Kick-off: 2000, 04/01/2023
Stadium: Selhurst Park
TV: Sky Sports
Tottenham have won only four times in all competitions since October 19 so look uneasy favourites for Wednesday’s trip to Selhurst Park.
Their top-four hopes suffered a further setback on New Year’s Day when they lost 2-0 at home to Aston Villa and Antonio Conte has expressed his frustration at the quality of his squad.
Palace are looking to build on a 2-0 victory at Bournemouth and a home win looks good value at 9/4 as our opening Crystal Palace vs Tottenham prediction.
Crystal Palace Odds
Palace generally have a strong home record so will be keen to make amends for a 3-0 drubbing by Fulham in their last outing in front of their own fans.
Having Tyrick Mitchell and James Tomkins sent off inside an hour means we’re not reading too much into that but boss Patrick Vieira wants his side to cut out those kind of results.
“Consistency is a really big word, an important word for us,” he said. “That is what we have a lack of, to be really consistent in those performances.
“That’s why I really invite everybody again to control the emotion a little bit and not to expect what we can do at the moment.
“It’s important for us as a football club to manage the expectation. We know what we are capable of and how well we can play, but we (do) not have this kind of maturity to be consistent in those kinds of performances like we had (against Bournemouth).”
Palace have reasons for confidence at least and are unbeaten in their last four home games against Tottenham in all competitions, including a 3-0 Premier League win last season.
Spurs have conceded first in their last 10 matches so Palace will look to start on the front foot and are 5/4 to open the scoring.
Looking at the Crystal Palace vs Tottenham odds though, we feel 39/20 for the Eagles to score first before half-time is worth the extra risk.
Last Palace line-up: Guaita, Ward, Guehi, Andersen, Clyne, Olise, Eze, Zaha, Schlupp, Doucoure, Ayew.
Odsonne Edouard and Jean-Philippe Mateta came through their comebacks as substitutes versus Bournemouth. Injury-plagued James McArthur could take part in some training sessions this week but is still far from rejoining Vieira’s squad.
Tottenham Hotspur Odds
Spurs have slipped out of the top four after their poor start to the year and there is little to suggest an improvement is on the horizon.
Attacking duo Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison were absent again for Sunday’s loss, having also missed a large chunk of football before the World Cup, while Son Heung-min’s struggles continued.
Yves Bissouma will also be absent due to a one-match suspension after he received his fifth yellow card in the defeat by Villa.
Conte has suggested his squad is not strong enough to fight on multiple fronts and he has limited options to help his players cope with the demands of the busy festive schedule.
While they are short of attacking options, the defence has struggled too. Spurs have gone 10 matches without a clean sheet and have conceded exactly two goals in seven of those games.
For the last of our Crystal Palace vs Tottenham betting tips, we’ll take 10/1 for a 2-1 home win.
Last Spurs line-up: Lloris, Romero, Davies, Lenglet, Doherty, Hojbjerg, Perisic, Bissouma, Son, Kane, Gil.
Spurs will check on Kulusevski, who has a muscle problem. Rodrigo Bentancur (hamstring), Lucas Moura (tendon) and Richarlison (hamstring) remain absent.
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