Crystal Palace vs Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Mateta scores winner
Mateta scored the only goal of the game
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Follow live coverage after Crystal Palace faced Tottenham Hotspur today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The hosts had made a disappointing start to the new campaign and Oliver Glasner was coming under some pressure, despite last year’s excellent form to end the season. But this result will go some way to easing those concerns, as Palace beat Spurs 1-0 thanks to Jean-Philippe Mateta’s strike, buried from the left side of the six-yard box after Eberechi Eze’s brilliant flick.
For Spurs it’s a missed opportunity to keep a recent consistent run going and move up into the top six, leaving Ange Postecoglou needing to answer more uncomfortable questions about his side’s inability to string results together. Follow all the reaction below.
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
All eyes will be on Mikey Moore this afternoon in south London. The teenager (17 years, 77 days) is the youngest player to start a Premier League match for Tottenham Hotspur since Stephen Carr against Ipswich Town in September 1993 (17 years, 28 days).
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
The teams are in the tunnel and kick-off will commence shortly at Selhurst Park. Tottenham have won 19 of their 30 Premier League games against Crystal Palace (D7 L4), their highest win rate against any fellow London side in the competition’s history (63%). Will Ange Postecoglou’s side inflict more misery on Oliver Glasner’s Eagles?
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
Meanwhile, Ange Postecoglou has handed 17-year-old wonderkid Mikey Moore his first Premier League start at Selhurst Park. Moore is the only change from last weekend’s London derby win over West Ham, replacing the injured Son Heung-Min. After impressing in Thursday’s Europa League victory over AZ Alkmaar and being compared to Neymar, the teenager is expected to line-up on the left-hand side of Spurs’ attacking trio alongside Dominic Solanke and Brennan Johnson.
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
Oliver Glasner makes three changes to the team that lost 1-0 at Nottingham Forest on Monday evening. Jean-Phillipe Mateta returns to the starting line-up with Eddie Nketiah dropping to the bench. Despite struggling with a persistent groin injury, Adam Wharton is named in the team with Will Hughes making way while Ismaila Sarr replaces Daichi Kamada in attack. Goalkeeper Matt Turner returns to the matchday squad after being ineligible for the last game against his parent club.
Confirmed lineups: Spurs start teenager Moore
Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Chalobah, Lacroix, Guéhi, Muñoz, Wharton, Lerma, Mitchell, Sarr, Eze, Mateta
Tottenham Hotspur XI: Vicario, Porro, van de Ven, Romero, Udogie, Kulusevski, Bissouma, Maddison, Johnson, Solanke, Moore
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
TOTTENHAM SUBS: Fraser Forster, Ben Davies, Radu Dragusin, Archie Gray, Rodrigo Bentancur, Pape Matar Sarr, Lucas Bergvall, Timo Werner, Richarlison.
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
TOTTENHAM (4-3-3): Guglielmo Vicario; Destiny Udogie, Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero, Pedro Porro; James Maddison, Yves Bissouma, Dejan Kulusevski; Mikey Moore, Dominic Solanke, Brennan Johnson.
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
CRYSTAL PALACE SUBS: Matt Turner, Joel Ward, Eddie Nketiah, Jeffrey Schlupp, Nathaniel Clyne, Daichi Kamada, Will Hughes, Caleb Kporha, Asher Agbinone.
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