Tottenham Hotspur — Crystal Palace 2:0, 31 October: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 9 Saturday 31 October · 17:30 UTC

Tottenham Hotspur 9th · 12 pts LWWWD

2 : 0 1st half 1:0

Crystal Palace 18th · 7 pts LLLLW

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium · referee M. Oliver

Match predictionSafe

Crystal Palace will not reach three goals

92% · Crystal Palace average 1 goals per game

Prediction landed. We predicted “Crystal Palace will not reach three goals”, and the match finished 2:0.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Tottenham Hotspur 47% draw 25% Crystal Palace 28%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Tottenham Hotspur win, and the match finished 2:0. Fans backed Tottenham Hotspur win — they got it right.

fans 62 votes

Tottenham Hotspur 54% draw 17% Crystal Palace 29%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

J. Mateta 13'

A. Gray 15'

A. Gray assist: M. Kudus 1-0 25'

P. Porro for A. Gray 46'

O. Mingueza 53'

A. Khalaili for O. Mingueza 60'

E. Nketiah for Y. Pino 60'

C. Gallagher for D. Solanke 66'

J. P. van Hecke 2-0 73'

D. Osorio for D. McNeil 77'

D. Udogie for A. Robertson 77'

D. Kulusevski for O. Marmoush 77'

W. Hughes for D. Kamada 88'

L. Williams-Barnett for M. Tel 88'

J. Lerma for A. Wharton 88'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Tottenham Hotspur 4-2-3-1 3-4-2-1 Crystal Palace

Antonín Kinský  
Archie Gray  6 Jan Paul van Hecke  37 Micky van de Ven  3 Andy Robertson  
Sandro Tonali  18 Mateus Fernandes  
Mohammed Kudus  22 Omar Marmoush  11 Mathys Tel  
Dominic Solanke  

Jean-Philippe Mateta  
Dwight McNeil  10 Yéremy Pino  
Óscar Mingueza  20 Adam Wharton  18 Daichi Kamada  3 Tyrick Mitchell  
Chris Richards  5 Axel Disasi  6 Jaydee Canvot  
Dean Henderson  

Tottenham Hotspur bench

33Ben Davies
8Conor Gallagher
21Dejan Kulusevski
13Destiny Udogie
10James Maddison
68Luca Williams-Barnett
5Marcos Senesi
39Martin Dúbravka
23Pedro Porro

Crystal Palace bench

25Anan Khalaili
33Ben Chilwell
28Cheick Doucouré
24Darío Osorio
9Eddie Nketiah
29Evann Guessand
8Jefferson Lerma
44Walter Benítez
19Will Hughes

Match stats

21 metrics for the full match

79%Possession21%

34Shots2

9Shots on target1

12Shots off target0

13Blocked shots1

23Shots inside box1

11Shots outside box1

147Attacks39

126Dangerous attacks8

19Corners0

2Offsides1

8Fouls10

1Yellow cards1

0Red cards1

1Saves7

816Passes220

759Accurate passes150

11Free kicks10

21Throw-ins10

0Goal kicks16

0Penalties0

Tottenham Hotspur

Crystal PalaceThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace met on matchday 9 of the Premier League on 31 October at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Final score — 2:0.

Tottenham Hotspur sit 9th on 12 points after 10 matches (3 wins, 3 draws, 4 losses), 4 matches without conceding. Crystal Palace sit 18th on 7 points after 10 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 7 losses), winless in 4 matches.

Of the last 2 meetings Tottenham Hotspur won 1, Crystal Palace won 1. Aggregate score — 2:3.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Tottenham Hotspur last five Crystal Palace

LWWWD form LLLLW

10 Matches 10

3 — 3 — 4 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 1 — 7

10 — 11 Scored — conceded 10 — 24

1.2 Points per game 0.7

1 Goals scored per game 1

4 Clean sheets 1

5 Failed to score 5

winless in 1 Current streak winless in 4

Tottenham Hotspur at home: 5 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, goals 7—6, 1.4 points per match.

Crystal Palace away: 5 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses, goals 3—11, 0.8 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Tottenham Hotspur win 0 draws 1 Crystal Palace win goals 2:3 Tottenham Hotspur — Crystal Palace

05/03/2026	Tottenham Hotspur — Crystal Palace	1:3	Premier League
28/12/2025	Crystal Palace — Tottenham Hotspur	0:1	Premier League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
9	AFC Bournemouth	9	3	3	3	14—13	12
10	Tottenham Hotspur	10	3	3	4	10—11	12
11	Newcastle United	10	3	3	4	13—16	12
…
18	Manchester United	9	1	4	4	10—15	7
19	Crystal Palace	9	2	1	6	9—21	7
20	Sunderland	9	1	2	6	7—17	5

Full Premier League table

Tottenham Hotspur — Crystal Palace, 31 October 2026, 17:30 UTC : score 2:0