Crystal Palace v Tottenham

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Friday night football in the Premier League features this upcoming all-London clash between Crystal Palace and Tottenham at Selhurst Park with Palace looking to produce a positive response to their heavy 4-0 defeat away at Newcastle United last weekend while Tottenham will be eager to extend their lead at the top of the table with another three points.

Crystal Palace have made a decent fist of things so far in this season's Premier League campaign and The Eagles currently occupy a mid-table position of 11th place in the English top flight standings following three wins, three draws and three defeats to date, but Roy Hodgson's side uncharacteristically suffered a heavy 4-0 rout at the hands of Newcastle United last time out.

You have to go back to mid-March of last season to see when Palace last shipped four goals in the Premier League and that was to an Arsenal outfit that were chasing the league title at the time, but wins against Sheffield United, Wolves and most impressive of all, a 1-0 win at Old Trafford against Manchester United have seen Crystal Palace hold their own to date.

League wins at home though have been hard to come by as The Eagles have registered just four victories out of their last 16 games at Selhurst Park.

No such problems for Tottenham though, as Ange Postecoglou's side continued their early impressive momentum in this season's Premier League campaign as they brushed aside London rivals, Fulham, at their Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Monday night which became Tottenham's seventh win in nine games in the English top flight.

Spurs also still remain unbeaten and this has contributed to the north London club current position of top of the division whilst also keeping four clean sheets in the process, so the visitors will be in confident mood as they prepare for the short trip across London to take on Crystal Palace.

In addition, Tottenham have scored two goals or more in nine out of their last 10 matches in the Premier League and this could prove to be pivotal in determining the outcome of this upcoming tussle at Selhurst Park on Friday night.

Perhaps just as important is the role of captain and spearhead of Tottenham's attack, Son Heung-Min, who has scored a total of seven goals so far this season and he looks to be relishing being out of Harry Kane's shadow this season.

Crystal Palace v Tottenham Verdict

Tottenham possess a strong record against Crystal Palace in previous meetings as the north London visitors have lost just once in their last nine encounters, picking up six wins in the process, and with momentum under their belts, it's hard to see anything other than a Tottenham win here

Therefore, our main bet will be Tottenham win @ 1.80

Other side bets worth considering:

Tottenham win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.75

Correct score: Tottenham 1-0 @ 9.50