Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace are going to face off on Sunday the 26th of December at 15:00 in the 19th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be played in London at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The appointed referee is Jonathan Moss.
Tottenham Hotspur occupies the 7th place in the table with 26 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Liverpool in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 8 times, drawn twice, and lost 5 times.
Crystal Palace occupies the 11th position in the table with 20 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Southampton in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 4 times, draw 8 times, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 3-4-2-1 and 4-2-3-1 (4 times or 26.67% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (4 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-3-3 (4 times), 5-3-2 (once), 4-3-2-1 (once) and 4-3-1-2 (once).
Antonio Conte is expected to play against Crystal Palace with the following players: H. Lloris, B. Davies, E. Dier, D. Sánchez Mina, S. Reguilón Rodríguez, C. Romero, O. Skipp, P. Højbjerg, H. Son, L. Rodrigues Moura da Silva and H. Kane.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Tottenham Hotspur would be 26.91.
Antonio Conte will probably not be able to employ B. Gil Salvatierra because of injury.
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 76.47%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (13 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times) and 4-4-2 (once).
Patrick Vieira is expected to play against Tottenham Hotspur with the following players: V. Guaita Panadero, T. Mitchell, J. Andersen, M. Guehi, J. Ward, W. Hughes, C. Kouyaté, C. Gallagher, W. Zaha, J. Ayew and O. Édouard.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Crystal Palace would be 26.82.
Patrick Vieira will probably not be able to employ J. McArthur because of injury.
N. Ferguson will definitely miss the match.