Palhinha your Player of the Match after victory over Doncaster Rovers

Joao Palhinha has been named your HSBC Player of the Match after he grabbed a goal to go alongside his stellar defensive performance in our 3-0 win over Doncaster Rovers on Wednesday night.

Already a winner of the award this term having claimed it from our 2-0 Premier League win over Manchester City last month, Joao claimed the majority of your votes once again as we defeated Doncaster in the third round of the Carabao Cup.

Lining up in a rather unfamiliar role of centre-back - he'd only started there twice in his professional career before, with the last such appearance coming six years ago, the midfielder took to it like a duck to water, pairing nicely with Kevin Danso and helping us to our fifth clean sheet in five games.

On the ball, he was just as impressive. Only Pedro Porro enjoyed more touches than him in the game while no one enjoyed a better pass completion rate in Lilywhite.

To add to that, the Portugal international also grabbed our opener on the night. What was his second goal in our colours, our number six produced an acrobatic effort in the middle of the area to break the deadlock in N17.

Player of the Match | 2025/26

Paris Saint-Germain 2-2 Spurs | Micky van de Ven

Spurs 3-0 Burnley - Richarlison

Manchester City 0-2 Spurs - Joao Palhinha

Spurs 0-1 AFC Bournemouth - Guglielmo Vicario

West Ham 0-3 Spurs - Lucas Bergvall

Spurs 1-0 Villarreal - Lucas Bergvall

Brighton 2-2 Spurs - Mohammed Kudus

Spurs 3-0 Doncaster Rovers - Joao Palhinha

Player of the Match awards | 2025/26

2 - Lucas Bergvall, Joao Palhinha

1 - Mohammed Kudus, Richarlison, Micky van de Ven, Guglielmo Vicario