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Match Threads Palace vs Spurs - Match Thread - Day 4 - KO 12:30pm

Match Prediction

  • Will stay Top of the League after 4 Straight Wins

    Votes: 100 42.6%
  • Palace to get their First win of the Season

    Votes: 77 32.8%
  • Score Draw

    Votes: 45 19.1%
  • Goalless Draw

    Votes: 13 5.5%

  • Total voters
    235

dontcallme

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Mar 18, 2005
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I think Palace are going to be poor this season. No game is going to be easy but it's good to be playing them so early in the season.
 

ShelfWatcher

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I wondered if the very brief training clip of Skipp was a bit of kidology. Because when I saw Skipp go off for the U21 I thought no way he plays Saturday
Lloris
Tanganga Dier Rodon/Davies
Emerson Hojberg Dele Ndom/Gil Reggie
Kane Moura
 

Rob

The Boss
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Jun 8, 2003
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@Bulletspur I've done it here but can you centre the banner on future threads? As the new site is wider, it looks a bit wonky when it's on the left. Thanks!
 

Gassin's finest

C'est diabolique
May 12, 2010
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Bollocks to this negativity, we're solid as a rock and Kane is coming bang into form in his peak season. Palace are shit, and they've got Patrick fucking ****ing Viera now, so double the incentive to give em a cuffing.

CRYTOT for Harry, God and St George, get behind the team and UP THE SPURS!
 

greaves

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Dec 6, 2006
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Bollocks to this negativity, we're solid as a rock and Kane is coming bang into form in his peak season. Palace are shit, and they've got Patrick fucking ****ing Viera now, so double the incentive to give em a cuffing.

CRYTOT for Harry, God and St George, get behind the team and UP THE SPURS!
And Royal to score at Palace. Would be fitting.
 

ero1x

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Nov 16, 2004
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Win this and we go 5 points clear at the top… When has that ever happened in the past 60 years?
 

cliff jones

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Aug 31, 2012
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We will seek a fourth win from as many matches in Saturday's London derby with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. We prevailed 1-0 against Watford before the international break, while Palace rescued a point in a 2-2 with West Ham United.

Facing a third London derby in as many weeks, Crystal Palace were only able to boast one point from their first two clashes with Chelsea and Brentford before making the journey to take on a rampant West Ham side just before the break. Twice Palace fell behind to strikes from Fornals and Antonio, but twice they clawed their way back into the game thanks to a second-half brace from Chelsea loanee Conor Gallagher in a pulsating encounter at the London Stadium.

Still waiting for their first win of the season, the signs were positive for Patrick Vieira’s new-look Palace side in the capital, although the 14th-placed outfit must now face us, Liverpool, Arsenal and Leicester City all in the space of five weeks. An early EFL Cup exit to Watford did dampen Palace's spirits somewhat, but having opened their account for the Premier League season at the third attempt, the Eagles will seek to end a poor run of league form which has seen them claim just two wins from their last 12 matches.

The Eagles will make history this week as the first Premier League side ever to open a season with four London derbies on the trot, but they can only boast five shots on target from their opening three encounters before they somehow attempt to break our defensive resolve.

There was certainly an element of fortune about our win over Watford - with Son’s free kick evading everyone before nestling into the back of the net - but a third consecutive 1-0 triumph in the league is only a positive thing for us.

Having conducted our summer business with aplomb - all while convincing Kane to put his Manchester City dream on hold - we are reaping the rewards of our summer of change and are the only side in the division to have claimed maximum points from our opening three matches.

Our perfect record sees us sitting pretty at the top of the pile - two points clear of the five sides currently sitting on seven points - and we have also secured a safe passage into the Europa Conference League group stages despite an early scare against Pacos de Ferreira.

French powerhouse Rennes await us in their inaugural group-stage clash on Thursday night before the visit of Chelsea on September 19, so the trip to Palace may not rank all that high on our priority list, but the we will not want to pass up the opportunity to steer further clear of our rivals. We travel to Selhurst Park on a 12-game unbeaten streak against Palace in the Premier League - winning 10 of them - although the last two encounters at Selhurst Park have seen our clubs shake hands on a 1-1 draw.

Team News

Crystal Palace boss Vieira is confident that Luka Milvoievic will be ready to return in time for Saturday, while there is also optimism that Michael Olise could make his debut for the club this weekend.

The Eagles' transfer business went right to the wire as they struck late deals for Odsonne and Will Hughes, both of whom should be in contention to feature here.

However, Christian Benteke will aim to hold his place up top for now, while Zaha will finally aim to break his goalscoring duck against us at the 13th attempt.

Meanwhile, our trio of Sanchez, Romera and Lo Celso can all reportedly expect fines for linking up with their South American teams during the international break and will not feature here due to quarantine.

We have also been handed a scare over Son Heung-min, who withdrew from the South Korea squad with a tight calf, while Bergwijn, Skipp and Sessegnon are also fresh injury concerns.

With Tanganga potentially deputising in defence for Sanchez,Emerson could make his debut for the club at right-back, while Gil could benefit from the possible absences of Son and Bergwijn.

Head to Head

We first played each other on Saturday 12th January 1924 where they beat us 2-0 in the FA Cup. Since then we have played each other 53 times, winning 28, they have won 10 so far and 15 drawn.

This is made up of:

League - Played 44 where we are winning 25, they have won 6 so far and 13 drawn

FA Cup – Played 7 where we won 2, they won 4 and 1 drawn

League – Cup – Played 2 where we won 1 and 1 drawn

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Interesting stuff, Bullet.

I don’t know where you’re going though suggesting this may be of lesser priority? Because we’re visiting the powerhouse that is Rennes, in the third tier of European competition, or have a less winnable (than Palace) fixture against Roman next weekend?
No logic there.

Conducted our summer business with aplomb? Persuaded Kane? City didn’t stump up, simple.

Thanks for the other good stuff.

No idea about today, our team, whether their signings are any good or not, could be anything…

Coys
 

Tucker

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Jul 15, 2013
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I’m hoping we can get a result, but with all our selection issues I’m struggling to see anything besides a 0-0 at best.
 
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