I’ve been fairly impressed with Tottenham’s sudden ressurection as it felt death is imminent for the team under Mourinho’s guidance. Yet, The Special One has proved my skepticism wrong, at least, temporarily. He could not manage the team well enough in the absence of some influential players like Keane or questionable Delle Alli, or even golfer Bale. However, as soon as everyone returned to fitness or got involved in the process, Tottenham almost instantly turned into a force to be reckoned with. Spurs blew away Burnley, then followed it up with a narrow 1-0 away to tricky Fulham. What’s more, on both occasions Lloris held a clean sheet - a stunning achievement for free conceding Tottenham. They’ve obviously upped their defensive act and all it took was to put Sanchez and Alderweireld together.

Mourinho has not a single player on the casualty list. Even doubtful Lo Celso is more likely to make the bench than not.

Crystal Palace have their own reasons for optimism as they absolutely key man Zaha is fit. Palace with and without the Ivorian is two different teams. Nevertheless, Zaha is not at his best yet, following another injury absence. Thigh muscle strain has kept him out of action since February 2nd - more than a month, and expecting an instant impact upon return this long and in a game this difficult, would be too naive.

With Zaha out, Crystal expectedly struggled at the offensive end. They’ve gone 2 consecutive games without scoring (0-0 back to back draws) against Fulham and Manchester United. The Red Devils have been so out of form, that the draw against them should not be taken as a big achievement at this point of the season.

I feel Tottenham should have enough about them to stretch the winning run to 4 games, given the fully fit squad and the offensively harmless opponent. Both of Crystal Palace's last two visits to Tottenham Spurs Stadium ended in defeats to nil.

我对热刺的突然复苏印象深刻，因为在穆里尼奥的指导下，这支球队表现不稳定。然而，这个特殊的例子至少暂时证明了我的怀疑是错误的。在缺少一些有影响力的球员的情况下，穆里尼奥不能很好地管理球队，比如凯恩、戴尔、阿里，甚至是高尔夫球手贝尔缺席时。然而，当每个人都恢复健康或参与到比赛过程中，热刺几乎立刻变成了一股不可忽视的力量。热刺击败了伯恩利，然后又以1-0险胜棘手的富勒姆。更重要的是，洛里斯在两场比赛中都没有失球——这是让托特纳姆自由失球的惊人成就。很明显，他们已经加强了他们的防守，而他们所需要做的就是把桑切斯和阿尔德维尔德放在一起。

罗·塞尔索有伤，但也更有可能坐在替补席上。

水晶宫的绝对关键人物扎哈是健康的。有科特迪瓦人的水晶宫和没有科特迪瓦人的水晶宫是两支不同的球队。然而，扎哈在又一次因伤缺阵后还没有恢复到最佳状态。大腿肌肉拉伤使他从2月2日起就不能参加比赛了——超过一个月了，在这样一场如此艰难的比赛中，指望他能在这么长时间的复出后立即复出，未免太天真了。

扎哈缺席后，克里斯特尔在进攻端的挣扎是意料之中的。他们已经连续两场对阵富勒姆和曼联的比赛没有进球(0-0背对背平局)。红魔的状态很差，与他们的平局不应该被认为是本赛季这个阶段的重大成就。

我觉得托特纳姆应该有足够的实力把胜利延续到4场比赛，因为他们有足够的阵容和进攻无害的对手。水晶宫最近两次造访热刺被对手击败并且零封。