Tottenham v Crystal Palace

Tottenham Hotspur will be looking to bounce back from their midweek defeat to Chelsea when they host Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Mauricio Pochettino acknowledged his side need to be more clinical after missing a couple of early opportunities in their 3-0 loss to the Premier League leaders. They will be desperate not to make the same mistakes in front of their own fans at White Hart Lane, where Spurs have lost four of their seven league matches this season.

Despite that record, they will start as strong favourites against a Palace side who have won just one of their last eight league games.

That victory came against Liverpool a fortnight ago, but since then Palace have drawn at Swansea and lost 1-0 to fellow strugglers Aston Villa in midweek.

Ed Chamberlin looks ahead to Tottenham v Crystal Palace at White Lane Hart.

Manager Neil Warnock says their recent troubles have been down to a lack of firepower, but, of teams in the bottom half of the table, only Everton have scored more than Palace’s 18.

Team News

Crystal Palace are likely to be without midfielder Joe Ledley for their trip to north London.

The Wales international is suffering from a recurrence of a hip problem that ruled him out of Tuesday night's defeat to Aston Villa.

He joins defenders Damien Delaney (calf) and Adrian Mariappa (knee) on the sidelines.

A sneak peak of Tubes meeting Tottenham's Harry Kane. Watch the whole interview on Saturday's Soccer AM.

Tottenham defender Danny Rose could make a return from a rib injury but Vlad Chiriches and Kyle Naughton are both doubtful with knocks.

Emmanuel Adebayor is still recovering from a virus and is not considered ready while Kyle Walker is expected to play for the club's under-21 team after returning from an abdominal injury.

Merson’s prediction

“Believe it or not, I think Tottenham will win this. I think they were quite good against Everton, though I didn’t fancy them against Chelsea, at all. I think Palace were made to look good by Liverpool and I don’t think they are. It was a shocking result against Villa.”

Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock says he couldn't ask any more from his players at the moment.

PAUL PREDICTS: 2-1

Opta stats

Tottenham have won their last two league clashes against Crystal Palace without reply; they’ve not won three in a row since November 1989.

Mauricio Pochettino has lost twice as many Premier League games at White Hart Lane (4) as Tim Sherwood did (2), despite taking charge of four games fewer there (7) than his predecessor (11).

Tottenham Head Coach Mauricio Pochettino says he had no idea that Crystal Palace tried to sign striker Harry Kane on loan in the summer.

Crystal Palace have not claimed a single point from any of their three London derbies so far this season (level on zero with QPR).

Mile Jedinak has scored three of Crystal Palace’s last six Premier League goals.

Betting

Tottenham are odds-on shots to bounce back from their defeat to Chelsea in midweek with three points at home to Crystal Palace. Spurs have won the last two matches with the Eagles without conceding, a 13/8 shot with Sky Bet, while a repeat of last season's 2-0 scoreline is a 6/1 chance. Palace have not claimed a point from any of their three London derbies this season but can be backed at 11/8 to win or draw in the Double Chance market.