Tottenham vs Crystal Palace Prediction and Betting Tips: Spurs backed for home win

Tottenham's hopes of a top-four finish in the Premier League are looking slimmer by the week and they will be looking to avoid another blow when they take on Crystal Palace this weekend.

Spurs lost 2-1 at home to Wolves last time out, while Palace hammered struggling Burnley in a much-needed victory.

It was the Eagles' first win in four matches and their first under new boss Oliver Glasner and they will be hoping there is more to come as they may be boosted by the returns of several key men this weekend.

Both sides have had the week off to prepare and that could lead to a lively contest at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday.

Destiny Udogie could return from a knock this weekend, but the Palace match could come too soon for Pedro Porro and Manor Solomon, who are nearing returns.

Fraser Forster and Ryan Sessegnon remain long-term absentees.

Palace are hopeful that Eberechi Eze, Will Hughes and Joachim Andersen could feature this weekend, with the trio all having returned to training.

However, Marc Guehi has been ruled out for up to eight weeks after having minor knee surgery, while Michael Olise and Rob Holding also remain sidelined.

Tottenham vs Crystal Palace Predicted XIs

Tottenham (4-3-3): Vicario; Royal, Van de Ven, Romero, Davies; Sarr, Bissouma, Maddison; Kulusevski, Richarlison, Son.

Crystal Palace (3-4-3): Johnstone; Ward, Tomkins, Richards; Munoz, Lerma, Wharton, Mitchell; Ayew, Edouard, Mateta.

Tottenham have a fantastic recent record in meetings with Crystal Palace, but they have become plagued by inconsistency and may not have things all their own way against the Eagles who had an immediate lift under new manager Oliver Glasner.

Glasner has replaced Roy Hodgson in the Selhurst Park hotseat and led his new side to an impressive 3-0 win over beleaguered Burnley last weekend.

Such are Burnley's struggles that the result may need to be taken with a pinch of salt as the Clarets were down to 10 men for over an hour following Josh Brownhill's first-half red card, but it is still hard to imagine that Palace would have produced that kind of display under Hodgson, for whom things had become a huge struggle.

Palace played with more freedom in that victory and the lift in spirits could see them cause problems for Tottenham who lost 2-1 at home to Wolves last time out.

Spurs have slipped out of the top four after winning just two of their last five league matches and they have a tricky run of fixtures on the horizon.

On paper this would look one of their more winnable games and they are odds-on favourites to get the job done. History would suggest Spurs are good things, too, but it would be folly to rule out Palace completely.

Tottenham have won five of their last six meetings with Crystal Palace and three of those have featured clean sheets for the Lilywhites.

However, Ange Postecoglu's side have struggled to hold opponents at bay and there is scope to expect at least one Palace goal on Saturday.

Spurs have kept just one clean sheet in their last 10 matches - against struggling Burnley - so a Tottenham win with both teams scoring looks a decent bet for this Tottenham Hotspur Stadium showdown.

And with that in mind, a 2-1 correct score bet at 8/1 also looks good value.

That was the outcome when these two met earlier in the campaign and it is hard to see either side running away with things with plenty at stake.