Tottenham vs Crystal Palace predictions: Eagles to warm up nicely for FA Cup final
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- Tottenham are 16th in the table on 38 points
- Palace are four places and eight points better off than Spurs
- Recommended bet: Crystal Palace to win
Crystal Palace will fancy their chances of getting the better of Tottenham when the two sides meet at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
While the Eagles will have one eye on next weekend's FA Cup final against Manchester City, manager Oliver Glasner will be keen to keep the momentum going ahead of that trip to Wembley.
Spurs have their own final to look forward to this season having made the showpiece of the Europa League where they will take on Manchester United, which means domestic form takes a back seat for Ange Postecoglou's side.
Team news
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Spurs midfielders James Maddison and Lucas Bergvall are both out for the remainder of the season due to knee and ankle injuries respectively, while Radu Dragusin is not expected back until December due to an ACL problem.
Captain Heung-Min Son last featured in the Europa League tie against Eintracht Frankfurt last month and is doubtful for this Premier League clash.
Palace are hopeful Adam Wharton has shaken off the ankle knock received at home against Nottingham Forest last time out and will be assessed closer to the game.
Matt Turner is available after being unable to face his parent club and will likely take his place on the bench, but Cheick Doucoure and Chadi Riad are both sidelined.
The stats
Tottenham have won just one of their last four home matches in the league, with that sole success coming against rock-bottom Southampton.
Spurs did book their place in the Europa League final on Thursday, beating Bodo/Glimt 2-0 at Aspmyra Stadion in the second leg to win 5-1 on aggregate.
Palace are on a four-game unbeaten in all competitions, drawing three and winning one.
The Eagles have failed to win any of their last four away assignments, but their most recent outing on the road ended in a 2-2 draw at Arsenal.
Prediction
While Tottenham comfortably overcame Bodo/Glimt in the second leg of their Europa League semi-final on Thursday, they still had a lot of travelling to do for that contest and little preparation time has been afforded for this visit of Palace.
Although drawing their last three top-flight matches, the Eagles were unlucky not to get all three points against Forest at Selhurst Park last time out, as the hosts passed up some good scoring chances.
Next weekend's FA Cup final should also act as motivation for Palace, with every member of the squad hoping to earn a spot in the starting XI for that clash against the Citizens.
The domestic campaign is not where Tottenham's focus is this season and Palace look capable of walking away with the victory, just like they did in October's reverse fixture.
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