Tottenham vs Crystal Palace

7 March 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Gareth Bale 25’, 49’
Harry Kane 52’, 76’

Christian Benteke 45+1’

Match summary

Tottenham won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Crystal Palace. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Gareth Bale put Tottenham ahead in the 25th minute, set up by Harry Kane and Christian Benteke equalised with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Luka Milivojevic. In the second half, Bale put Tottenham back in front with a header in the 49th minute, set up by Harry Kane, Harry Kane made it 3-1 in the 52nd minute, set up by Matt Doherty, and Kane made it 4-1 with a header in the 76th minute, set up by Son Heung-Min.

The chances backed that up: Tottenham created 2.24 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.56 from 5.

Match stats

12 Shots 5

5 Shots on Target 1

1 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.24 xG 0.56

2.24 Non-penalty xG 0.56

5 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Tottenham Crystal Palace

Kick-off

Gareth Bale
Assist: Harry Kane

1-0

25’

45+1’

Christian Benteke
Assist: Luka Milivojevic

1-1

Half-time1-1

Gareth Bale
Assist: Harry Kane

2-1

49’

Harry Kane
Assist: Matt Doherty

3-1

52’

Harry Kane
Assist: Son Heung-Min

4-1

76’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Tottenham

Matt Doherty
Carlos Vinicius

Crystal Palace

Gary Cahill
Jairo Riedewald
Jordan Ayew

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.

Tottenham 2.24 xGCrystal Palace 0.56 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Crystal Palace attacking Tottenham attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Hugo Lloris	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matt Doherty	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.09	3
Toby Alderweireld	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Davinson Sánchez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Reguilón	DEF	90			2	0.22	0.00	0
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Winks	MID	72			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gareth Bale	MID	72	2		2	0.82	0.46	4
Lucas Moura	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Son Heung-Min	MID	90		1	2	0.31	0.67	1
Harry Kane	FWD	82	2	2	5	0.85	0.94	3
Erik Lamela	Sub	18			1	0.04	0.00	0
Moussa Sissoko	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carlos Vinicius	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Vicente Guaita	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Ward	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cheikhou Kouyaté	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gary Cahill	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrick van Aanholt	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andros Townsend	MID	67			0	0.00	0.04	1
Jairo Riedewald	MID	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Luka Milivojevic	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.43	2
Eberechi Eze	MID	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Ayew	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Benteke	FWD	76	1		2	0.39	0.00	0
Wilfried Zaha	Sub	42			1	0.05	0.00	0
Jeffrey Schlupp	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.05	1
Jean-Philippe Mateta	Sub	14			1	0.08	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Tottenham win 62% Avg odds 1.54

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.15

Crystal Palace win 15% Avg odds 6.55

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

Form going into the game

Tottenham W L L W W

Crystal Palace L L W D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Crystal Palace 1-1 Tottenham, 13 Dec 20 Next meeting: Crystal Palace 3-0 Tottenham, 11 Sep 21 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.