Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 2-0 in a Premier League match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 31 October. Archie Gray opened the scoring before Van Hecke added the second goal.
How the match unfolded
Gray scored in the 25th minute after meeting a Mohammed Kudus corner. Crystal Palace had been reduced to 10 men following Jean-Philippe Mateta’s early red card for a reckless challenge on Micky van de Ven. Van Hecke scored Tottenham’s second goal in the 73rd minute with a header.
Van Hecke's match numbers
CaughtOffside says Van Hecke scored once. He completed 143 of his 151 attempted passes, for 94.7% passing accuracy, and recorded 160 touches. A total of 119 of his completed passes came in the opposition half, and he registered three key passes. Van Hecke also won all four of his aerial duels, recorded four ball recoveries and made two clearances.
The Spurs Watch figures
CaughtOffside included a social media post from The Spurs Watch that listed Van Hecke as having the most touches, with 160, the most successful passes, with 143, the most passes into final third, with 29, the most line-breaking passes, with 14, the most shots, with five, and the joint-most shots on target, with two, as well as 0 times dribbled past.
De Zerbi on Tonali
CaughtOffside included a social media post from TottenhamMuse that listed Sandro Tonali’s match figures as 90 minutes, 92% passing accuracy, one shot, three tackles, three interceptions, three possessions won, six opposition box touches, six line-breaking passes, seven final third passes, 75% duel win rate and a 7.9 rating. Roberto De Zerbi said: “Tonali was unbelievable, incredible. Today we had two players more, Tonali was the double”.
