Crystal Palace will welcome Tottenham Hotspur to the Selhurst Park for another cracking North London derby on Wednesday night. Both clubs will be eager to secure the maximum three points after experiencing contrasting fortunes in their previous match-ups after the Premier League returned from the World Cup break.
The hosts will fancy their chances against their crosstown rivals as they will go into Wednesday night's game on the back of an important 2-0 win over Bournemouth. Goals by Jordan Ayew and Eberechi Eze were enough to inspire the Eagles to a vital win ahead of the New Year. Earlier, a disappointing 3-0 defeat to Fulham denied Patrick Viera's charges the opportunity to secure four successive home wins in an encounter which ended with the Selhurst Park outfit having two outfield players sent off.
Palace are currently 11th on the league log and a win over Tottenham Hotspur will put them level on points with 10th placed Chelsea. Needless to say, the Eagles will be required to make history to pull this off as it will be the first time ever that they have managed consecutive home wins against Spurs.
For the visitors, the stakes are incredibly high with their chance to secure Champions League football gradually slipping away. Following a strong start to the season, Antonio Conte's men have hit a rough patch and have resultantly dropped out of the top-four. The last time out, the Lillywhites were stunned by Aston Villa, falling to a disappointing 2-0 defeat ahead of the New Year.
So far, they have managed just two wins from their last seven Premier League contests and have conceded at least two goals in each of their last seven top-flight games. With expectations evidently higher, head coach Antonio Conte has bemoaned the implications of his side's non-performance and fears that the objective to secure Champions League football might be a far cry. Against this backdrop, Spurs will be eager to turn things around as soon as possible in order to stay on course.
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur head to head record
Following a 3-0 victory against Spurs in the same matchup last year, Crystal Palace is attempting to win two straight league games at home for the first time ever. Currently, only Chelsea (13) have won more top flight away matches versus Crystal Palace than the 12 Spurs have.
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur key stats
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Palace are looking to avoid consecutive home league defeats for the first time since January to February last year.
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Patrick Vieira's side are winless in all seven fixtures this season against teams who began this matchround in the top half of the table.
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Palace have lost their first league game of a calendar year on each of the last seven occasions the match has been a London derby, a run which began with a 4-1 loss at Arsenal in 1990.
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Tottenham set a new club record for most points after 10 matches of a Premier League campaign of 23.
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Tottenham's current run of 10 away London derbies without a victory in the league is the longest in their history.
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Spurs have conceded the first goal in seven successive league matches for the first time since September to November 2010.
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