Preview | Friday night under the lights

Our Under-21s are back in action tonight, making the trip to south London to take on Crystal Palace at the VBS Community Stadium at 7pm (GMT).

Wayne Burnett's side had a late night on Wednesday, going the distance with Ebbsfleet United at the Kuflink Stadium, as Rio Kyerematen's opener was cancelled out in the first half.

That took the National League Cup tie to penalties, with goalkeeper Aaron Maguire saving three of the Fleet's spot-kicks, before Max McKnight converted as we prevailed 4-3.

In league form, we'll be looking to bounce back from a disappointing defeat to Reading last time out in Premier League 2, as the Royals came from behind to win 4-1 last Friday at the Lamex.

Coverage

You'll be able to watch every kick of the action live via SPURSPLAY and we'll keep you up to date via the Spurs App & socials, with a full match report to follow after the final whistle.

Tickets

Tickets for this fixture are on sale for both home and away fans via the Crystal Palace website, with prices as follows:

Adults: £5

65 & over: £1

Under 18: £1

The Opposition

Despite catching headlines a couple of weeks ago for a 10-0 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace's start to the season has seen them suffer just three defeats in all competitions.

The season started with a narrow 1-0 defeat to Stevenage in the Bristol Street Motors Trophy, before kicking off their PL2 campaign with an entertaining nine-goal game with Blackburn Rovers, with Palace emerging 7-2 winners in Yorkshire.

A run of three draws followed, games against Leeds and Reading ended 1-1, which sandwiched a 2-2 draw with Real Sociedad in the Premier League International Cup

The Eagles ran out 3-1 winners against Gillingham in the BSM Trophy, and made it back-to-back wins when Justin Devenny bagged a late, late winner against Nottingham Forest at the VHS Community Stadium.

A heavy 10-0 defeat to rivals Brighton followed, a game that saw the Seagulls grab eight second half goals in that rout, before Sporting Lisbon B came from behind to score twice in the final 15 minutes to take the points in their Premier League International Cup clash.

However it was a return to winning ways last time out, with a 2-0 win over Southampton at Staplewood, leaving Darren Powell's side 11th in the PL2 table, with 11 points from their opening six fixtures.

One to watch

With six goals from his first eight appearances since joining from West Ham in the summer, Jemiah Umolu has made an impressive start to life with the Eagles.

Umolu joined the Hammers' academy at the age of 10, and was part of their FA Youth Cup winning side in 2022/23, before making the switch to Selhurst Park in July.

He bagged a brace on his second appearance for Powell's side, grabbing the fifth and sixth in a 7-2 win over Blackburn Rovers.

He then went on a run of scoring three goals in three games, opening the scoring in all three games against Reading, Gillingham and Nottingham Forest as the side picked up seven points across the fixtures.

After drawing just his third blank of the season against Brighton, he notched his sixth goal of the season in second half injury time at Southampton a week ago, leaving him joint-eighth in top scorers table in PL2.

Head to head

Our last five meetings since 2021 have seen Palace win four, whilst we've only picked up one draw in that run, conceding nine and scoring five.