Steven Perez
Dailysports's expert
Tottenham
Crystal Palace
On May 6, Tottenham (London) will host the match of the 35th round of the English Premier League, in which Tottenham will compete with Crystal Palace. The battle will start at 16:00 CET.
Tottenham
The club managed to overcome slowed-down Arsenal at the finish line a year ago and broke into the final 4th, Champions League place. Then everyone adored Conte, but Antonio eventually remained himself, and demonstrated his scandalous character in the new season as much as possible. As a result, “the Spurs” lost everything they could again, and the Italian specialist literally forced at a press conference to fire himself by means of the public accusations against his wards in March. The management decided to leave Stellini as interim coach until the summer, but he disappointed in just a couple of weeks, and lost his position after a 1-6 defeat in the match against Newcastle. The position was taken over by Ryan Mason, who began with bouncing back from a 0-2 score in the battle against Manchester United at the home arena. Speaking about the match with Liverpool, it could have been even cooler – the team found “the answers” to 3 conceded goals, but then “the Reds” still achieved a 4-3 victory.
Crystal Palace
The team has not spent even two years under the rule of Patrick Vieira. The French specialist showed promise in the previous season, progressing as a whole and opening a number of young stars such as Gallagher, who is on loan from Chelsea. Speaking about the current championship, “the Glaziers” simply forgot how to win after New Year. Steve Parish endured until mid-spring, but it all ended with the fact that Hodgson was returned to the position, which he had been holding for a long time, in April, providing consistently good results. “Old Roy” took 3 victories in a row, showing that there was no even a nominal risk of relegation into the Championship. Still, the following results quickly worsened again. The match with Everton brought a 0-0 score, although the opponent played in the minority starting from the 80th minute of the game. Moreover, Wolverhampton completely defeated the team and there were no options for success – 0-2. Then it returned to the path of victories; for instance, West Ham lost with a 4-3 score.
The statistics of head-to-head matches
Tottenham has won 3 of 4 previous matches against Crystal Palace. The scores were invariably huge, for example, the current season brought a 4-0 one.
Predictions
Bookmakers believe in “the Spurs”. Nevertheless, taking into account how the clubs played in recent weeks, we bet on “total: over 2.5” (odd: 1.77).
