‘Far sterner test’ – Mark Lawrenson predicts Tottenham vs Crystal Palace score

Mark Lawrenson expects Tottenham Hotspur to ease to a win against Crystal Palace on Saturday and turn up the pressure on Aston Villa before they visit Luton Town later tomorrow.

Ange Postecoglou will want to see a response from his players after they produced a lacklustre display last time out and fell to a 2-1 loss to the Wolves.

Spurs have had a two-week break since that game, owing to Chelsea’s involvement in the Carabao Cup final last weekend.

The extended break has meant that Destiny Udogie is back from his injury and is expected to feature on Saturday, although doubts remain over both Pedro Porro and Manor Solomon (Daily Mail).

Tottenham will be facing a different Palace side than the one we have seen for much of the season, with Oliver Glasner taking over from Roy Hodgson at Selhurst Park a little over a week ago.

Tottenham vs Crystal Palace score prediction

The Austrian coach led his side to a comfortable 3-0 win against Burnley in his first game in charge but Lawrenson believes Spurs will hand him his first defeat as Eagles boss.

The pundit told Paddy Power: “Crystal Palace and their new manager Oliver Glasner got a big result against Burnley in his first game. This will be a far sterner test. Tottenham 2-0 Crystal Palace.”

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This game will certainly not be easy for Spurs as the Palace players will be extremely motivated to show Glasner what they can do, which is why most teams have a new manager bounce when a change is made at the top.

We know that Glasner likes to set his teams up to play three at the back and the Tottenham wide players should look to exploit the space between the wing-backs and their wide centre-backs.

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