Full time: Spurs 2, Palace 0
— full time, Spurs win
TOTSpurs beat Crystal Palace 2-0 in a match that was effectively settled inside the first half hour, when Gray opened the scoring in the 25th minute from Kudus's assist and Mateta was shown a red card in the 13th minute. Van Hecke doubled the lead in the 73rd minute, and Spurs finished with 34 shots (9 on target) to Palace's two (one on target) and 79.
Van Hecke's header at the 73rd minute doubled Tottenham's advantage, moving them 2-0 clear of Crystal Palace. The goal settled a contest that had been tight until then, and Palace now faced the task of chasing the game.
Archie Gray opened the scoring for Tottenham at the 25th minute, finishing a move started by Mohammed Kudus, who laid the chance on for him. The goal put Spurs 1-0 up against Crystal Palace and gave the home side a foothold in the contest.
Source: premierleague.com match clock · FPL live points
TOT climb to 9th.
CRY drop to 18th — in the bottom three.
79%Source: premierleague.com (Opta)
Spurs34 shotsCrystal Palace2 shotsThe Premier League publishes the zone each shot was taken from, not its exact position or its expected-goals value — so shots are counted by zone, and nothing is sized by xG.
TOT4-2-3-1CRY3-4-2-1Source: premierleague.com team sheet · points are FPL live points
Onside's sealed GW9 captain was Haaland (MCI) — not in this match. The weekly record is on the captain page.
| Player | Pts | xP | G | A | Bonus | BPS | Mins | Own |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 3.8 | 1 | · | 3 | 38 | 90 | 11.6% | |
| 8 | 3.0 | · | · | 2 | 33 | 76 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | 2.9 | · | 1 | 1 | 32 | 90 | 1.8% | |
| 6 | 3.0 | · | · | · | 31 | 90 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | 3.0 | · | · | · | 23 | 90 | 15.4% | |
| 5 | 2.5 | 1 | · | · | 30 | 45 | 0.2% | |
| 4 | 2.4 | · | · | · | 12 | 87 | 0.6% | |
| 3 | 2.0 | · | · | · | 23 | 90 | 1.0% | |
| 3 | 2.2 | · | · | · | 23 | 87 | 0.5% | |
| 3 | 2.2 | · | · | · | 21 | 90 | 0.7% | |
| 3 | 3.7 | · | · | · | 18 | 90 | 2.0% | |
| 3 | 2.8 | · | · | · | 8 | 90 | 4.9% | |
| 3 | 3.0 | · | · | · | 7 | 90 | 0.5% | |
| 3 | 2.0 | · | · | · | 5 | 90 | 0.2% | |
| 3 | 2.1 | · | · | · | 5 | 90 | 0.1% | |
| 2 | 3.0 | · | · | · | 16 | 76 | 2.7% | |
| 2 | 3.2 | · | · | · | 13 | 65 | 1.5% | |
| 2 | 2.4 | · | · | · | 13 | 87 | 0.6% | |
| 2 | 1.6 | · | · | · | 10 | 76 | 0.1% | |
| 1 | 2.7 | · | · | · | 11 | 45 | 4.9% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | · | 8 | 2 | 0.1% | |
| 1 | 3.0 | · | · | · | 7 | 59 | 0.3% | |
| 1 | 1.3 | · | · | · | 7 | 13 | 0.1% | |
| 1 | 1.3 | · | · | · | 7 | 13 | 0.0% | |
| 1 | 2.4 | · | · | · | 4 | 24 | 0.2% | |
| 1 | 1.0 | · | · | · | 3 | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 1 | 2.7 | · | · | · | 3 | 30 | 0.2% | |
| 1 | 1.5 | · | · | · | 3 | 2 | 0.1% | |
| 1 | 1.6 | · | · | · | 2 | 30 | 0.4% | |
| 1 | 2.7 | · | · | · | 2 | 13 | 0.3% | |
| 0 | · | · | · | · | -3 | 59 | 0.0% | |
| -2 | 2.5 | · | · | · | -4 | 12 | 1.2% |
Points are FPL's live points, bonus included once confirmed. Ownership is FPL's overall selected-by. “XI” marks a player in Onside's model XI for GW9, sealed before the deadline. “xP” is Onside's expected points for the player, sealed before the GW9 deadline and never revised.
Spurs 2–0 Crystal Palace, Gameweek 9. Full match report with goals, cards, lineups and a complete event timeline — plus AI-powered analysis for fantasy managers.
Kick-off
Spurs 2–0 Crystal Palace in Gameweek 9.
Gray opened the scoring for Spurs on 25' in the Gameweek 9 fixture.
Gray scored the decisive goal for Spurs on 25' — the strike that put Spurs ahead for good in the TOT 2–0 CRY result.
Yes — Mateta (Crystal Palace, 13') was sent off in the Gameweek 9 fixture.