Spurs beat 10-man Palace 2-0 after Mateta red, a third straight win

📰 Tottenham beat Palace 2-0 after Mateta's early red card to make it three league wins in a row. 📌 Key points 🏟️ Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at home on 31 October. 🟥 Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta was sent off early for a challenge on Micky van de Ven's Achilles. ⚽ Archie Gray headed in a corner in the first half to open the scoring. 🎯 Jan Paul van Hecke scored a rebound after the break to seal it. 📈 Spurs have won three league games in a row for the first time since February 2025 and move up to eighth. 📝 What happened 🔥 The game turned early. Referee Michael Oliver first showed Mateta a yellow card, but after a VAR review he upgraded it to a red for serious foul play. ⚽ With the extra man, Tottenham went ahead in the first half when Gray headed in from a corner. According to Palace's own report, it was 1-0 at half-time. 🛡️ The one-way traffic continued after the break. Van Hecke followed up after Dean Henderson's save to make it 2-0. 📉 Palace have now lost three straight league games under Pierre Sage without scoring in any of them. Sky Sports said the manager's position is under growing pressure. 📊 By the numbers • Final score: Tottenham 2-0 Crystal Palace (1-0 at half-time) • Goals: Gray (first half), van Hecke (second half) • Spurs had 34 shots, their most in a Premier League game since February 2016, per Sky Sports • Possession: Tottenham 79.4%, Palace 20.6% 🔭 Why it matters Roberto De Zerbi's side climb to eighth. Palace are third-bottom, and Mateta will miss the games against Liverpool, Coventry and Hull. Palace host Liverpool on 8 November.