Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 2-0 in the Premier League, scoring once in each half in a match they controlled from start to finish. The match data did not list a scorer for either Tottenham goal, and Crystal Palace did not reply.

Match Summary

Tottenham were on the front foot long before they led. Archie Gray was shown a yellow card after 15 minutes. The breakthrough still came on 25 minutes. No scorer was listed in the match data, but the goal put Tottenham in front. Palace did not equalise before the break. By the interval it was 1-0, and the visitors had yet to show they could force a way back.

The second half kept the same shape. Oscar Mingueza was shown a yellow card for Crystal Palace in the 53rd minute as Tottenham continued to push. Tottenham added a second goal in the 73rd minute, and once more the scorer was not listed. The official scoreline moved to 2-0 and stayed there. There was no late Palace goal. Tottenham saw out a clean sheet and a two-goal win.

Key Moments

Going ahead in the first half shaped everything that followed. Palace created almost nothing over 90 minutes, finishing with two shots, so the deficit asked them to chase a Tottenham side already taking the chances.

The second Tottenham goal, with more than a quarter of an hour left, closed the door. Palace needed two goals from a night that never suggested one, and they did not get even a single reply.

Set pieces told the same story. Tottenham won 19 corners and Palace won none, a gap that left the visitors defending their own box for long spells. That corner monopoly sat alongside a red card for Palace in the match statistics, with Tottenham shown none.

Match Statistics

The shot count matched the result. Tottenham registered 33 shots to Crystal Palace's two and put nine on target against one. Expected goals were 3.23 for Tottenham and 0.14 for Palace. Corners finished 19-0 in Tottenham's favour. Tottenham received one yellow card and no red. Palace received one yellow and one red. Those numbers sit behind a 2-0 scoreline that never looked like shifting once the hosts were in front.

See also

• Tottenham vs Crystal Palace live score
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