Tottenham vs Everton LIVE: Joao Palhinha goal ensures Spurs stay in Premier League

We've got all the action as Tottenham Hotspur end their Premier League season with a huge match against Everton in north London on Sunday

Tottenham host Everton in a massive final Premier League game of the season on Sunday afternoon which will decide whether Roberto De Zerbi's team remain in the top flight.

Spurs go into the final day clash in 17th place and holding just a two-point lead over 18th-placed West Ham in the final relegation spot. That means that De Zerbi's team must win or even draw, due to their superior goal difference, at what will be a packed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to keep themselves in the Premier League, otherwise they will be relying on Leeds to do them a huge favour and prevent the Hammers from winning their final game of the campaign at the London Stadium.

Our Spurs correspondent Alasdair Gold is live throughout the afternoon from N17 with insights and analysis before, during and after the crunch match against the Toffees. Scroll down for his latest updates from the match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Key Events

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Palhinha scores!

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Full-time

It finishes Tottenham 1-0 Everton.

Spurs avoid relegation!

What a save!

Magnificent save from Kinsky to deny George.

Final Spurs sub

Radu Dragusin replaces Destiny Udogie.

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West Ham extend lead

West Ham have doubled their lead against Leeds.

More Spurs subs

Further Spurs changes as Maddison and Gray come on for Gallagher and Bentancur.

Over

Kolo Muani fires an effort over the bar from distance.

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Spurs subs

Drinks break before Spurs changes as Sarr and Kolo Muani both get a kiss on the cheek from De Zerbi and come on for Tel, who looks like he's been playing with a knock since the first half, and Richarlison.

West Ham goal

West Ham have gone 1-0 up against Leeds.

It changes nothing if Tottenham avoid defeat this afternoon...

Close

Djed Spence hits a low shot that Pickford spills just wide of the right-hand post.

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Peep

The second half kicks off here at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It was meant to start at the same time as the others but one of the referee's assistants was having technical issues with his mic pack.

Half-time and here are our Spurs first half player ratings

Antonin Kinsky 6

Pedro Porro 7

Kevin Danso 7

Micky van de Ven 7

Destiny Udogie 6

Joao Palhinha 8

Rodrigo Bentancur 7

Djed Spence 6

Conor Gallagher 6

Mathys Tel 7

Richarlison 6

Palhinha scores!

Joao Palhinha scores! Tel's deep corner is headed against the right-hand post by Palhinha and the ball falls back for him and he fires it back towards goal and it's stopped just over the line. Danso fired it in anyway.

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Chance

Danso header hits Richarlison in front of goal from a corner.

Back in action

The game is back under way.

Drinks break

Drinks break for the players. Maddison, Solanke and Vicario speaking to the Spurs players along with De Zerbi. Van de Ven asking the fourth official and the referee about that hit from Rohl.

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Over

Palhinha fires over at the back post from a free-kick. Seamus Coleman in the dugout having an angry back and forth across at someone on the Spurs bench.

Wide

Kevin Danso rattles a shot wide from a corner.

Close

Conor Gallagher fires into the side-netting after a bit of head tennis in the Everton box. h

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Peep

We're up and running here at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

'Biggest shock'

Patrice Evra has said it will be the "biggest shock" if Tottenham get relegated.

The former Man Utd star told Stake:

If Tottenham to get relegated, it would be the biggest shock. Arsenal champions, Tottenham relegated. Do you know how much Arsenal fans are praying right now? I don’t think they even care about winning the league now. For them, this will be the biggest day, bigger than the day they won the Premier League. Forget the Invincibles. If this happened, for Arsenal, this will be the biggest achievement of Arsenal’s history.

The Premier League have confirmed the transfer windows

We're hoping Spurs remain in the Premier League and if they do then they now know when the summer and winter transfer windows open and closed as the league have now set them in stone. You can find that all by going right here.

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Roberto De Zerbi has been speaking about his future

The Italian has clarified his future if Spurs were to go down, explained what he has decided his players will do before they face Everton today and plenty more which you can find right here.

Here's every word De Zerbi said at his press conference

We've got every word Roberto De Zerbi just said on Cristian Romero, his future, Dejan Kulusevski, what he told Djed Spence's mum, what Ben Davies did, plus news on Solanke, Maddison, Vicario and plenty more. You can find the full transript by clicking right here.

Alan Shearer prediction

Alan Shearer is backing Tottenham to stay up today, with a draw enough for the home side against Everton.

Shearer told Betfair: "It's such a tough one to call, I mean, I have no confidence on either side, and this is a pure guess. The pressure that Spurs are going to be under, I do think that Everton will go and get something off Spurs. I'm going to go and say a draw, and I think Spurs will stay up on goal difference."

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Here's the Spurs team

Just the one change from De Zerbi and it's a big one.

Kinsky; Porro, Danso, Van de Ven, Udogie; Palhinha, Bentancur; Spence, Gallagher, Tel; Richarlison. Subs: Vicario, Dragusin, Bissouma, Maddison, Gray, Bergvall, Solanke, Sarr, Kolo Muani.

Match odds

Tottenham 20/23

Draw 12/5

Everton 3/1

Odds courtesy of BOYLE Sports

Cristian Romero's agent has been speaking

We spoke to Cristian Romero's agent in order to get both sides of the story of recent days surrounding him being in Argentina before flying back now to London. You can find the Spurs captain's side of things by reading right here.

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Here's our predicted Spurs team

You can find our final predicted Tottenham team of the season by heading right here. Let us know if you agree with it.

Welcome to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

A huge afternoon awaits as Spurs try to secure their place in the Premier League next season. All the final day matches are on Sky Sports and we'll be bringing you full coverage of everything that happens right here from inside the stadium.

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