Tottenham have gone nine league games without a win
Crystal Palace have won two of their last three matches against Tottenham
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Tottenham have suffered successive defeats under Igor Tudor and are under intense pressure to stop the rot as they prepare to take on Crystal Palace at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Tudor inherited plenty of problems and appears no nearing to solving them after presiding over dispiriting defeats at home to Arsenal and away to Fulham.
The Croatian has limited options although there was some good news at the weekend with Kevin Danso and Pedro Porro returning from recent lay-offs.
Tottenham’s problems present an opportunity for Palace, who make the short trip across the capital after Sunday’s 2-1 loss at Manchester United.
The Eagles are positioned six points above Spurs, who defeated them 1-0 at Selhurst Park in December.
Team news
Tottenham’s injury problems are continuing with Djed Spence (calf) joining the massed ranks in the treatment room.
Cristian Romero completes a four-game ban and James Maddison, Wilson Odobert, Dejan Kulusevski (all knee), Rodrigo Bentancur, Mohammed Kudus, Destiny Udogie (all hamstring), Lucus Bergvall and Ben Davies (both ankle) are all still unavailable.
Maxence Lacroix serves a one-match ban for Palace after being sent off in Sunday’s defeat at Manchester United.
Lacroix’s place could go to Chadi Riad, who is set for his third league start of the season.
Cheick Doucoure, Jean-Philippe Mateta (both knee), Eddie Nketiah and Jefferson Lerma (both hamstring) are injury absentees.
The stats
Tottenham have lost their last four matches.
Spurs have conceded at least two goals in each of their last nine domestic fixtures.
Tottenham have conceded the opening goal in each of their last five games.
Both teams have scored in eight of Tottenham’s last nine league matches.
Seven of Tottenham’s last eight games have featured at least three goals.
Crystal Palace have scored in each of their last 10 fixtures.
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Prediction
Crystal Palace have endured a tough couple of months but they are through to the round of 16 in the Conference League and can take a massive step towards Premier League safety by defeating Tottenham in north London.
The relationship between Oliver Glasner and the Palace fans has soured since the early stages of the campaign
However, the Austrian’s side competed well in difficult circumstances in Sunday’s narrow loss at Manchester United, which featured a match-turning moment in the 58th minute when Lacroix conceded a penalty and received a straight red card.
Palace showed no lack of spirit and organisation against in-form United and they have every chance of beating Spurs, who seem to be going from bad to worse under the new regime.
Tottenham were utterly outclassed for long periods of Sunday’s defeat at Fulham and their miserable run is set to continue.
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