Tottenham Hotspur host Chelsea at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in a London derby.
Victory would move Tottenham four points clear of fifth-placed Newcastle United, whilst Chelsea will stay 10th with a win.
Team News
Tottenham have no fresh injury concerns to report after their home win against West Ham last weekend.
Hugo Lloris (knee), Ryan Sessegnon (hamstring), Rodrigo Bentancur (ACL) and Yves Bissouma (ankle) remain absent.
Chelsea will be without defender, Cesar Azpilicueta after he was substituted with concussion in their defeat against Southampton last weekend.
Edouard Mendy (finger), N’Golo Kante (hamstring), Christian Pulisic and Armando Broja (both knee) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Tottenham host Chelsea at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday 26 February in a 1:30pm GMT kick-off, live on Sky Sports.
Stat Attack
- Tottenham are winless in their last eight league meetings against Chelsea (D2, L6).
- Chelsea have won four of their last five away visits to Tottenham (W4, L1).
- Spurs have failed to score in each of their last three league games at home to Chelsea (L3), during which they conceded six goals across those three matches.
- Tottenham have failed to score in two of four league matches at home in 2023 (W2, L2).
- Two of Chelsea’s three away league goals in 2023 have been scored in the 16th minute, except for Kalidiou Koulibaly’s 47th minute goal in a 2-1 defeat at Fulham.
Prediction
With Newcastle not in action this weekend, Tottenham have a huge chance to seize the initiative in the top four race yet they must improve defensively after two contrastable halves against West Ham.
Their attacking intensity however was excellent especially in their forward movement and passes, yet they often lacked the end product in the first half but two clinical goals and a much tidier second half proved crucial which they now must maximise to their advantage.
Chelsea meanwhile just seem to have had rotten luck in their end product because they’ve done everything else properly when on the attack, yet that final touch has simply been poor which was their downfall against Southampton despite excellent defending against the fast-attacking Saints.
This game therefore feels like one which could well be settled by whichever team has the better final touch, otherwise I can see a draw coming which won’t help either team much in their race for Champions League football next season.
Prediction: Tottenham 1-1 Chelsea
Result: Tottenham 2-0 Chelsea
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