Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2021

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Crystal Palace: match report

Tottenham Hotspur won against Crystal Palace 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 December 2021. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Harry Kane opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Harry Kane (32'), Lucas Moura (34') and Heung-min Son (74'). Crystal Palace did not score.

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 7th on 26 points from 15 and Crystal Palace 11th on 20 points from 17. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 71 points, and Crystal Palace 12th with 48.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lucas Moura of Tottenham Hotspur (8.9), ahead of Emerson Royal (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 2 draws and 1 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace
  • 32'Goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Lucas MouraTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 37'Second yellow · Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace
  • 45+1'Yellow card · James TomkinsCrystal Palace
  • 68'Yellow card · Davinson SánchezTottenham Hotspur
  • 74'Goal · Heung-min SonTottenham Hotspur · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 7, draws 2, Crystal Palace 1.

Team news

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Tottenham Hotspur line-up (3-4-2-1)

Hugo Lloris, Davinson Sánchez, Eric Dier, Japhet Tanganga, Emerson Royal, Oliver Skipp, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Sergio Reguilón, Lucas Moura, Heung-min Son, Harry Kane

Crystal Palace line-up (4-3-3)

Jack Butland, Joel Ward, Joachim Andersen, James Tomkins, Tyrick Mitchell, Conor Gallagher, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Will Hughes, Jordan Ayew, Odsonne Édouard, Wilfried Zaha