Crystal Palace take on the visitors Tottenham at “Selhurst Park” in the matchday 28 of the English Premier League. The game will be played in London on Sunday, February 25th.
At the start of the season Crystal Palace had been a hopeless outsider of the English elite division, however, the situation was slightly improved after Roy Hodgson’s appointment. At the moment the club is sitting on the 15th place in the Premier League standings with 27 points taken after 27 clashes behind. The head coach’s tactics which is based on rock-solid defense with rare counter-attacks works perfectly well as since mid-November the team has lost only three fights: two times to Arsenal and once to Everton. In their latest battles conducted at “Selhurst Park” Crystal Palace have gained two draws against Newcastle 1:1 and Manchester City 0:0 plus celebrated 1:0 victory over Burnley.
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Meanwhile, Tottenham have become a serious football force in a few last years. “The Spurs” currently occupy the fifth position in the elite division table with 52 points earned after 27 rounds played. At this point the club is fighting only for a place in the UEFA Champions League for the next season, because Mauricio Pochettino’s side doesn’t know how to deal with the “closed” opponents which show rock-solid defense. In those cases Tottenham suffer from lack of creativity and stick-to-itiveness in breaking the wall when there are no free zones. However, the team demonstrates magnificent effectiveness in attack, having scored 52 goals already while its defense also feels great with 24 goals conceded. Moreover, “The Spurs” recorded six clean sheets in 11 recent games of the Premier League.
Five out of six previous head-to-heads between the rivals were finished with 1:0 scoreline. Considering the fact that the hosts will stick to their usual defensive football while Tottenham have won only three out of 14 latest official battles on the road, I believe that not many goals will be combined in the forthcoming fight.
Prediction for the match: Under 3.0 scored goals.
