§ Premier League · 2025-26 · Matchday 18

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 72, thanks above all to 11 final-third passes and 77 passes. Lacroix produced 1.4 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.

It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.

For Tottenham Hotspur, the highest-rated player was Archie Gray, with 59.

72
Player of the match

Maxence Lacroix

Crystal Palace · 90'

Produced 1.40× and cost 0.36× their position's average

Added
  • 11 final-third passes 2.0×
  • 77 passes 1.6×
  • 1 big chance created 4.0×
Took away
  • 6 misplaced passes 0.9×
  • 2 duels lost 0.5×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

Crystal Palace
PlayerPositionMinRating
Maxence Lacroix ★ Defender 90 72
Jefferson Lerma Midfielder 90 69
Will Hughes Midfielder 90 63
Marc Guéhi Defender 90 58
Adam Wharton Midfielder 90 50
Eddie Nketiah Forward 32 50
Nathaniel Clyne Defender 58 49
Tyrick Mitchell Defender 90 46
Yéremy Pino Forward 77 40
Jean-Philippe Mateta Forward 90 35
Justin Devenny Midfielder 85 32
Dean Henderson Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Christantus Uche Forward 13 no rating
Romain Esse Midfielder 5 no rating
Tottenham Hotspur
PlayerPositionMinRating
Archie Gray Midfielder 85 59
Richarlison Forward 90 58
Micky van de Ven Defender 90 57
Wilson Odobert Forward 27 54
Djed Spence Defender 90 53
Mohammed Kudus Forward 85 53
Kevin Danso Defender 90 45
Randal Kolo Muani Forward 63 42
Pedro Porro Defender 90 38
Rodrigo Bentancur Midfielder 90 38
João Palhinha Midfielder 27 36
Lucas Bergvall Midfielder 63 35
Guglielmo Vicario Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Brennan Johnson Forward 5 no rating
Radu Drăgușin Defender 5 no rating

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.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.