London rivals Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur square off at Selhurst Park in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
These two sides come into this all-capital clash in contrasting form.
Palace are still searching for their first league win of the season after falling to a 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest on Monday night, in a game that brought up one of my City Ground selections.
That latest setback left Oliver Glasner’s side occupying a place in the relegation zone, and they should expect little respite when Tottenham make the short trip across town this weekend.
An emphatic 4-0 victory over West Ham last weekend made it three wins from four in the Premier League for Ange Postecoglou’s side.
Spurs have since squeezed past AZ Alkmaar 1-0 to make it three wins from three games in this season’s Europa League.
How the bookies view it: Spurs to clip Eagles’ wings
The bookmakers' odds suggest Crystal Palace’s wait for a maiden league win of the season will go on, with a home win on offer at 11/4 (Betano) while a share of the Selhurst Park spoils has been priced up at 14/5 (Betano).
Despite triumphing in just one of their previous four top-flight road trips this term, Tottenham are odds-on 5/6 favourites with Betano.
Head to head: Tottenham tend to triumph
Tottenham have taken top honours from each of their last five Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace. It’s also worth pointing out that Palace have picked up just one win from their previous 16 top-flight tussles with Spurs.
Players to watch: Check out Chalobah
I successfully backed Crystal Palace’s Trevoh Chalobah to commit one or more fouls against Nottingham Forest on Monday night and I’m more than happy to revisit the same selection here at 10/11 on PaddyPower. The Chelsea loanee has committed a combined total of three fouls across his opening two league appearances for the Eagles.
Dejan Kulusevski has scored in two of his last three Premier League appearances for Tottenham. The classy Swedish international is 33/20 on UniBet to either score or provide an assist at Selhurst Park on Sunday.
Predicted line-ups
Crystal Palace boss Glasner will once again be unable to call upon the services of injured quartet Chadi Riad, Cheick Doucoure, Chris Richards and Matheus Franca
Tottenham captain Son Heung-min missed the Europa Conference League win over AZ Alkmaar with a knock but he should be fit enough to feature from the off on Sunday.
Crystal Palace: Henderson; Lacroix, Chalobah, Guehi; Munoz, Wharton, Lerma, Mitchell; Kamada, Nketiah, Eze
Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Kulusevski, Bissouma, Maddison; Johnson, Solanke, Son
Anything else catch the eye?
Tottenham have averaged a towering 9.50 corners per-game in the Premier League this season, making them an appealing option to hit six or more on Sunday at 4/5 (BetVictor).
That lofty flag-kick count has seen Postecoglou’s high-octane side earn at least six corners in seven of their opening eight league games of the season.
Add to that the fact that Crystal Palace have conceded 6+ corners in three of their last four top-flight outings, then a minimum of six should once again be within range for Spurs.
This English Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur will be played on Oct 27, 2024 and kick off at 14:00. Check below for our tipsters best Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
