberechi Eze ↓ Wilfried Zaha 46'

Bench

Coach Roy Hodgson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Harry Kane	9
Son Heungmin	6
Eberechi Eze	3
Odsonne Edouard	2
Heung-min Son	2
Jeffrey Schlupp	2
Gareth Bale	2
Christian Benteke	1

Head to Head

Tottenham Hotspur FC Form

2021-03-07 Tottenham Hotspur FC 4–1 Crystal Palace FC W 2021-03-04 Fulham FC 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur FC W 2021-02-28 Tottenham Hotspur FC 4–0 Burnley FC W 2021-02-24 Tottenham Hotspur FC 4–0 Wolfsberger AC W 2021-02-21 West Ham United FC 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur FC L 2021-02-18 Wolfsberger AC 1–4 Tottenham Hotspur FC W

Crystal Palace FC Form

2021-03-07 Tottenham Hotspur FC 4–1 Crystal Palace FC L 2021-03-03 Crystal Palace FC 0–0 Manchester United FC D 2021-02-28 Crystal Palace FC 0–0 Fulham FC D 2021-02-22 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 1–2 Crystal Palace FC W 2021-02-13 Crystal Palace FC 0–3 Burnley FC L 2021-02-08 Leeds United FC 2–0 Crystal Palace FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.94 Tottenham Hotspur FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.1 Crystal Palace FC xG

I would bet for: Tottenham Hotspur FC to win 58% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Tottenham Hotspur FC58% Draw23% Crystal Palace FC19%

Actual: Tottenham Hotspur FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 3.04

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Tottenham Hotspur FC or Draw

81%

Draw or Crystal Palace FC

42%

Tottenham Hotspur FC or Crystal Palace FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Tottenham Hotspur FC40% Draw43% Crystal Palace FC17%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.1%

2 – 1

9.5%

2 – 0

8.9%

1 – 0

8.6%

0 – 0

6.5%

3 – 1

6.2%

3 – 0

5.6%

1 – 2

5.4%

2 – 2

5.2%

0 – 1

4.5%

3 – 2

3.5%

4 – 1

Actual

Asian Handicap — Tottenham Hotspur FC

Handicap	Tottenham Hotspur FC covers	Push	Crystal Palace FC covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	17%	67%
-1.5	33%	—	67%
-1	33%	22%	45%
-0.5	55%	—	45%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	12%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Tottenham Hotspur FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

Crystal Palace FC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.