After the jubilation of Thursday night, Tottenham were brought back down to earth with a bump after suffering a 20th Premier League defeat. Spurs had been on a high heading into the London derby at home to Crystal Palace after overcoming Bodo/Glimt 5-1 on aggregate to reach the Europa League final.
However, whilst they are one step closer to ending a 17-year trophy drought, they have slipped to 17th in the table as a result of a 2-0 loss. Of course, the showdown at the San Mames in Bilbao with Manchester United on May 21 is the sole focus for Spurs now, Ange Postecoglou has said as much and his team selection reflected that.
The Eagles are also targeting trophy success. In six days time they face Manchester City at Wembley in the FA Cup final, and Oliver Glasner was rewarded for naming a strong team with Eberechi Eze scoring twice. Follow the game back below with our dedicated match blog, featuring expert analysis from Standard Sport’s Dan Kilpatrick at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium!
Tottenham vs Crystal Palace latest news
- GOAL! Eze adds another early in the second half
- GOAL! Eze gives Palace a deserved lead
- NO GOAL! Sarr effort ruled out after VAR check
- NO GOAL! Lacroix has header disallowed
- How to watch: Not live on TV in UK
Spurs suffer 20th Premier League loss
17:01 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneCrystal Palace warmed up for the FA Cup final with a 2-0 win over Europa League finalists Tottenham.
A brace from the in-form Eberechi Eze means Palace have completed a Premier League double over Spurs, inflicting a 20th league defeat on the north London outfit in the process.
Tottenham player ratings
16:45 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneDjed Spence 3
Repeatedly caught wildly out of position as Palace launched attack after attack down their right flank. Feels cruel to single out any player in white but he was especially shambolic.
Rodrigo Bentancur 6
One of Spurs’ better players in the first half but the bar was low. Hooked at half-time as Postecoglou manages minutes before the Final.
Archie Gray 5
Bypassed in midfield as Spurs were overrun. Will be interesting to see what he could do in his preferred position for a functioning team.
Read our Tottenham player ratings here!
FULL-TIME
16:11 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneTottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
Impressive win for Crystal Palace, Eberechi Eze with a brace against a much-changed Spurs team.
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
16:10 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne90+2 min: Almost a third for Palace, Nketiah should do better but takes the shot early and Kinsky reads his intentions to make a good save.
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
16:08 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne90+1 min: Another injury concern for Tottenham, it’s Tel again but he is back on his feet.
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
16:07 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne90 min: We move into three minutes of added time here at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
16:06 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne88 min: Son gets in behind the Palace defence but the door is slammed shut by Guehi. Get the feeling a clean sheet is now the target for these Palace defenders.
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
16:03 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne86 min: Game is petering out now, another Palace change sees Hughes replaced by Devenny.
Dan Kilpatrick at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
15:59 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneThe return of Heung-min Son is obviously a huge boost for Spurs ahead of the Final, but he has looked rusty so far.
You imagine the Korean'll now start against Aston Villa on Friday night in the hope that he can get a lively hour under his belt before Bilbao.
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
15:58 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne81 min: Hint of handball in the box by Guehi. It is checked and cleared by VAR, NO PENALTY.
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
15:56 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne78 min: Half chance for Palace as Nketiah gets up early to meet Kamada’s cross, but the striker can’t get over the ball and the chances goes begging.
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
15:54 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne77 min: Sarr is replaced by Esse
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
15:51 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne74 min: Tel wins a free-kick in a very promising position for Spurs. It is a long way out but looks like Son is going to shoot.
No, he clips the ball into the box and Guehi heads it away for a corner.
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
15:48 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne70 min: Son thinks he has sprung the offside trap, Lacroix gets back to stop the Spurs captain getting a shot away then the flag is raised and the visitors have a free-kick.
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
15:45 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne67 min: Palace carve Spurs open again as Chilwell fires the ball in at pace and Sarr can’t keep his effort down. He looked to be in an offside position in any case.
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
15:41 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne63 min: Kinsky is saved by the offside flag as he catches Munoz after taking a heavy touch. Luckily for the Spurs keeper, play is brought back and he escapes punishment.
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
15:37 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne60 min: Palace respond with a triple change.
Kamada, Chilwell (on loan from Chelsea) and Nketiah (ex-Arsenal) on for Lerma, Mitchell and Mateta.
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
15:34 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne57 min: A return to action for Heung-min Son after six games out. The Spurs captain replaces Pedro Porro.
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
15:32 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne55 min: Signs of life from Tottenham.
First, Odobert flashes the ball across the face of goal but Moore can’t make contact. Then Porro whips in a delicious cross but Sarr gets his header all wrong.
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
15:31 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne53 min: As it stands, Tottenham are 17th in the Premier League table.
Dan Kilpatrick at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
15:29 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneSo Palace have picked up where they left off after half-time and are battering Spurs again.
No surprise the goal came with another break down the right; Spence is having a poor game and getting caught out every time Palace break.
Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace
15:27 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne50 min: Almost a third for Crystal Palace as he skips away from Danso but shoots straight at Kinsky.
GOAL! Tottenham 0-2 Crystal Palace | Eberechi Eze '48
15:26 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne48 min: Eberechi Eze cannot stop scoring!
He starts and finishes the move by sweeping the ball out to Sarr who lays the ball on a plate for the midfielder who makes no mistake.
Tottenham 0-1 Crystal Palace
15:24 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne46 min: Bissouma has been on the pitch for just over a minute and he’s already in the book. However, it is not for a raised boot on Hughes but rather for dissent.
Tottenham 0-1 Crystal Palace
15:22 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneBack underway in north London!
Change for Tottenham as Yves Bissouma replaces Bentancur who was on a yellow card.
HALF-TIME
15:06 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneTottenham 0-1 Crystal Palace
Visitors deservedly lead at the break. They had two goals disallowed before Eberechi Eze broke the deadlock.
Dan Kilpatrick at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
15:06 , Tashan Deniran-AlleynePalace finally have a goal that counts and it's richly deserved. Munoz escaped down the right for the sixth or seventh time this half and it was the easiest of finishes for Eze.
If Spurs are invested in getting anything from this game (and let's face it, they may not be), Postecoglou probably needs to make some changes before too long.
Tottenham 0-1 Crystal Palace
15:05 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne45+3 min: Porro goes for goal and he’s not far away at all.
Tottenham 0-1 Crystal Palace
15:05 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne45+3 min: Chance for Spurs to respond right before half-time as Lerma is adjudged to have fouled Tel.
Porro stands over the ball.
GOAL! Tottenham 0-1 Crystal Palace | Eberechi Eze '45
15:03 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne45 min: Third time lucky for Crystal Palace as Munoz races clear and squares the ball to Eze for a simple tap-in.
Will this count though? VAR are having a check.
GOAL GIVEN
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
15:01 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne43 min: GOAA...NOOO
Another corner causes issues for Tottenham as Lacroix puts the ball in the net. However, the goal does not stand as the ball, accidentally, flicks the hand of Guehi.
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:59 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne42 min: CLOSE!
Eze takes aim from range and his effort takes a deflection, loops up in the air and drops just wide of the post.
Dan Kilpatrick at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
14:58 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneSpurs have no creativity in midfield and no-one in the front three capable of holding up the ball, making attacking very difficult.
I wonder if Postecoglou will consider introducing Richarlison or Solanke at half-time, just to give his players something to aim at.
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:56 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne39 min: Loose pass from Gray gifts Palace back possession straight after Tel had done well to pinch the ball off Tel.
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:53 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne36 min: First yellow card of the afternoon goes to Rodrigo Bentancur for a foul on Ismaila Sarr.
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:51 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne34 min: Good run from Mateta who forces a corner off Danso.
Palace are knocking on the door but another intervention from Davies stops Mateta scoring. Another corner for the visitors, this one is played short before Eze gets too much on the cross.
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:49 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne32 min: Palace are very much on top here as Spurs seem intent of gifting them a goal. Sarr is clean through but his effort is deflected up and over by Davies for a corner.
From the set-piece, Richards gets his head to the ball but Kinsky is equal to it.
Dan Kilpatrick at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
14:47 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneSpence is way, way off it today, leaving Palace with so much space down their right-hand side. Munoz has squandered two big chances, crashing the first off the crossbar before opting to pass from a glorious position.
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:47 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne30 min: Palace guilty of over-playing there. Munoz is put clean through on goal but he elects to square the ball to Mateta who is not only in a offside position but the pass is over hit.
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:45 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne28 min: Mateta powers forward, puts in Munoz who fires a shot at the near post but his effort is always rising as the ball clips the top of the crossbar and goes over the bar.
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:42 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne25 min: GREAT SAVE
Kinsky gets a strong right hand to keep out Mateta’s effort from close range. The Palace striker must have felt he had given Palace the lead!
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:40 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne23 min: Tel is down now, the Frenchman appeared to jar his ankle in a tackle with Hughes.
He should be fine to continue.
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:39 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne22 min: Just on the Palace goal that was disallowed. Replays showed that Jean-Philippe Mateta was marginally offside in the build-up to Ismaila Sarr putting the ball in the back of the net.
Dan Kilpatrick at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
14:38 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneThat's about the last thing anyone associated with Spurs wanted to see today: Kulusevski forced off after a heavy challenge inside 18 minutes. He tried to continue after treatment on his knee but heads straight down tunnel.
Mikey Moore is on with Tel moving to centre-forward.
A major worry for Postecoglou ahead of the Europa League Final, particularly with Maddison and Bergvall already ruled out.
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:36 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne19 min: Decision made, Moore replaces Kulusevski.
Ange Postecoglou will hope that is nothing serious especially with the Europa League final on the horizon.
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:34 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne18 min: Changed is being prepared as youngster Mikey Moore is called back.
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:34 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne17 min: Tottenham do have Heung-min Son and Richarlison on the bench if a change is required.
Kulusevski is not looking particularly comfortable.
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:32 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne16 min: Break in play and a fresh injury worry for Spurs as Kulusevski requires treatment.
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:32 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne15 min: Nervy moment for Kinsky as he almost makes a complete mess of Munoz’s rather weak attempt at goal. The Spurs keeper let the effort spill into a dangerous are but he was quick enough to smother the ball.
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:30 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne13 min: Lacroix makes a brilliant tackle to stop Kulusevski getting a shot on target. Spurs have a corner which Henderson eventually takes control of the situation after a bit of pinball in the area.
Dan Kilpatrick at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
14:28 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneA fractional offside denies Palace a brilliant opening goal. They ripped through Spurs with a string of passes, which started with Henderson and ended with Ismaila Sarr.
A warning for Spurs who, somewhat unsurprisingly, have started the game slackly.
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:27 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne10 min: Scratch that! No goal!
Ismaila Sarr's effort is ruled out for offside.
GOAL! Tottenham 0-1 Crystal Palace | Ismaila Sarr '8
14:25 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne8 min: GOALLLLL
Sarr breaks the deadlock and Palace take an early lead!
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:21 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne3 min: Tottenham survive a scare as a ball to the back post from Munoz almost reaches the other Crystal Palace wing-back in Mitchell but the Spurs defence does enough and Kinsky dives onto the ball.
Dan Kilpatrick at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
14:18 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneThe question for Spurs today is whether this is just another abject performance from the second-string or if these players no sense an opportunity to impress before the Europa League Final.
Palace are in a similar situation, though this is much closer to Oliver Glasner's best team. Kulusevski is up front for Spurs, with Sarr at No10.
Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace
14:18 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne1 min: Tottenham straight on the attack as Porro looks to cut the ball back for Kulusevski but his attempt is put out for a corner.
Porro takes the set-piece but the delivery is not a good one as Palace clear.
KICK-OFF!
14:16 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneWe are underway in this London derby!
Here we go!
14:12 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneRight then, the teams are out onto the pitch.
And that means kick-off is just a few minutes away!
Dan Kilpatrick at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
14:10 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneStandard Sport’s Dan Kilpatrick is in position for us at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and has delivered his thoughts ahead of kick-off!
🗣 "It should be something of a celebratory atmosphere." @Dan_KP gives his thoughts ahead of Tottenham vs Crystal Palace!
— Standard Sport (@standardsport) May 11, 2025
LIVE: https://t.co/TeEjgj7tlF#TOTCRY pic.twitter.com/fH0QgWR6En
Man United team news
14:05 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneSome interesting team news regarding Tottenham's Europa League final opponents.
Bruno Fernandes, Leny Yoro, Manuel Ugarte and Rasmus Holjund all start against West Ham this afternoon.
Around the grounds
14:00 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneThis is one of five Premier League fixtures taking place today.
Newcastle vs Chelsea kicked off at 12pm BST with the Magpies running out 2-0 winners.
Manchester United and Nottingham Forest host West Ham and Leicester respectively also at 2.15pm.
Meanwhile, champions Liverpool welcome Arsenal to Anfield in the day’s late kick-off.
Not long now!
13:55 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneLess than 20 minutes to go until kick-off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium!
Pre-match preparations
13:50 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneTottenham players pose for the camera ahead of kick-off!
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) May 11, 2025
Team news reminder
13:45 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneHere is a reminder of the teams for this afternoon's London derby
Tottenham XI: Kinsky, Pedro Porro, Danso, Davies, Spence; Gray, Bentancur (c), Sarr; Kulusevski, Tel, Odobert.
Subs: Vicario, Romero, van de Ven, Bissouma, Moore, Johnson, Son, Richarlison, Solanke.
Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Guéhi, Muñoz, Lerma, Hughes, Mitchell, Eze, Sarr, Mateta.
Subs: Turner, Clyne, Chilwell, Kporha, Devenny, Kamada, Esse, Nketiah, França.
Premier League struggles help Tottenham's Europa League final run
13:40 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneAnge Postecoglou believes Tottenham’s struggles in the Premier League have bred the resilience which helped them reach the Europa League final.
Spurs are approaching the end of a testing Premier League campaign, sitting 16th in the table with just 11 wins, but they have thrived in cup competitions, qualifying for the Europa League final after beating Bodo/Glimt on Thursday and also reaching the League Cup semi-finals earlier this year.
For Postecoglou, Tottenham’s varying fortunes have helped the team to bond.
Read Postecoglou's quotes in full here!
Last time in north London
13:35 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneCrystal Palace got the better of Tottenham in the reverse fixture earlier in the season, winning 1-0 at Selhurst Park.
However, in the corresponding meeting last season, Spurs came from behind to win 3-1.
Three goals in 11 minutes were enough to complete the turnaround with Timo Werner, Cristian Romero and Heung-min Son all on the scoresheet.
Tottenham vs Crystal Palace stats
13:30 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne- Tottenham have won each of their last nine Premier League home games against Crystal Palace. In their top-flight history, they’ve only won 10 in a row against Blackburn (1933 to 1966).
- In what is the 25th different campaign in which they’ve met, Crystal Palace are looking to complete their first ever league double over Tottenham.
- Tottenham Hotspur have picked up fewer points in Premier League London derbies this season than any other side (11), losing six of their 11 games (W3 D2). Only in 2004-05 have Spurs ever lost more London derbies in a league season (7).
Mateta warning
13:25 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneJean-Philippe Mateta starts for Crystal Palace this afternoon.
He netted a superb goal on his last visit to north London, so Tottenham have been warned.
Jean-Philippe Mateta has arrived.#CPFC // #TOTCRY pic.twitter.com/NGG3uikBsJ
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) May 11, 2025
Strong Crystal Palace team
13:20 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneWith the exception of Adam Wharton, it is probably the strongest available Crystal Palace team.
That said, Oliver Glasner has made two changes to his starting XI this afternoon as Jefferson Lerma and Will Hughes are drafted into the midfield.
Tottenham changes
13:15 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneTottenham captain Heung-Min Son is back in the matchday squad after a six-game absence.
Meanwhile, Ange Postecoglou has made eight changes from Thursday night's Europa League semi-final second-leg win over Bodo/Glimt.
Pedro Porro, Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur are the sole survivors as Antonin Kinsky, Ben Davies, Kevin Danso, Djed Spence, Pape Matar Sarr, Archie Gray, Mathys Tel and Wilson Odobert are drafted in.
Crystal Palace team in full
13:10 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneCrystal Palace XI: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Guéhi, Muñoz, Lerma, Hughes, Mitchell, Eze, Sarr, Mateta.
Subs: Turner, Clyne, Chilwell, Kporha, Devenny, Kamada, Esse, Nketiah, França.
Tottenham team in full
13:05 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneTottenham XI: Kinsky, Pedro Porro, Danso, Davies, Spence; Gray, Bentancur (c), Sarr; Kulusevski, Tel, Odobert.
Subs: Vicario, Romero, van de Ven, Bissouma, Moore, Johnson, Son, Richarlison, Solanke.
CONFIRMED Crystal Palace XI
13:02 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneAnd lining up for the visitors...
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) May 11, 2025
CONFIRMED TOTTENHAM XI
13:02 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneHere is the Tottenham team selected by Ange Postecoglou to start this afternoon's London derby...
Your Spurs side ✊
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) May 11, 2025
🔢 @krakenfx pic.twitter.com/XZyX5UbOjE
Team news on the way
12:55 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneWe are expecting an announcement on the team line-ups any minute now...
Visitors have arrived
12:50 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneHere is the customary stadium arrival post from the Crystal Palace social media team...
The setting for today 👇#CPFC // #TOTCRY pic.twitter.com/TnKoZ8v9Xo
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) May 11, 2025
Ange Postecoglou responds to Ruben Amorim's early verdict on Europa League final
12:45 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneAnge Postecoglou is not resting on his laurels ahead of the Europa League final despite never losing to Manchester United as Tottenham manager.
Tottenham beat Bodo/Glimt 2-0 in Norway on Thursday as United thumped Athletic Club 4-1 at Old Trafford to set up an all-English European showpiece on May 21.
Postecoglou has faced United five times as Spurs head coach, winning on four occasions and drawing once. Three of those meetings came this campaign, with Spurs completing the league double over United either side of dumping them out of the Carabao Cup shortly after Ruben Amorim’s arrival.
Speaking after beating Athletic Club, Amorim joked that lightning probably would not strike a fourth time. Postecoglou, though, was far more pragmatic.
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Europa League finalists
12:40 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneThursday night was a special one for Tottenham.
Relieve their win over Bodo/Glimt to reach the Europa League final.
🏹 Dom strikes again.
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) May 9, 2025
👀 Pedro's 'cross'.
🇪🇸 Bilbao bound.
Highlights: Bodø/Glimt 0-2 Spurs (1-5 agg) 📺 pic.twitter.com/ZhsgJpn8PE
Son latest
12:35 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneTottenham captain Heung-min Son has arrived with the squad for today’s London derby against Crystal Palace.
Morning, lads 👋 pic.twitter.com/MZIqtqloov
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) May 11, 2025
Tottenham predicted XI
12:30 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneTottenham are short of midfield options after losing James Maddison and Lucas Bergvall to ligament damage until next season.
Rodrigo Bentancur may be asked to go again at No6, alongside Pape Matar Sarr, while there is a case that Dejan Kulusevski’s creativity will be needed at No10.
Richarlison only played an hour in Norway so may be fit enough to start for a fourth game running through the middle, with Wilson Odobert and Mathys Tel likely to flank the Brazilian again.
Tottenham predicted XI (4-3-3): Vicario; Gray, Danso, Davies, Spence; Bentancur, Sarr, Kulusevski; Odobert, Richarlison, Tel.
A unique Premier League London derby
12:25 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneAnge Postecoglou said it himself in the dressing room in Norway: every minute and every game between Tottenham's semi-final win over Bodo/Glimt and kick-off in Bilbao on May 21, should be put towards nothing else but preparing to beat Manchester United.
If Spurs' league form felt like an afterthought before they booked their place in an all-English showpiece, now it is a total irrelevance.
Who cares if Spurs finish 17th, as the worst of the rest in the top-flight, if they win a first European trophy in 41 years?
Beat United, and this season will be remembered as the best in Spurs' modern history, rather than one of their worst of the Premier League era.
As such, Sunday's visit of Crystal Palace has next to no significance in its own right for Spurs, and is little more than a chance for fans to begin a 10-day build up to the final in Basque country and for Postecoglou to manage his squad.
Today's setting
12:20 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneIt’s a lovely day for some Premier League football!
Tottenham vs Crystal Palace latest match odds
12:15 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneTottenham to win: 6/4
Crystal Palace to win: 7/5
Draw: 15/8
Odds via Betfair (subject to change).
Tottenham vs Crystal Palace: Head to head (h2h) history and results
12:10 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneTottenham wins: 37
Crystal Palace wins: 14
Draws: 15
Score prediction
12:05 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneWith cup finals looming for Tottenham and Crystal Palace, it would not be a surprise if Ange Postecoglou and Oliver Glasner name heavily rotated teams. As a result, a low intensity London derby could see both sides cancelling each other out in a score draw.
Tottenham 1-1 Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace team news: Wharton absent
12:00 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneAdam Wharton is absent because of ankle ligament damage, though manager Oliver Glasner is optimistic the midfielder will be fit for next weekend's FA Cup final.
Matt Turner is available once again after being ineligible to face parent club Nottingham Forest on Monday night.
Tottenham team news: Late check on Son
11:55 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneTottenham will make a late check on captain Heung-min Son who has missed the last six games with a troublesome foot injury. The forward did train ahead of the Bodo/Glimt second leg but wasn’t risked for the trip to Norway.
James Maddison, Lucas Bergvall and Radu Dragusin are out for the season, whilst changes are expected now that a Europa League Final place has been secured.
How to follow Tottenham vs Crystal Palace
11:50 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneTV channel: The game will not be broadcast in the UK.
LIVE coverage: You can follow all the action via Standard Sport’s live blog, featuring expert analysis from Dan Kilpatrick at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium!
Welcome
11:45 , Tashan Deniran-AlleyneHello and welcome to Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage of Tottenham vs Crystal Palace!
After beating Bodo/Glimt on Thursday night to reach the Europa League final, all of Spurs' attentions will be on the May 21 showdown in Bilbao against Manchester United.
Meanwhile, the fact that Palace will be focused on a cup final of their own next weekend, today's London derby has very little riding on it.
Nevertheless, kick-off at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is at 2.15pm BST. Stay tuned for all the build-up.
