Crystal Palace 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur
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28 December 2025
The match in data
Tottenham Hotspur got the better of Crystal Palace, 1–0, on 28 December 2025, on matchday 18 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Maxence Lacroix (Crystal Palace), rated 68, thanks above all to 11 final-third passes and 77 passes. Lacroix produced 1.2 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
For Tottenham Hotspur, the highest-rated player was Richarlison, with 67.
Maxence Lacroix
Crystal Palace · 90'
Produced 1.22× and cost 0.34× their position's average
- 11 final-third passes 2.0×
- 77 passes 1.6×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 6 misplaced passes 0.9×
- 2 duels lost 0.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxence Lacroix ★ | Defender | 90 | 68 |
| Jefferson Lerma | Midfielder | 90 | 63 |
| Will Hughes | Midfielder | 90 | 62 |
| Marc Guéhi | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Adam Wharton | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Nathaniel Clyne | Defender | 58 | 48 |
| Dean Henderson | Goalkeeper | 90 | 46 |
| Tyrick Mitchell | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Yéremy Pino | Forward | 77 | 43 |
| Eddie Nketiah | Forward | 32 | 40 |
| Jean-Philippe Mateta | Forward | 90 | 36 |
| Justin Devenny | Midfielder | 85 | 30 |
| Christantus Uche | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Romain Esse | Midfielder | 5 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richarlison | Forward | 90 | 67 |
| Archie Gray | Midfielder | 85 | 59 |
| Wilson Odobert | Forward | 27 | 59 |
| Djed Spence | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Guglielmo Vicario | Goalkeeper | 90 | 52 |
| Micky van de Ven | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Kevin Danso | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Mohammed Kudus | Forward | 85 | 41 |
| Pedro Porro | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Rodrigo Bentancur | Midfielder | 90 | 37 |
| João Palhinha | Midfielder | 27 | 34 |
| Randal Kolo Muani | Forward | 63 | 32 |
| Lucas Bergvall | Midfielder | 63 | 30 |
| Brennan Johnson | Forward | 5 | no rating |
| Radu Drăgușin | Defender | 5 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
A 2025-26 Premier League match. With these numbers, how did it end?
Crystal Palace 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur. The side that created more danger did not win.
Crystal Palace doubled Tottenham Hotspur's expected goal total (1.79 to 0.89 xG) and took nearly twice as many shots. Even so, the away side secured a 0–1 victory.
Which Crystal Palace player made the most tackles?
Yéremy Pino, with 4 tackles. Next: Will Hughes 3, Maxence Lacroix 2.
In the 0–1 defeat, Crystal Palace's primary tackling output came from advanced areas. Yéremy Pino led the side with 4 tackles, ahead of Will Hughes with 3 and Maxence Lacroix with 2.
Which Tottenham Hotspur player won the most aerial duels?
Richarlison, with 9 aerial duels won. Next: Kevin Danso 7, Rodrigo Bentancur 5.
Tottenham Hotspur protected a 0–1 win by controlling aerial battles up front. Richarlison led the team with 9 aerials won, surpassing Kevin Danso's 7 and Rodrigo Bentancur's 5.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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