Spurs beat Crystal Palace 2-0 on two corner headers

Spurs beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, scoring both goals with headers from corners. The win lifts Spurs to 3-3-3. Palace fall to 2-1-6.

Archie Gray broke the deadlock in the 25th minute. Mohammed Kudus crossed after a corner, and Gray headed in from the left side of the six yard box into the bottom right corner. It was 1-0.

Jan Paul van Hecke made it 2-0 in the 73rd minute. He headed in from very close range after another corner. Van Hecke was the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 8.1. He scored once, took five shots and completed 143 accurate passes. Antonín Kinsky led Spurs with six defensive interventions.

Palace managed little in attack. Dwight McNeil's one shot led the team. Jaydee Canvot topped the visitors with 19 accurate passes and 16 defensive interventions.

Chirp's Sim had Spurs at 49% over 10,000 simulations before the game, so this was close to a coin flip.