Tottenham Hotspur — Crystal Palace 2:0

Tottenham Hotspur

2:0

Crystal Palace

EPL · 31 Oct 2026 · season 2026/27

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Score2:0

Home xG3.72Tottenham Hotspur

Away xG0.14Crystal Palace

Expected points2.92 : 0.05

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Tottenham Hotspur was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Tottenham Hotspur	2	3.72	−1.7	2.92
Crystal Palace	0	0.14	−0.1	0.05

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
24'	Archie Gray	Tottenham Hotspur	0.21	Mohammed Kudus
72'	Jan Paul van Hecke	Tottenham Hotspur	0.70

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
72'	Jan Paul van Hecke	Tottenham Hotspur	0.70	goal, header, from a corner
89'	Mohammed Kudus	Tottenham Hotspur	0.47	off target
70'	Andrew Robertson	Tottenham Hotspur	0.36	saved

Shots: Tottenham Hotspur 34, Crystal Palace 2; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 4 and 0.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Tottenham Hotspur 0.72, Crystal Palace 0.04: a small edge for Tottenham Hotspur. In the second half xG was Tottenham Hotspur 3.34, Crystal Palace 0.09: a big edge for Tottenham Hotspur. The edge in chances lasted the whole match. Tottenham Hotspur scored 2 from 3.72 xG: fewer than they created. As a rule, finishing like this evens out over time.

Shot data: Understat. xG rates the quality of a chance; it is not a forecast of the result.

How it fits the season

Tottenham Hotspur: −2.3 for the season (11 in the table). Crystal Palace: −2.5 (20). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.