Tottenham Hotspur v Palace

White Hart Lane, Sunday 1.30pm

Damian Delaney

Team news

Damien Delaney is expected to have recovered from a pelvic injury after sitting out the last match with Manchester City. Connor Wickham was also absent for the clash with City but has overcome a calf injury.

Joel Ward misses out again with a knee injury sustained in training, along with Marouane Chamakh (abductor problem).

Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen is still struggling with a knee injury but manager Mauricio Pochettino may decide to risk him.

Ryan Mason and Mousa Dembele are doubts and Nabil Bentaleb is out with an ankle problem. Heung-Min Son could make his domestic home bow.

Quotes

Roy Hodgson

"Perhaps 10 games gives you a better feel of the division. We know that. But what can I say, over five games we have been right there.

"Spurs have some outstanding players. I'm a big fan of [Harry] Kane, [Nacer] Chadli and [Christian] Eriksen. They will definitely finish in the top ten.

"I can cope with winning 3-2, 4-3, 5-4. The bottom line is I want this team to think about scoring goals. The players are smiley and happy. We're going to go out and try to take the game to Spurs.

"A clean sheet is very important for results. If we'd got one against [Manchester] City, that would have been great and we were one minute away."

Mauricio Pochettino

“The Premier League is the most difficult competition in the world. This is true. And this affects your performance in the Europa League or the Champions League.

“Can the English teams get back to the top in Europe? I don’t know. You have Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain. There is a lot more money [than there was].

“They can also play with reserve teams in their domestic competitions and still win. For teams like us, like Manchester United, it is not easy to play in the league after a European game. It’s more difficult.”

Tottenham Hotspur - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
12th	5	1	3	1	6

Full league table

Tottenham Hotspur - current form

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
5	1	3	1	4	4

Full form table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
10/01/2015	League	Crystal Palace	2 - 1	Tottenham Hotspur
06/12/2014	League	Tottenham Hotspur	0 - 0	Crystal Palace
11/01/2014	League	Tottenham Hotspur	2 - 0	Crystal Palace
18/08/2013	League	Crystal Palace	0 - 1	Tottenham Hotspur
22/01/2005	League	Crystal Palace	3 - 0	Tottenham Hotspur

All time results

Last meeting

Palace 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Saturday January 10 2015

Palace: Speroni, Dann, Delaney, Kelly, Ward, McArthur, Puncheon, Bannan (Guedioura, 45), Gayle (Campbell, 87), Ledley, Murray (Zaha, 74)

Subs not used: Hangeland, Mariappa, Hennessey, Thomas

Goals: Gayle (pen 69), Puncheon (80)

Bookings: Dann, Bannan, Puncheon, Guedioura, Campbell

Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Rose, Vertonghen, Fazio, Walker, Eriksen, Stambouli (Soldado, 75), Dembele, Chadli, Townsend (Capoue, 69), Kane

Subs not used: Paulinho, Lennon, Vorm, Davies, Kaboul

Goals: Kane (49)

Bookings: Fazio, Townsend, Stambouli