Tottenham Hotspur welcomes Chelsea to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday evening for an exciting clash of London rivals.
Thomas Frank’s side are sitting in third position heading into this fixture after their 3-0 victory over Everton at the Hill Dickinson Stadium last time out.
They were also in midweek action as they were beaten 2-0 and eliminated from the Carabao Cup by the current holders, Newcastle.
Chelsea fell to a 2-1 last-minute defeat against newly promoted side Sunderland in their last Premier League outing at Stamford Bridge.
However, they were successful in their midweek clash against struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers, as they won 4-3 to progress to the quarterfinals of the Carabao Cup.
**Match preview**
Spurs have won just one of their last 13 Premier League games against Chelsea (D2 L10), losing the last four in a row since a 2-0 home victory in February 2023, when Cristian Stellini was filling in for Antonio Conte in the dugout.
Other than that defeat, Chelsea have won on five of their six Premier League trips to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – the most wins by any visiting side in the competition.
Frank has lost just two of his eight Premier League games against Chelsea, all with Brentford (W3 D3).
However, all three of his victories against them have come at Stamford Bridge, with the Dane winless in his four home games versus the Blues (D3 L1).
Spurs have won five of their nine Premier League matches this season (D2 L2), as many as they won in their last 26 games under Ange Postecoglou last season (D4 L17).
The Blues have lost three of their last five Premier League matches (W2), more than they’d lost in their previous 16 combined (W10 D4 L2). In just two of their previous 30 seasons have they had four defeats in their opening 10 games of a season, doing so in 2015/16 (5) and 2023/24 (4).
Only Arsenal (7) and Chelsea (6) have scored more Premier League goals from corners this season than Tottenham (5), while in the last two seasons only the Gunners (21) have more than Spurs (15).
Enzo Maresca’s men have won four of their last seven away Premier League matches (D1 L2), having gone eight winless on the road beforehand.
Micky van de Ven netted twice on MD9 for Tottenham against Everton, becoming the first Spurs defender to score twice in a Premier League game since Jan Vertonghen in March 2013 against Liverpool.
**Team news**
**Tottenham Hotspur**
Yves Bissouma (ankle), Kota Takai (ankle), Dominic Solanke (ankle), Radu Dragusin (knee), Dejan Kulusevski (knee), James Maddison (knee) and Ben Davies (thigh) are all unavailable for the host due to injuries.
Cristian Romero (adductor), Destiny Udogie (knee), Archie Grey (calf) and Wilson Odobert (abdominal) will all need to be assessed ahead of the derby too, but Frank has confirmed that Guglielmo Vicario will be fine for the visit of the Blues.
**Chelsea**
Cole Palmer, Levi Colwill, Dario Essugo, and Benoit Badiashile are unavailable for the short trip to North London.
Liam Delap is unavailable due to suspension after he was sent off against Wolves on Wednesday.
**Predicted line-ups**
**Tottenham Hotspur**: Guglielmo Vicario, Pedro Porro, Kevin Danso, Micky van de Ven, Djed Spence, João Palhinha, Rodrigo Bentancur, Brennan Johnson, Mohammed Kudus, Xavi Simons, Randal Kolo Muani.
**Chelsea**: Robert Sánchez, Reece James, Trevoh Chalobah, Josh Acheampong, Marc Cucurella, Enzo Fernández, Moisés Caicedo, Pedro Neto, Estevao, Jamie Gittens, and João Pedro.