LONDON. Tottenham Hotspur succeeded in reverse the scoreline against Crystal Palace. It was Crystal Palace to score first with a goal from Eberechi Eze. Nonetheless, later Tottenham Hotspur found the way to turn the tables scoring 3 consecutive goals with Timo Werner (77′), Cristian Romero (80′) and Heung-min Son (88′). Tottenham Hotspur was truly superior in terms of ball possession (78%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 61,339 spectators. The referee was John Brooks assisted by Lee Betts and Nick Greenhalgh. The 4th official was Darren England. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 5.37 degrees Celsius or 41.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.
Match Statistics
- ! 78 Ball Possession 22
Shots
- 14 Total 4
- 6 On Target 1
- 6 Off Target 2
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 151 Attack 64
- 105 Dangerous attack 22
- 130 Ball safe 81
- 0 Penalties 0
- 11 Corners 1
- 2 Off Sides 5
Fouls
- 7 Total 16
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Tottenham Hotspur was in firm control of the ball 78% while Crystal Palace was struggling with a 22% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Tottenham Hotspur was more aggressive with 105 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Tottenham Hotspur won the match.
Tottenham Hotspur shot 14 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Crystal Palace shot 4 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card (Rodrigo Bentancur ). Talking about the opposition, Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards (Jefferson Lerma and Sam Johnstone).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Tottenham Hotspur has 50 points to hold in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Crystal Palace will stays with 28 points like AFC Bournemouth to hold in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur will play away against Aston Villa on the 9th of March with a 19-7 head to head in favor of Tottenham Hotspur (7 draws).
Crystal Palace will host Luton Town on the 9th of March with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Luton Town (0 draws).
Tottenham Hotspur – Formation
Tottenham Hotspur
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82'
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Tottenham Hotspur started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Angelos Postecoglou decided to play with the following team: Richarlison, Guglielmo Vicario , Emerson Royal , Cristian Romero , Micky van de Ven , Destiny Udogie , Yves Bissouma , Rodrigo Bentancur , Dejan Kulusevski , James Maddison , Timo Werner and Heung-min Son .
The home team had on the bench: Ben Davies , Oliver Skipp, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg , Radu Drăgușin, Giovani Lo Celso , Brandon Austin, Dane Scarlett , Pape Matar Sarr and Brennan Johnson .
Substitutions
Tottenham Hotspur made 5 changes: James Maddison for Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (82′), Heung-min Son for Dane Scarlett (90′), Rodrigo Bentancur for Brennan Johnson (63′), Timo Werner for Pape Matar Sarr (82′) and Yves Bissouma for Giovani Lo Celso (90′).
Player of the match: James Maddison
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Tottenham Hotspur was James Maddison even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 60 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 14. He performed 12 crosses.
Crystal Palace – Formation
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Oliver Glasner played with: Sam Johnstone , Joel Ward , Joachim Andersen , Chris Richards , Daniel Muñoz , Adam Wharton , Jefferson Lerma , Tyrick Mitchell , Jordan Ayew , Eberechi Eze , Jean-Philippe Mateta .
The following players were sitting on the bench: James Tomkins, Matheus França , Nathaniel Clyne, Will Hughes , Naouirou Ahamada, Dean Henderson, Luke Plange, David Ozoh and Odsonne Édouard .
Crystal Palace could not rely on the presence of Odsonne Édouard (injured).
Substitutions
Crystal Palace made 3 changes: Adam Wharton for Will Hughes (71′), Jordan Ayew for Odsonne Édouard (71′) and Eberechi Eze for Matheus França (66′).
Player of the match: Eberechi Eze
The player that probably impressed the most for Crystal Palace was Eberechi Eze.
His rating is with 1 goal, 13 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Tottenham Hotspur – Crystal Palace – 3-1
- Nottingham Forest – Liverpool – 0-1
- Newcastle United – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 3-0
- Luton Town – Aston Villa – 2-3
- Fulham – Brighton & Hove Albion – 3-0
- Everton – West Ham United – 1-3
- Brentford – Chelsea – 2-2
