The team led by Mauricio Pochettino comes from a great victory for the Champions League against Real Madrid 3-1 and all problems of playing at Wembley seem to have disappeared.
This is because it was known that Tottenham’s difficulty in winning in this field and with the “loan” of this stadium achieved by the club while White Hart Lane is unavailable seemed a problem early in the season.
However, this seems to have been surpassed and we are facing a strong Tottenham as finished the previous season.
They are third on the leaderboard with 20 points, 1 more than Chelsea and Arsenal and 3 points behind Manchester United, who defeated them 1-0 at Old Trafford.
The confrontation with the Red Devils was balanced but at the end of the 90 minutes was even José Mourinho and his team that took the 3 points, creating this distance in the standings.
With the arrival of a stop for international matches it is important to end this phase with a win, especially when on the other side is the last classified of the Premier League.
The Argentine coach will not be able to count on Hugo Lloris and Toby Alderweireld due to injury that they join Erik Lamela and Wanyama. Harry Kane, who was doubt initially, is recovered and seems to go to the game.
Crystal Palace goes to Wembley with more confidence at the helm of Roy Hodgson, because it was at the helm of the English coach that they got the first points of the season.
Having started the season with Dutchman Frank de Boer, the Eagles came from only defeats and without scoring any goal.
Roy Hodgson did not start with an easy task when visiting Manchester City and Manchester United, where he suffered nine goals in both games but eventually beat Chelsea 2-1 at home.
There followed a 1-0 defeat by Newcastle and a 2-0 home draw at West Ham United.
When we look at the statistics we only feel sorry for what is coming to this game because they are the worst attack with 4 goals scored and the second worst defense with 21 suffered.
Sakho and McArthur are recovering from injury and Patrick Van Aanholt is doubtful. From the outside are Chung Yong Lee and powerful forward Christian Benteke.
Roy Hodgson has not come at a good time because he has faced a lot of big team but the truth is that in 2017, only Liverpool and Tottenham (13) won more points than Crystal Palace (12) against the six Premier League teams.
Tottenham vs Crystal Palace:
26-Apr-17 – Crystal Palace 0-1 Tottenham
20-Aug-16 – Tottenham 1-0 Crystal Palace
21-Feb-16 – Tottenham 0-1 Crystal Palace
23-Jan-16 – Crystal Palace 1-3 Tottenham
20-Sep-15 – Tottenham 1-0 Crystal Palace
10-Jan-15 – Crystal Palace 2-1 Tottenham
Tottenham vs Crystal Palace Prognosis:
Everything points to the Spurs’ thrashing in this match and I believe that Pochettino will want a good display before the international stoppage due to the next confrontation before Arsenal because they can have a good margin of maneuver in a meeting so demanding of the fans.
Roy Hodgson is an experienced coach and has a very talented team but the truth is that they have suffered heavy thrashes throughout the season.
But the Eagles are more than ready for this meeting after facing Manchesters and Chelsea in the previous weeks.
Now that Zaha is back they have an excellent offensive weapon that could create difficulties for a defensive Spurs defense.
Tottenham still do not feel certain to be as comfortable as possible in this ‘new’ stadium and are a team that, while not scoring the first goal does not give confidence to a rout that is customary.
I predict a more complicated game for this team than bookmakers indicate, tending to follow what the direct confrontation has dictated, which will be something like the minimum margin.
