Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Prediction: Palace pair can pose Spurs defender problems at Selhurst

The pressure is mounting on Crystal Palace head coach Oliver Glasner after Monday's 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest made it eight Premier League games without a win this season, and things don't get any easier for them on Sunday (14:00) when Tottenham Hotspur pitch up at Selhurst Park.

Below you can find my Crystal Palace vs Tottenham prediction, complete with all the latest team news and match odds, ahead of this London derby between the Eagles and Lilywhites.

Team News

Rob Holding, Chadi Riad, Chris Richards and Matheus Franca will all miss out again this weekend for Crystal Palace, while it's unlikely that Cheick Doucoure, who has been sidelined since their mid-September 2-2 draw with Leicester City, will make the squad.

Ex-Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Turner can retake his place on the bench after being unable to face parent club Forest on Monday, meaning Remi Matthews is set to drop out of the 20-man list.

Glasner must also decide whether to bring last season's top goalscorer Jean-Philippe Mateta back into the starting XI after benching the Frenchman for the past two games.

Adam Wharton will also hope to gain some minutes after failing to appear at the City Ground earlier in the week due to fitness concerns.

Football Odds

Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou has sparked doubts over the availability of Son Heung-min, who missed Thursday's 1-0 win over AZ Alkmaar in the Uefa Europa League. The Australian said: "He's still not right. He’s still not feeling 100 per cent. He won’t train today [Friday] so unlikely for the weekend."

Djed Spence will also miss out again, although Postecoglou has offered a positive update about the right-back, saying he's "getting closer" and could be involved in team training next week.

Sunday's visitors don't appear to have any other injury issues, but it remains to be seen whether James Maddison starts at Selhurst Park. The 27-year-old playmaker was hauled off at half-time in last Saturday's 4-1 win over West Ham United with the score at 1-1. Maddison started Thursday's Europa League victory against AZ, with his replacement against the Irons, Pape Matar Sarr, only a second-half substitute, potentially hinting that the Senegalese may start in front of the Englishman in south London.

Timo Werner started in place of Son on the left-hand side of the Spurs attack on Thursday but could drop out with the fit-again Wilson Odobert in contention to feature.

Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Odds

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Crystal Palace are 3/1 to claim their first Premier League win at the ninth attempt, giving the Eagles an implied win probability of 25%, while Tottenham are 5/6, or a 54.5% chance, to secure back-to-back league victories.

The draw, meanwhile, is priced at 3/1, and both teams to score at 8/15.

Spurs striker Dominic Solanke (8/5) leads the anytime goalscorer market, with Eberechi Eze (9/5) first up for Palace.

Double Chance & BTTS - Crystal Palace or Draw & Yes @ 13/8

Few would have predicted the extent of Palace's downfall at the beginning of the season, with the Eagles drawing three and losing five of their opening eight Premier League games.

Of course, teething problems were expected after the departure of Michael Olise and Joachim Andersen to Bayern Munich and Fulham, respectively.

However, after ending the 2023/24 campaign on a seven-match unbeaten run, winning six of those contests and scoring 21 times, it wasn't thought they would struggle so much with November just around the corner.

The one saving grace is that they are yet to suffer a defeat by an embarrassing scoreline, with a 2-0 home defeat to West Ham on August 24 their only loss where they have been beaten by more than one goal.

That shows me that this team hasn't completely given up, which gives them a fighting chance of at least avoiding defeat on Sunday.

Spurs, meanwhile, have put a shocking 3-2 defeat at Brighton - where they were leading 2-0 at half-time - behind them to beat West Ham 4-1 and AZ 1-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Now, Postecoglou's side will look to get back on the winning trail away from home.

Prior to that defeat at the Amex, Spurs had won three away games in a row, although the first was in the Carabao Cup against EFL Championship Coventry City, the second was at a downtrodden Manchester United, and the third in Budapest against Hungarian outfit Ferencvaros in the Europa League.

Those wins don't show me much, and instead, I'm more inclined to look at away defeats to Brighton and Newcastle United (2-1), and a 1-1 draw with Leicester City at the King Power in the Premier League's opening round of fixtures.

The tide has to turn soon for Palace, and without Son potentially out injured, they have a great chance to win, or at least avoid defeat, on Sunday.

I'm backing the double chance result on Palace, while I think both teams will score, as they have done in three of their last five meetings at Selhurst Park.

BTTS - Yes has also landed in 63 per cent (5/8) of Spurs' league games this term, and half (4/8) of Palace's.

Player to Receive a Card - Destiny Udogie (TOT) @ 13/5

Destiny Udogie played 28 times in his maiden Premier League campaign in 2023/24, averaging 1.8 fouls per game and picking up five yellow cards, two of which saw him sent off in Spurs' 4-1 defeat to Chelsea last November.

The left-back has already been booked twice in eight English top-division appearances this term and is averaging 1.2 fouls per game.

Udogie might have his hands full on Sunday trying to deal with a few pacy and skilful Palace players, namely Eddie Nketiah and Eze.

Ex-Arsenal attacker Nketiah has been fouled an average of 2.4 times per game in this season's Premier League, while Eze has been fouled an average of 1.9 times p/g.

The two could cause problems for Spurs' defence at Selhurst Park, and as one of Spurs' most physical players, Udogie is likely to be at the forefront of their defence, trying to stop the Palace pair.

I can see the Italian overcommitting and leaving one in on either Eze or Nketiah, picking up a third league yellow card of the season in the process.

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