Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 28 December 2004

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Tuesday 28 December 2004, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Crystal Palace: match report

Tottenham Hotspur drew with Crystal Palace 1-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 28 December 2004. The half-time score was 0-0.

Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Jermain Defoe (54'). Crystal Palace scored through Andy Johnson (79').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 7th on 28 points from 19 and Crystal Palace 18th on 14 points from 19. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Crystal Palace 18th with 33.

Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Crystal Palace's L-L-D-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 54'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Noé PamarotTottenham Hotspur
  • 79'Goal · Andy JohnsonCrystal Palace · 1-1

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur expected line-up

Kasey Keller, Gary Doherty, Anthony Gardner, Mauricio Taricco, Stephen Carr, Simon Davies, Jamie Redknapp, Frédéric Kanouté, Michael Brown, Jermain Defoe

Crystal Palace line-up

Gábor Király, Danny Butterfield, Danny Granville, Fitz Hall, Gonzalo Sorondo Amaro, Wayne Routledge, Aki Riihilahti, Michael Hughes, Tom Soares, Vassilios Lakis, Andy Johnson