Summary

  • Tottenham XI: Vorm, Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose; Dier, Wanyama, Lamela, Eriksen; Janssen, Kane

  • Crystal Palace XI: Hennessey; Ward, Dann, Delaney, Souare; Puncheon, Ledley; Townsend, Lee, Zaha; Wickham.

  1. Spurs 0-0 Crystal Palacepublished at 3 mins

    A good spell of Crystal Palace pressure ends with Jason Puncheon firing straight at Spurs keeper Michel Vorm from 18 yards.

  2. Kick Offpublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 20 August 2016

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    Tottenham get us under way at White Hart Lane.

  3. Last seasonpublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 20 August 2016

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    Heung Min SonImage source, Getty Images

    Spurs beat the Eagles 1-0 in this fixture in 2015-16.

    South Korean forward Heung Min Son scoring his first league goal for the club.

    The reverse fixture saw Dele Alli score one of the goals of the season in a 3-1 Spurs win. The England man is on the bench today, with summer signing Vincent Janssen making his first start for the club.

  4. Benteke joins Burnley... brieflypublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 20 August 2016

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    Christian Benteke's Twitter bio was updated this morning to say 'Burnleyl FC and Belgium national team'.

    Sadly for Clarets fans who hoped their side had pulled off the surprise transfer of the summer it was apparently just Benteke's social media manager getting "a little confused".

    Given he couldn't even correctly type Burnley I'd probably say "a lot confused" but there you go.

  5. Predictions timepublished at 14:49 British Summer Time 20 August 2016

    Leicester 1-1 Arsenal? Burnley 4-1 Liverpool?

    As he always does, Mark Lawrenson has done his predictions for this weekend's games.

    His rivals are Bob Mortimer and Andy Dawson, who are behind the Athletico Mince podcast.

    Check that out here.

    And if you fancy your own go at guessing the scores, play our Premier League Predictor.

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  6. 'Could Spurs start slowly again?'published at 14:46 British Summer Time 20 August 2016

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    Guy Mowbray
    MOTD commentator

    The start of a new season - and we're all full of the joys of summer, right? Well, not everyone.

    He may have a point, but Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino has grumbled about his international-heavy squad needing more of a break, with nine of his starting line-up at Everton having played at the Euros or Copa America.

    Perhaps last year's slow-ish start to the campaign is about to be replicated?

    Given Palace's results in 2016 so far, Alan Pardew can be excused for not having a perma-grin - especially after losing two more players since losing to West Brom.

    Christian Benteke's arrival will help on the smile front - but not as much as the possibility of playing Spurs early enough to catch them cold.

    With wind and rain forecast, it could be a rusty afternoon all round.

    Mauricio PochettinoImage source, Reuters
  7. Can Benteke be 'iconic'?published at 14:43 British Summer Time 20 August 2016

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    As the below stat shows, it's been a pretty tough 2016 for the Eagles so far.

    They've won two Premier League games (even Championship side Aston Villa have that many) and this week saw winger Yannick Bolasie and midfield general Mile Jedinak both leave.

    Boss Alan Pardew called the duo "iconic" and said the club needed to replace them with players of equal quality.

    Step forward Christian Benteke.

    The 25-year-old Belgian endured a difficult season with Liverpool but he has proven Premier League quality and, at £27m, the pressure will be on him to start producing straight away.

    Sadly for Palace fans his transfer went through too late for him to feature in today's game.

  8. Forgotten how to win?published at 14:40 British Summer Time 20 August 2016

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  9. Team newspublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 20 August 2016

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    Tottenham make two changes to the team that started last week's draw at Everton. Michel Vorm starts in goal in place of the injured Hugo Lloris and summer signing Vincent Janssen comes in for England midfielder Dele Alli.

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    Crystal Palace start life with Christian Benteke without Christian Benteke. The Belgian signed too late to feature in today's game.

    Alan Pardew makes one change to the team beaten 1-0 by West Brom last week with Joe Ledley replacing the departed Mile Jedinak.

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  10. Won't someone please think of the children?published at 14:31 British Summer Time 20 August 2016

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    Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is less than impressed that the Premier League is under way already.

    He said earlier this week: "You are in competition for 11 and a half months and the players, because you pay them good salaries, don't deserve the holidays? Come on. And the families? The sons? The kids?"

    Sadly for Pochettino, but fortunately for us, the good people at the Premier League do not think players deserve holidays so here we are.

    Welcome to live text coverage of Spurs v Crystal Palace.