Overview
Crystal Palace welcome the Premier League leaders to Selhurst Park on Friday night in what should be a tough encounter for the home side. Roy Hodgson’s side are looking poor in front of goal and struggling to pick up points to help push them into the top half of the table.
As for Tottenham, a win tonight means they will sit pretty at the top of the table by a clear 5 points! Still unbeaten in the league and looking like a team capable of challenging, come the end of the season.
What Do The Stats Say?
It’s all sunshine and rainbows for Spurs who have 7 wins and 2 draws from their opening 9 games – their best start since 1960!
While boasting the best away record in the league, averaging 2.4 goals on the road.
It’s been boring in the first half of Crystal Palace games so far this season at Selhurst Park, with fans failing to see a single goal scored before the interval. It doesn’t get much better when they’ve only scored 3 goals in 4 home league ties.
The home side have only scored twice in their last 5 games while conceding 7! It’s quite the opposite for Spurs who have collected 13 points form a possible 15 in the last 5 games scoring 9 times.
Head to Head
Crystal Palace’s current trend seems to have stuck around longer than we think when facing Spurs. It’s 3 straight wins for the Premier League leaders against tonight’s opposition, with Palace failing to find the net on all 3 occasions.
Just one win in 9 attempts for Palace doesn’t put them in any position for fans to suggest they’ve get anything out of tonight’s contest. Tottenham have scored 12 goals in the last 5 meetings and I can see them getting a few again tonight!
Players to Watch
It’s getting quite repetitive now talking about Heung-Min Son and James Maddison but these two have been a major reason for Tottenhams superb start to the campaign.
Both players were on the scoresheet in Tottenham’s 2-0 victory over Fulham on Monday, with Tottenham’s new captain Son grabbing an assist too. Both players have 8 contributions each with Son scoring 7 with 1 assist and Maddison scoring 3 with 5 assists.
Son has also scored 2 in the last 3 meetings vs Palace so he is a must if you’re looking for s goalscorer tonight!
My SBK Tips:
Heung-Min Son to Score Anytime – 13/10
Tottenham Win – 3/4
James Maddison Over 1.5 SoT – 17/10
Second Half – Highest Scoring Half – 21/20
