Tottenham Hotspur vs Crystal Palace Preview

February 20, 2016
By: Deke Hardman

Harry Kane

It’s an all London affair at White Hart Lane this Sunday as title chasing Tottenham Hotspur take on Premier League rivals Crystal Palace in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

The hosts drew 1-1 with Serie A side Fiorentina in the first leg of their Europa League round of 32 tie on Thursday evening – a result which ended a seven game winning run.

Of those victories, two came in this competition with the North London outfit knocking out Leicester City in a third round replay before eliminating League One side Colchester United in round four ten days later.

First choice goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has a shoulder injury so Michel Vorm will deputise while Tom Carroll is out after injuring his Achilles.

Harry Kane is priced at 4.5 (7/2) to open the scoring with Paddy Power, ahead of Dele Alli who is a 7.5 (13/2) chance with the same firm.

The home win can be backed at 1.65 (13/20) with Betfair, with the visitors as highly priced as the 6.5 (11/2) on offer from Bet 365. The draw is a 4.2 (16/5) shot with Betfred.

Unlike their opponents, Palace are on a poor run of form with their only two victories since Christmas both coming in this competition, first against Southampton and then Stoke City.

Yannick Bolasie is in line to make his first appearance of 2016 after recovering from a hip problem while Bakary Sako is also available after missing the last month with a hamstring injury and both Dwight Gayle and Joe Ledley are also pushing for recalls.

Emmanuel Adebayor, who left Spurs in the summer, is widely available at 10.0 (9/1) to get the first goal of the game, while Wilfried Zaha can be backed at 19.0 (18/1) with Bet 365.

The sides met in the league just four weeks ago, with Dele Alli grabbing the headlines after scoring one of the goals of the season in a 3-1 win for Tottenham.

You can back both teams to score this time around at 1/1 (2.0) with William Hill while 888 Sport offer 3.65 (45/17) for there to be at least four goals to be scored in the game.

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