Match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, in the Premier League (Regular Season - 29), with Tottenham starting the night 16th and Crystal Palace 14th. Kick-off is scheduled for March 5 at 20:00 UTC.
Tottenham Availability
Tottenham are heavily depleted. Rodrigo Bentancur (muscle injury), Lucas Bergvall (ankle), Ben Davies (ankle), Mohammed Kudus (muscle), Dejan Kulusevski (knee), James Maddison (knee), Wilson Odobert (knee), Cristian Romero (red card) and Destiny Udogie (muscle) are all ruled out. Djed Spence is facing a late fitness test with a calf problem. Top scorer Richarlison, with 8 goals and 3 assists in the league, is fit and will shoulder much of the attacking burden.
Crystal Palace Availability
Crystal Palace also have significant absentees. Cheick Doucouré (knee), Maxence Lacroix (red card), Jefferson Lerma (muscle), Jean-Philippe Mateta (knee) and Eddie Nketiah (thigh) are all ruled out. Mateta’s absence is particularly costly: he leads Palace with 8 league goals. Other forwards such as Ismaïla Sarr and Jørgen Strand Larsen are available to step up.
Tottenham are without Kudus and his 2 goals plus 5 assists, while Palace lose their main finisher Mateta and his 8 goals. Both sides retain one leading scorer each (Richarlison and secondary Palace attackers), but Palace’s loss is more concentrated in pure goals, whereas Spurs’ absences hit creativity and depth across midfield and attack.
