Tottenham vs Crystal Palace: Preview and Prediction

Wednesday 3rd April 2019

England Premier League
Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Kick off at 7.45pm BST
Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Match Preview:

This is it, history in the making, for Tottenham fans April 3^rd 2019 will always be a special date. Finally after all of the delays Tottenham will play their first official match at their brand new stadium on Wednesday night and the opponent will be Crystal Palace.

Mauricio Pochettino’s team need a boost as they are currently going through their worst form of the season with just 1 point picked up in thier last five games. On recent form the club would be 19^th in the league, which is astonishing and says it all. Spurs’ latest defeat was a harsh one at the weekend against Liverpool when the game seemed to be heading for a draw, Toby Alderweireld scored an own goal which he couldn’t have helped as his goal keeper parried the ball out. Liverpool won 2-1.

But Spurs have lost against the likes of Burnley and Southampton in recent weeks too and form needs to be changed around. The opening night of the new stadium should herald a new era for the club and could be the major boost they are looking for.

Crystal Palace will be safe this season and are 8 points above the bottom three. Form has been mixed with 3 defeats in their last five but they did win their last game at the weekend which came against Huddersfield, a result that ended up sending Huddersfield down.

The Eagles away form has improved vastly and they have lost just 1 game from their past five on the road. Indeed they would be 7^th in the league based on away games only. Not only have they won back to back games which came against Burnley and Leicester but they have scored 7 goals in those games too, and Palace are not goal shy right now.

Team News:

Tottenham: Eric Dier is out with a hip injury. Erik Lamela has picked up a hamstring injury and is expected to be out for at least two weeks. Fernando Llorente has a concussion and will also miss this match

Crystal Palace: Roy Hodgson’s side have no new injuries coming into this game

Tottenham vs Crystal Palace Head to Head:

The last time the two teams played was in January when Palace knocked Spurs out of the FA Cup and won the game 2-0.

Earlier in the season Tottenham beat Palace 1-0.

In the league, Tottenham have won the last 7 meetings between the two teams.

Tottenham vs Crystal Palace Prediction:

How could this match be anything else other than a Tottenham victory? We have seen time and again that when clubs play their last matches at a stadium or their first they tend to win them. And we don’t expect Tottenham to let down their 62,062 fans in a sold out packed stadium. Plus of course Tottenham have the little fact of trying to regain 3^rd place back from Arsenal and stay in the hunt for a top three place. On the face of it Palace are playing quite well but they have very little motivation to get anything from a game that could feel more exhibition like by the second half. We can’t see anything than a home win, and we will keep this one simple and back Tottenham’s star Harry Kane to score on the stadium debut night- perhaps it is just written in the stars?

Tottenham vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips:

Tottenham to beat Crystal Palace at 1.50

Anytime goalscorer: Harry Kane at 1.72