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The breakdown · Saturday 31 October, 17:30

Nothing to split Tottenham and Crystal Palace

We call Tottenham win, 2–1, with a 43% chance. Here is everything that went into it.

Home
Tottenham
14th · 9 pts
Our call · confidence: too close to call
2–1
Home win
Away
Crystal Palace
17th · 7 pts

Us against the market

Our model
43%
28%
29%

No bookmaker odds for this game yet.

Tottenham winDrawCrystal Palace win

Most likely scores

1–1
14%
2–1
9%
1–0
8%
0–0
8%
2–0
8%
How we got to 43%
We start from an average home side against an average visitor, then add or take away for each factor. Hover a bar for the detail.
Pushes towards our call Pushes against it Starting point
Average home side v average visitor
40%
Crystal Palace's defence
+13
Tottenham's defence
−5
Tottenham's attack
−3
Tottenham team news
−2
Crystal Palace team news
+0
Crystal Palace's attack
−0
Our call: Tottenham win
43%
0%30%60%

The reasons

1 · Chances created and allowed

Crystal Palace are leaking chances away from home

Expected goals (xG) measures the quality of chances. Over their last 5 home games Tottenham created 1.2 and allowed 1.1 a game. Over their last 5 away games Crystal Palace created 1.6 and allowed 1.8.

xG per game, last 5 at this venue
Tottenham created (home)
1.2
Tottenham allowed (home)
1.1
Crystal Palace created (away)
1.6
Crystal Palace allowed (away)
1.8
2 · Team news

Tottenham without Sávio

Tottenham: Sávio (injured), Bentancur (suspended). Crystal Palace: Strand Larsen (doubtful, 75% to play), Timber (doubtful, 75% to play).

PlayerStatusImpact
Tottenham SávioInjuredMedium
Tottenham BentancurSuspendedSmall
Crystal Palace Strand LarsenDoubtful, 75% to playSmall
Crystal Palace TimberDoubtful, 75% to playSmall
3 · Form

Tottenham arrive in better form

Last five league games: Tottenham took 8 points, Crystal Palace took 4.

Tottenham
DLDWW
Crystal Palace
LDWLL
Last 5 league games, most recent on the right
4 · Results vs performance

Tottenham's results undersell them by 3 points

Tottenham have 12 points from their last 10 league games, but their chances were worth 15. We rate teams on their chances, so Tottenham get more credit than their results.

5 · Head to head

Tight when they meet

2 of the last 4 meetings were drawn or won by one goal. Past meetings count for little in the model.

  • Mar 2026Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace
  • Dec 2025Crystal Palace 0-1 Tottenham
  • May 2025Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
  • Oct 2024Crystal Palace 1-0 Tottenham

What would change our mind

If Crystal Palace's defence were only average, this would swing to an away win (38%).

Verdict

Tottenham 2–1 Crystal Palace, home win, too close to call