LONDON. Crystal Palace demolishes Tottenham Hotspur 3-0. W. Zaha (75′ pen), O. Edouard (84′) and O. Edouard (90′). Crystal Palace took advantage of its superior ball possession (62%). Its vastly superior ball possession (62%) was among they key factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 11:30 am local time. The referee was Jonathan Moss that was helped by Marc Perry and Tim Wood. The 4th official was Tony Harrington. The weather was clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22 degrees Celsius or 71.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Crystal Palace started with a aggressive line-up. On the other side, Tottenham Hotspur adopted for a christmas tree formation (4-3-2-1).

Crystal Palace – Formation

Patrick Vieira decided to play with the following team: Vicente Guaita (6.7), Joel Ward (6.7), Joachim Andersen (7.6), Marc Guéhi (7.1), Tyrick Mitchell (7.0), Conor Gallagher (7.4), Cheikhou Kouyaté (6.7), James McArthur (6.4), Jordan Ayew (7.1), Christian Benteke (7.0) and Wilfried Zaha (8.3).

The home team had on the bench: J. Riedewald, Michael Olise (6.8), M. Kelly, J. Butland, N. Clyne, J. Tomkins, Odsonne Édouard (9.0), W. Hughes and Luka Milivojević (6.2).

Best player: Odsonne Édouard​

The player that probably impressed the most for Crystal Palace was Odsonne Édouard.

His rating is (9.0) with 2 goals, 3 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 84′.

Tottenham Hotspur – Formation

On the other side, Nuno Herlander Vieira played with: Hugo Lloris (6.0), Emerson Royal (6.4), Japhet Tanganga (5.8), Eric Dier (6.9), Sergio Reguilón (6.8), Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (6.6), Oliver Skipp (6.6), Harry Winks (7.0), Lucas Moura (6.9), Dele Alli (6.2) and Harry Kane (6.7).

They had on the bench: Ben Davies (5.7), T. Ndombèlé, T. Omole, P. Gollini, Bryan Gil, Joe Rodon (6.4), M. Doherty, D. Markanday and D. Scarlett.

Tottenham Hotspur could not rely on the presence of J. Rodon (injured).

Best player: Harry Winks​

The player that probably impressed the most for Tottenham Hotspur was Harry Winks.

His rating is (7.0) with 0 goals, 23 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.

Match report​

Crystal Palace was in firm control of the ball 62% while Tottenham Hotspur was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Crystal Palace was extremely more aggressive with 71 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. This is the reason why Crystal Palace won the match​.

Crystal Palace shoot 18 times, 4 on target, 14 off target. On the other side, Tottenham Hotspur shoot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards (W. Zaha and C. Gallagher). On the other side, Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards (J. Tanganga and Lucas).

Also Tottenham Hotspur didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players. J. Tanganga (Tottenham Hotspur) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (58′).

Standing

After this match, Crystal Palace will have 5 points to stay in the 11th place. On the other side, Tottenham Hotspur will stay with 9 points to stay in the 5th place.

In the next match in the Premier League, Crystal Palace will play away Liverpool on the 18th of September with a 12-4 head to head in favor of Liverpool (1 draw). Tottenham Hotspur will host Chelsea on the 19th of September with a 18-7 head to head in favor of Chelsea (11 draw).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Crystal Palace – Tottenham Hotspur – 3-0
• Arsenal – Norwich City – 1-0
• Brentford – Brighton & Hove Albion – 0-1
• Leicester City – Manchester City – 0-1
• Manchester United – Newcastle United – 4-1
• Southampton – West Ham United – 0-0
• Watford – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 0-2
• Chelsea – Aston Villa – 3-0