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Tottenham Hotspur, hoping to win their second London derby in two weeks, will face a struggling Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in Sunday's Premier League clash.

The Lilywhites overcame AZ Alkmaar with a 1-0 victory in the Europa League midweek, while Oliver Glasner's struggling side suffered a defeat by the same scoreline against Nottingham Forest on Monday.

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Tottenham's sharpness against AZ was diminished by the absence of captain Son Heung-min, who was rested midweek due to "a little soreness" following the win against West Ham, which came shortly after he had recovered from a hamstring injury.

Postecoglou has confirmed that the 32-year-old forward will also not return for Sunday's match, thus creating a three-way competition for the left wing position between Timo Werner and the two teenage talents Mikey Moore and Wilson Odobert.

Son, along with Djed Spence (groin injury), are the only two absentees for the visiting team, and several changes will be made; James Maddison and Destiny Udogie are the only two names from the midweek starting lineup who will retain their places.

Crystal Palace also faced some fitness issues, with Chadi Riad (knee), Chris Richards (thigh) and Matheus Franca (groin) all unavailable, and the Spurs match coming too soon for Cheick Doucoure to return from an ankle injury.

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Matt Turner will at least return to the squad after missing the Nottingham Forest game, but the US international will be on the bench, even though Dean Henderson could have done better before Wood's goal.

Speaking of former Arsenal players, Eddie Nketiah – if he plays – will have to end his goalless streak on Sunday; the Palace number nine striker has gone almost a year without scoring in the Premier League since his hat-trick against Sheffield United in October 2023.

Latest predicted lineups for Crystal Palace vs Tottenham

Crystal Palace:

Henderson; Lacroix, Chalobah, Guehi; Munoz, Wharton, Lerma, Mitchell; Kamada, Nketiah, Eze

Tottenham Hotspur:

Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Kulusevski, Bissouma, Maddison; Johnson, Solanke, Odobert

Latest Crystal Palace vs Tottenham football match preview

On their way to securing a place in the Europa League last 16, Tottenham secured their third win in the competition on Thursday night, as AZ Alkmaar went home empty-handed thanks to Richarlison's confident penalty in the second half.

Spurs could have won by a larger margin, but their own wasteful finishing let them down. However, that didn't happen as they beat their neighbours West Ham United 4-1 in Round 8 of the Premier League, coming from behind to win.

Firmly in contention for European qualification despite a rocky start to the 2024-25 season, Spurs currently sit seventh in the Premier League table and are just four points adrift of Champions League qualification spots, although they are only three points ahead of Brentford in 13th place.

Although Ange Postecoglou has been praised for bringing attractive football back to North London, the Australian manager has never truly mastered the art of playing away from home in the Premier League, as Spurs travel to Crystal Palace with only four wins in their last 17 top-flight matches.

However, Tottenham have scored a high number of goals in all four of their recent away games in all competitions, which is hardly surprising given their attacking statistics; 145 shots and 55 shots on target is the second-best record in the Premier League, behind only Manchester City.

Crystal Palace, a team that needs to learn from Tottenham's attacking prowess, certainly felt they had a chance to end their Premier League winless streak on Monday night when they faced Nottingham Forest, who were without Morgan Gibbs-White and James Ward-Prowse due to suspensions.

Unfortunately, the Eagles once again lacked sharpness in the final stages, and a single goal from Chris Wood was enough to inflict Crystal Palace's third consecutive defeat, a loss that leaves them still searching for their first win in the top flight this season.

Far removed from their explosive attack at the end of the 2023-24 season, Palace have dropped to 18th place in the table and are one of four teams yet to win a Premier League match this season, the other three being Southampton, Ipswich Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The home side can only find minimal consolation in the fact that two of their three points this season have come from Selhurst Park, as they have failed to score in three of their four home Premier League games in the 2024-25 season. Just two goals in front of their home crowd is the worst attacking record at home in the league.

History is also not on the side of Palace fans, as the Eagles have lost all five of their most recent matches against Tottenham, who followed up their 2-1 victory at Selhurst Park with a 3-1 win at home last season. Tottenham may have struggled to find attacking sharpness against AZ, but Postecoglou has fielded a reserve team, and key players who have been rested should have no trouble teaching Palace a football lesson.

With Jean-Philippe Mateta out of form, Eberechi Eze struggling to regain his shape, and Michael Olise gone, Glasner's team has yet to find a Plan B in attack, and they will certainly continue to wait for a win.

Crystal Palace vs Tottenham score prediction

Based on the above football analysis, we and leading football websites worldwide have come up with the following predictions for the Crystal Palace vs Tottenham match:

• Sportsmole: Crystal Palace 1-3 Tottenham

• WhoScore: Crystal Palace 0-2 Tottenham
• Our prediction: Crystal Palace 0-2 Tottenham

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