Tottenham host Crystal Palace in matchweek nine of the Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur host Crystal Palace on 31 October 2026 at 20:30 Saudi time, in matchweek nine of the 2026/27 Premier League season, with the match broadcast on beIN SPORTS.

Tottenham Hotspur go into the match after winning their last game away to Chelsea 2-0, having previously beaten Coventry City 3-1 at home and drawn 1-1 with Manchester United, while before that they lost 2-3 to Aston Villa and drew goalless with Everton.

Crystal Palace, meanwhile, come into the match after losing 0-2 at home to Newcastle United, drawing 2-2 away to Besiktas, suffering a heavy 0-5 defeat to Brighton, and also losing 2-3 to Lyon, after beating Nottingham Forest 3-1.

The head-to-head history between the two sides has seen results go both ways, as Crystal Palace beat Tottenham 1-3 on 5 March 2026, Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 1-0 on 28 December 2025, Crystal Palace beat Tottenham 0-2 on 11 May 2025, Crystal Palace beat Tottenham 1-0 on 27 October 2024, while Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 3-1 on 2 March 2024.

Tottenham Hotspur will be without the suspended Rodrigo Bentancur, in addition to the injured Lucas Bergvall, Mykhailo Mudryk, Dr Odobert, Simons, Eyinmuoma Odudu, Abdoulaye Adarabioyo and James Maddison.

For their part, Crystal Palace will be missing Quentin Temper, Jorgen Strand Larsen, Chadi Riad, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Ismaila Sarr through injury.

In the league table, Tottenham Hotspur sit 14th with 9 points from 8 matches, having won 2, drawn 3 and lost 3, scoring 8 goals and conceding 10, while Crystal Palace are 17th with 7 points from 8 matches, having won 2, drawn 1 and lost 5, scoring 9 goals and conceding 19.