Tottenham vs Crystal Palace

26 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Harry Kane 32’
  • Lucas Moura 34’
  • Son Heung-Min 74’

Match summary

Tottenham won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Crystal Palace. Tottenham led 2-0 at half-time.

Harry Kane put Tottenham ahead in the 32nd minute, set up by Lucas Moura, Lucas Moura made it 2-0 with a header in the 34th minute, set up by Emerson, and Son Heung-Min made it 3-0 in the 74th minute, set up by Lucas Moura.

The chances backed that up: Tottenham created 2.82 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.18 from 4. Crystal Palace had a player sent off.

Match stats

Tottenham Crystal Palace
17 Shots 4
6 Shots on Target 0
4 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
2.82 xG 0.18
2.82 Non-penalty xG 0.18
15 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Tottenham Crystal Palace
Kick-off
Harry Kane
Assist: Lucas Moura1-0 (Tottenham)
32’
Lucas Moura
Assist: Emerson2-0 (Tottenham)
34’
Half-time2-0
Son Heung-Min
Assist: Lucas Moura3-0 (Tottenham)
74’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Tottenham
  • Davinson Sánchez
Crystal Palace
  • Wilfried Zaha
  • James Tomkins

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.82 0.18 32’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), 1-0 32’ 34’ Lucas Moura (Tottenham), 2-0 34’ 74’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), 3-0 74’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.82 0.18 32’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), 1-0 Kane 32’ 34’ Lucas Moura (Tottenham), 2-0 Moura 34’ 74’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), 3-0 Heung-Min 74’
Tottenham 2.82 xGCrystal Palace 0.18 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crystal Palace attacking Tottenham attacking 
34’ Lucas Moura (Tottenham), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 74’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 32’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 25’ Lucas Moura (Tottenham), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 83’ Lucas Moura (Tottenham), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 86’ Lucas Moura (Tottenham), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 88’ Davinson Sánchez (Tottenham), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 1’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 57’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 76’ Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 87’ Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 14’ Lucas Moura (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 40’ Emerson (Tottenham), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 60’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 11’ Oliver Skipp (Tottenham), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 81’ Sergio Reguilón (Tottenham), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 6’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 11’ Japhet Tanganga (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 3’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 9’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 82’ Japhet Tanganga (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 34’ Lucas Moura (Tottenham), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 74’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 32’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 25’ Lucas Moura (Tottenham), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 83’ Lucas Moura (Tottenham), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 86’ Lucas Moura (Tottenham), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 88’ Davinson Sánchez (Tottenham), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 1’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 76’ Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 14’ Lucas Moura (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 57’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 87’ Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 40’ Emerson (Tottenham), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 60’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 81’ Sergio Reguilón (Tottenham), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 11’ Oliver Skipp (Tottenham), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 6’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 11’ Japhet Tanganga (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 3’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 9’ James Tomkins (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 82’ Japhet Tanganga (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Hugo Lloris GK900 0.000.000
Davinson Sánchez DEF901 0.120.000
Japhet Tanganga DEF902 0.040.000
Eric Dier DEF900 0.000.000
Emerson MID9011 0.050.894
Sergio Reguilón MID901 0.050.553
Oliver Skipp MID901 0.040.141
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg MID810 0.000.000
Lucas Moura MID90125 1.350.993
Son Heung-Min MID7812 0.560.082
Harry Kane FWD6612 0.490.000
Steven Bergwijn Sub242 0.120.021
Bryan Gil Salvatierra Sub120 0.000.051
Tanguy NDombele Alvaro Sub90 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Tottenham win 56% Avg odds 1.72
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.81
Crystal Palace win 19% Avg odds 5.07

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Tottenham DWWWD
Crystal Palace LLLWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 3-0 Tottenham, 11 Sep 21 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 0-4 Tottenham, 04 Jan 23  All Tottenham vs Crystal Palace meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.