LONDON. Tottenham Hotspur bested Crystal Palace to win 2-1. A goal from J. Ayew was decisive in the 90min. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Tottenham Hotspur to strike first with an own goal of Joel Ward at the 53′. Then Heung-min Son scored again for Tottenham Hotspur in the 66′ minute. Eventually, Jordan Ayew reduced the distance for Crystal Palace (90′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Tottenham Hotspur was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (76%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Friday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Andy Madley who was helped by Nicholas Hopton and Wade Smith. The 4th official was Graham Scott. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 22.36 degrees Celsius or 72.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.
Match Statistics
- ! 24 Ball Possession 76
Shots
- 13 Total 10
- 3 On Target 1
- 4 Off Target 4
- 6 Shots blocked 5
- 68 Attack 122
- 35 Dangerous attack 54
- 72 Ball safe 93
- 14 Free Kicks 20
- 0 Penalties 0
- 11 Corners 2
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 20 Total 11
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Tottenham Hotspur had a superior ball possession 76% while Crystal Palace was struggling with a 24% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Tottenham Hotspur was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 1 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Tottenham Hotspur won the contest.
Crystal Palace shot 13 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Tottenham Hotspur shot 10 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards (Jordan Ayew and Joachim Andersen). On the opposite side, Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card (Brennan Johnson).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Crystal Palace will stay with 12 points like Chelsea to sit in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Tottenham Hotspur will have 26 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Crystal Palace will play away against Burnley on the 4th of November with a 9-9 head to head stats.
Tottenham Hotspur will host Chelsea on the 4th of November with a 23-9 head to head stats in favor of Chelsea (16 draws).
Crystal Palace – Formation
Crystal Palace
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Crystal Palace started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Roy Hodgson decided to play with the following team: Sam Johnstone , Joel Ward , Joachim Andersen , Marc Guéhi , Tyrick Mitchell , Cheick Doucouré , Jefferson Lerma , Jordan Ayew , Will Hughes , Jeffrey Schlupp and Odsonne Édouard .
The home team had on the bench: Jean-Philippe Mateta , Rob Holding, Matheus França , Nathaniel Clyne , Chris Richards, Naouirou Ahamada , Remi Matthews, Jaïro Riedewald and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi .
Crystal Palace could not rely on the presence of Nathaniel Clyne (injured).
Substitutions
Crystal Palace made 5 changes: Jeffrey Schlupp for Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (60′), Odsonne Édouard for Jean-Philippe Mateta (79′), Tyrick Mitchell for Nathaniel Clyne (70′), Jefferson Lerma for Matheus França (79′) and Will Hughes for Naouirou Ahamada (70′).
Best player: Joachim Andersen
The most impressive player for Crystal Palace was Joachim Andersen.
His rating is with 33 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.
Tottenham Hotspur – Formation
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Angelos Postecoglou played with: Destiny Udogie, Guglielmo Vicario , Pedro Porro , Cristian Romero , Micky van de Ven , Ben Davies , Pape Matar Sarr , Yves Bissouma , Dejan Kulusevski , James Maddison and Richarlison , Heung-min Son .
These were the players on the bench: Oliver Skipp, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg , Bryan Gil , Emerson Royal , Eric Dier, Giovani Lo Celso , Fraser Forster, Brennan Johnson and Rodrigo Bentancur .
Tottenham Hotspur could not rely on the presence of Brennan Johnson (injured).
Substitutions
Tottenham Hotspur made 5 changes: Yves Bissouma for Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (64′), Richarlison for Brennan Johnson (64′), Dejan Kulusevski for Rodrigo Bentancur (90′), Ben Davies for Emerson Royal (46′) and James Maddison for Bryan Gil (89′).
Best player: Emerson Royal
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Tottenham Hotspur was Emerson Royal even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 34 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
