Match Report
Before the match
Tottenham: two wins, two draws and one defeat over five games; eight goals scored, five conceded. Chelsea were their latest opponents, away on 24 October: a 2-0 win.
2-0 was Tottenham's result against Chelsea on 24 October (Premier League), playing away from home; Tottenham won, with two scored to zero conceded. The 19 October fixture (Premier League) paired Tottenham with Coventry City. Tottenham won 3-1 at home, netting three goals while conceding one. Playing away from home against Man United (Premier League), Tottenham finished 1-1 on 10 October. Their score comprised one goal, against one from the opposition. 19 September: Tottenham lost 2-3 against Aston Villa at home in Premier League, scoring two goals and allowing three. Against Everton in Premier League, Tottenham scored zero and conceded zero on 12 September; the at home result was 0-0.
nine points in eight matches put Tottenham 14th in the pre-match results-based Premier League standings.
Crystal Palace: one win, one draw and three defeats over five games; five goals scored, 11 conceded, failing to score in three of those games. Latest: a 2-0 defeat at home to Newcastle on 25 October.
Against Newcastle in Premier League, Crystal Palace scored zero and conceded two on 25 October; the at home result was 0-2. Crystal Palace's away from home game on 18 October (Premier League) ended 0-5 against Brighton Hove, with zero goals for and five against. On 11 October, Nottingham faced Crystal Palace in Premier League: Crystal Palace won 3-1 at home, having scored three and conceded one. Premier League, 20 September brought an away meeting with Leeds United; Crystal Palace drew 0-0, a return of zero goals scored and zero conceded. Crystal Palace hosted Ipswich Town on 12 September (Premier League) and lost 2-3; their goals totalled two, compared with three conceded.
seven points in eight matches put Crystal Palace 18th in the pre-match results-based Premier League standings.
Previous meetings in our records: a 3-1 away win for Crystal Palace on 5 March and a 1-0 away win for Tottenham on 28 December 2025.
After the match
Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 2-0 on 31 October 2026. Archie Gray opened the scoring in the 25th minute for Tottenham, set up by Mohammed Kudus, to make it 1-0. Jan Paul van Hecke added to the tally 73 minutes into the game for Tottenham to make it 2-0. Jean-Philippe Mateta (13') was sent off. Archie Gray (15') and Óscar Mingueza (53') were booked. The rating gap is a clear one: our current Elo ratings have Tottenham 103 points stronger than Crystal Palace. Tottenham's victory matches the model's current-rating preference: 61.4% for a win in this pairing. Tottenham are unbeaten in the latest 4 matches of their recorded form. Tottenham: one yellow card. Tottenham made five changes. Crystal Palace: one yellow card and one red card. five changes were recorded for Crystal Palace. Tottenham finished with a clean sheet.