Tottenham vs Crystal Palace Prediction and Preview, 31 October

Tottenham and Crystal Palace form and league position

Tottenham sit 14th of 20 on 9 points with a goal difference of minus 2. Their last five league-table results read WWDLD, and recent results include a 2-0 win at Chelsea and a 3-1 home win over Coventry. At home they have won 1, drawn 1 and lost 2 this season.

Crystal Palace are 17th on 7 points with a goal difference of minus 10. Their league form reads LLWDL, and they have conceded 2.5 goals a game at home and 2.3 away in eight league matches. They have scored 0.8 per game on the road, and they have failed to score in four of those eight games.

Head-to-head record

Palace have had the better of recent meetings. They won 3-1 at Tottenham in March 2026 and 2-0 there in May 2025, while Spurs won 1-0 at Selhurst Park in December 2025.

Across the last ten meetings, the results are mixed, with Tottenham ahead overall. The fixture has not been a high-scoring one lately, with several recent games decided by a single goal, though the latest meeting produced four.

Team news and likely line-ups

Confirmed line-ups show Tottenham in a 4-2-3-1 with Solanke up front and Tonali and Mateus Fernandes in midfield. Palace line up in a 3-4-2-1 under Pierre Sage, with Jean-Philippe Mateta leading the line and Yeremy Pino, their top scorer this season with four goals, behind him.

Press reports before the line-ups flagged James Maddison as a fitness doubt for Spurs, with Fernandes a possible replacement. Palace were waiting on Jorgen Strand Larsen and Quinten Timber, and Timber was expected to be a possible option off the bench. Older reports mentioning suspensions are of unclear date, so we have not relied on them.

What the numbers say about goals and style

Tottenham's home games over the last 12 months in the competitions we track have averaged 1.60 goals scored and 1.52 conceded, with over 2.5 goals in 68% of them. Palace's away games show 1.24 scored and 1.66 conceded, with both teams scoring in 62%.

The league-wide average over the last 12 months is 2.77 goals per match. Tottenham's recent home form includes 8.7 corners per game for them, while Palace have averaged just 2.1 corners for in their last seven away games. As always, betting carries risk and past patterns do not decide a single match.

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