Tottenham Hotspur v Palace

White Hart Lane, Saturday 3.00pm

Joe Ledley (Photo: Andy Roberts)

Team news

Crystal Palace midfielder Joe Ledley is likely to be out of the Tottenham Hotspur game due to a recurring hip problem. Defenders Damien Delaney (calf) and Adrian Mariappa (knee) are also missing, while Dwight Gayle will be checked on after suffering from illness. Strikers Andy Johnson and Kevin Doyle are injured.

Spurs right-back Kyle Naughton is pushing for a recall, along with forward Roberto Soldado.

Quotes

Julian Speroni

"It's a week where we need to prepare well and make sure the recovery is spot-on. It'll be a tough challenge for us but we're looking forward to it.

"We've been creating a lot, especially against Villa, and we hope to do that against Tottenham too. Any point away from home is always a good point but if you go into games with that mentality then you tend to lose. You have to go out there thinking you can win, try to win and then see what happens.

"We try not to think too much about what has happened before, we try to prepare for every game in the same manner. We know it's going to be a tough challenge but we have the confidence to go there and try and win the game because of the performances we've had lately.

"After the Villa game I couldn't understand how we didn't get a point out of the game. We had so many chances but for some reason the ball didn't seem to want to go in so we ended up losing, but I was pleased with the performance because we played really well."

Marouane Chamakh

"Not really, I never [get a good reception] at Tottenham, but it’s OK. Before I didn’t like this team and so it’s an opportunity for me and for Palace to do something very good there. It fires me up all the time (to do well against Tottenham).

"We should have got something against Villa. I am really sad because I thought we could have done better than we did.

I remember last season we won games similar to the way Villa did. We may have had two or three chances and then after the game we won 1-0.

"But this season that has changed and we had more shots, more dangerous situations and finally we leave with no points."

James McArthur

"It was really gutting – the boys were really gutted [to lose against Villa]. I felt the game was there to be won and we’ve conceded a poor goal on our part.

"We are in an OK position in the league at the moment – it could be better but it could be a lot worse. We know we have to start getting clean sheets, and we’ve been so close to it. Villa’s only real chance is the one they scored.

"They didn’t have many more chances but at the end of the day they have been clinical. We got to Spurs now and we have to win."

Tottenham Hotspur - league stats

Position	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
10th	14	6	2	6	20

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Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
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
28/12/2004	League	Tottenham Hotspur	1 - 1	Crystal Palace
03/01/2004	FA Cup	Tottenham Hotspur	3 - 0	Crystal Palace

All time results

Last meeting

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Palace

Saturday January 11 2014

Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Walker (Naughton, 48), Rose, Chiriches, Dawson, Lennon, Dembele, Eriksen (Chadli, 76), Bentaleb, Soldado (Defoe, 58), Adebayor

Subs not used: Friedel, Holtby, Capoue, Fryers

Goals: Eriksen (50), Defoe (72)

Bookings: Naughton

Palace: Speroni, Mariappa, Parr, Gabbidon, Delaney, Ward, Bolasie (Williams, 69), Puncheon (Guedioura, 82), Jedinak, Chamakh, Jerome (Gayle, 69)

Subs not used: O'Keefe, Bannan, Price, Moxey

Bookings: Mariappa, Jedinak