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Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace (Premier League)

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Match preview:

Tottenham Hotspur will be looking to bounce back from their midweek defeat to Chelsea when they host Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Mauricio Pochettino acknowledged his side need to be more clinical after missing a couple of early opportunities in their 3-0 loss to the Premier League leaders. They will be desperate not to make the same mistakes in front of their own fans at White Hart Lane, where Spurs have lost four of their seven league matches this season.

Despite that record, they will start as strong favourites against a Palace side who have won just one of their last eight league games.
That victory came against Liverpool a fortnight ago, but since then Palace have drawn at Swansea and lost 1-0 to fellow strugglers Aston Villa in midweek.

Manager Neil Warnock says their recent troubles have been down to a lack of firepower, but, of teams in the bottom half of the table, only Everton have scored more than Palace’s 18.


Team News:

Crystal Palace are likely to be without midfielder Joe Ledley for their trip to north London.

The Wales international is suffering from a recurrence of a hip problem that ruled him out of Tuesday night's defeat to Aston Villa.

He joins defenders Damien Delaney (calf) and Adrian Mariappa (knee) on the sidelines.

Tottenham defender Danny Rose could make a return from a rib injury but Vlad Chiriches and Kyle Naughton are both doubtful with knocks.

Emmanuel Adebayor is still recovering from a virus and is not considered ready while Kyle Walker is expected to play for the club's under-21 team after returning from an abdominal injury.


Probable starting 11"s:



Tottenham Hotspur:

Subs from:
Vorm, Friedel, Naughton, Kaboul, Davies, Dembélé, Paulinho, Stambouli, Chadli, Ceballos, Adebayor, Capoue, Townsend, Walker

Doubtful Adebayor (ill), Capoue (knee), Townsend (ankle), Chiriches, Naughton, Walker (all match fitness)

Suspended None

Form LWLWWL

Discipline Y28 R3

Leading scorer Chadli 6


Crystal Palace:

Subs from:
Hennessey, Kettings, Fryers, Bannan, Campbell, Johnson, Boateng, Zaha, Thomas

Doubtful Gayle (ill), Ledley (hip)

Injured Delaney (calf, 13 Dec), Mariappa (knee, 20 Dec)

Suspended None

Form DLLWDL

Discipline Y25 R3

Leading scorer Jedinak 5


Referee:
Lee Mason

This season G9, Y24, R3, 3 cards per game

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