Spurs Crash Out Of Another Cup As A Bad Week Gets Worse – Match Stats

With Tottenham Hotspur’s EFL Cup run coming to an end in midweek following defeat to Chelsea, manager Mauricio Pochettino would’ve been hoping to extend our spell in the FA Cup as we faced Crystal Palace in the fourth round earlier today.

Heading to Selhurst Park for the tie, the gaffer made a number of changes and fans had the chance to see more of Kyle Walker-Peters and Kevin Nkoudou who came into the starting eleven for the game.

On paper, there was every reason for confidence, but as we know, football takes place on a pitch and nine minutes in the hosts took the lead to upset the party. In the 34th minute they doubled their advantage from the penalty spot and if anyone was in doubt as to whether it was going to be one of those days, Kieran Trippier missed from 12 yards just ahead of the break as we wasted a penalty opportunity of our own.

2-0 was how it finished and plenty will feel we should’ve got more from the game as we dominated possession and had 19 chances overall, but with only four on target that problems are obvious.

A third penalty miss in two games, and out of two Cups inside of a week.

Plenty will no doubt feel it’s season over but injuries and a performance wobble have hit at the wrong point.

Crystal Palace				Tottenham Hotspur
Wickham (9), Townsend (pen 34)
Speroni				Gazzaniga
Ward				Foyth
Kelly				Sanchez
Dann				Vertonghen			45
van Aanholt				Trippier
Meyer			79	Skipp
Kouyate				Dier			63
Schlupp				Walker-Peters
Townsend			88	Lucas Moura			81
Wickham			70	Nkoudou
Zaha				Llorente
Substitutes
Milivojevic			79	Lloris
Sakho				Rose
Ayew			88	Winks
Benteke			70	Lamela			45
Wan-Bissaka				Wanyama			63
Tupper				Aurier
Riedewald				Sterling			81

Game Statistics
8	Goal attempts	19
6	On Target	4
2	Corners	12
14	Fouls	13
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
28	%	72