Tottenham win 1-0 at Crystal Palace

Match report

Crystal Palace were beaten 1-0 by Tottenham at Selhurst Park on Sunday, 28 December 2025 in Premier League matchday 18. A. Gray scored the only goal of the game for Tottenham in the 42nd minute. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Crystal Palace had 62% of the ball and 15 shots (2 on target) against Tottenham’s 8 (4 on target). Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace) was the top-rated player with 7.9. The result leaves Crystal Palace 15th in the Premier League table on 4 points and Tottenham 20th on 2.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Crystal Palace

15th · 4 points · P 5 W 1 D 1 L 3

Form

Tottenham

20th · 2 points · P 5 W 0 D 2 L 3

Form

Premier League table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
14	Sunderland	5	-4	4
15	Crystal Palace	5	-5	4
16	Aston Villa	5	-5	4
19	Fulham	5	-3	2
20	Tottenham	5	-6	2

Full Premier League table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Thu, 5 Mar 2026, Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace

Full Crystal Palace vs Tottenham head-to-head

Match events

5'yellow cardKevin DansoYellow Card
18'VAR decisionRicharlisonGoal cancelled
22'yellow cardArchie GrayYellow Card
42'goalA. GrayAssist: Richarlison
45+3'yellow cardWill HughesYellow Card
46'yellow cardMaxence LacroixYellow Card
58'substitutionN. ClyneOff: E. Nketiah
63'substitutionL. BergvallOff: J. Palhinha
63'substitutionR. Kolo MuaniOff: W. Odobert
77'VAR decisionRicharlisonGoal cancelled
77'substitutionY. PinoOff: C. Uche
85'yellow cardJefferson LermaYellow Card
85'substitutionJ. DevennyOff: R. Esse
85'substitutionM. KudusOff: B. Johnson
85'substitutionA. GrayOff: R. Dragusin

Lineups

Crystal Palace

Formation 3-4-2-1 · Coach Oliver Glasner

Starting XI

Substitutes

Tottenham

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Roberto De Zerbi

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

62%Possession38%
1.47Expected goals (xG)0.88
15Total shots8
2Shots on target4
8Shots off target3
5Blocked shots1
9Shots inside the box5
6Shots outside the box3
3Corners2
1Offsides3
7Fouls5
3Yellow cards2
–Red cards–
3Goalkeeper saves2
544Passes340
431Accurate passes236
79%Pass accuracy69%
0.11Goals prevented0.11

Player statistics

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Dean HendersonG	90	6.5		27 · 48%
5Maxence LacroixD	90	7.6	1 (0)	77 · 92%	1	2	4/6
6Marc GuéhiD	90	7.2	1 (0)	82 · 88%		1	4/6
8Jefferson LermaD	90	7.2		61 · 90%	2	1	4/11
3Tyrick MitchellM	90	6.6		50 · 76%	1	1	5/9
17Nathaniel ClyneM	58	6.9		33 · 91%	1	2	2/4
19Will HughesM	90	6.9	1 (0)	46 · 78%	3	3	7/9
20Adam WhartonMTop rated	90	7.9	1 (1)	59 · 75%	2	1	5/9
10Yéremy PinoF	77	7.3	1 (0)	38 · 79%	1	4	6/12
14Jean-Philippe MatetaF	90	5.6	2 (0)	17 · 59%			5/20
55Justin DevennyF	85	5.6	2 (1)	27 · 74%	3	1	2/12
44Walter BenítezG	–	–
23Jaydee CanvotD	–	–
24Borna SosaD	–	–
72Dean BenamarD	–	–
12Christantus UcheM	13	6.3	1 (0)	10 · 20%			2/5
21Romain EsseM	13	6.5		8 · 50%			1/4
42Kaden RodneyM	–	–
9Edward NketiahF	32	6.3		9 · 67%			1/6
86Joel Drakes-ThomasF	–	–

Tottenham

Tottenham player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Guglielmo VicarioG	90	7.3				35 · 66%			1/1
4Kevin DansoD	90	7.7				40 · 68%		3	11/16
23Pedro PorroD	90	7.0			1 (0)	45 · 56%	1	1	3/7
24Djed SpenceD	90	7.3				38 · 71%	1	3	8/11
37Micky van de VenD	90	7.3				36 · 78%		2	3/5
14Archie GrayM	85	7.0	1		1 (1)	18 · 78%			1/4
15Lucas BergvallM	63	6.6				17 · 71%		2	2/3
20Mohammed KudusM	85	6.6				18 · 89%	1	2	4/11
30Rodrigo BentancurM	90	6.9			1 (1)	30 · 87%		2	8/15
39Randal Kolo MuaniM	63	6.6				14 · 64%	2	1	4/9
9RicharlisonF	90	7.3		1	1 (1)	19 · 68%	3	2	12/20
31Antonín KinskýG	–	–
3Radu DrăguşinD	13	6.6			1 (0)	7 · 29%			1/1
25Kota TakaiD	–	–
33Ben DaviesD	–	–
6João PalhinhaM	27	7.0				8 · 50%		2	3/5
11Mathys TelF	–	–
22Brennan JohnsonF	13	6.5				3 · 33%			0/1
28Wilson OdobertF	27	6.9			2 (1)	12 · 75%			4/4
44Dane ScarlettF	–	–