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Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Betting Tips & Preview - Goals to flow in the Premier League

gary-emmerson
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Last updated: Sat 27 Dec 2025 17:38
The upcoming London derby between Crystal Palace and Tottenham is expected to be a high-scoring affair, with both teams eager for a positive result. Crystal Palace is winless in four matches, while Tottenham struggles with inconsistency, having lost their last two games. Head-to-head, Tottenham leads, but Crystal Palace clinched both meetings last season. Key absentees for the clash include Palace's defender Chris Richards and Tottenham's Xavi Simons and Christian Romero. The match promises plenty of goals, with both teams having a history of high-scoring encounters.
Gary Emmerson 27 Dec 2025
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  • Crystal Palace is winless in their last 4 matches
  • Tottenham have suffered successive defeats
  • Both teams have a trend of games with BTTS and over 2.5 goals
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Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Preview

Both teams have seen plenty of goals of late and that theme can continue in Sunday's London derby. BTTS and over 2.5 goals are backed between two sides desperate for a positive result. 

  • Crystal Palace have seen BTTS in their last 3 matches
  • Crystal Palace have seen over 2.5 goals in their last 3 home matches
  • Tottenham have seen BTTS in 6 of their last 9 matches
  • Tottenham have seen BTTS in 3 of their last 4 away matches
  • Tottenham have seen over 2.5 goals in 9 of their last 10 matches

H2H: Two In A Row For Palace

Since 2000, Tottenham hold a 6-3 head to head advantage with two draws. Crystal Palace, however, won both meetings last season with a 1-0 victory at home followed by a 2-0 success away.

Crystal Palace Winless In Four

Crystal Palace have had a rough last few weeks with no win in the last four games in all competitions.

That run includes back-to-back Premier League defeats to Manchester City 3-0 and Leeds 4-1 as well as a 2-2 draw with KuPS in the UEFA Conference League.

Oliver Glasner's side also drew 1-1 with Arsenal in 90 minutes of their midweek EFL Cup quarter-final before exiting on penalties. 

Prior to the four-game winless run, inconsistent Palace had won three in a row with victories over Burnley, Fulham and Shelbourne.

Two Straight Defeats For Tottenham

Inconsistency continues to plague Tottenham with Thomas Frank's side coming into this on the back of successive defeats.

Spurs have lost to Nottingham Forest 3-0 and 2-1 to Liverpool in the build up to Christmas and find themselves 14th in the table.

It is now just one win in the last eight Premier League games, that coming three weeks ago with a 2-0 victory over Brentford.

Otherwise, Tottenham have struggled to string results with only one other win in nine games since early November courtesy of a 3-0 success over Slavia Prague in the Champions League.

Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Injury & Team News

Palace defender Chris Richards is a doubt after being forced off against Arsenal in midweek.

Ismaila Sarr is missing due to AFCON duties, while Daniel Munoz, Chadi Riad, Diachi Kamada and Cheick Doucoure are all injured. 

Tottenham's list of absentees has grown with Xavi Simons and Christian Romero suspended following their sendings off against Liverpool last week.

They join AFCON duo Pape Matar Sarr and Yves Bissouma along with the injured Destiny Udogie, Dominic Solanke, Kota Takai, Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison in missing the game.

Verdict

Goals have been a constant in games for both sides recently and I'm backing that to continue with BTTS and over 2.5 goals predicted.

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