Chelsea boast a strong record against Tottenham ahead of crucial Premier League clash.
The numbers could hardly be more forbidding. As Tottenham prepare for Tuesday evening’s rearranged Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge, a set of historical statistics shared by Chris Cowlin on X lay bare just how steep the task facing Roberto De Zerbi’s side truly is, with the record between these two clubs at this venue making for deeply uncomfortable reading.
Chelsea have won 38 Premier League games against Tottenham, more than they have beaten any other opponent in the competition’s history. Spurs, for their part, have only lost more Premier League fixtures against Manchester United, with 40 defeats. This is not merely a difficult fixture. It is statistically Tottenham’s most historically damaging away assignment in English football.
Tottenham have a poor away record against Chelsea
The away record specifically underlines the scale of the challenge. Spurs have won just one of their last 35 away league games against Chelsea, a 3-1 victory in April 2018 under Mauricio Pochettino, drawing 11 and losing 23 of the remainder. That single win stands as an isolated anomaly across more than two decades of futility at Stamford Bridge, and the irony that it came under the manager most associated with Tottenham’s greatest modern era will not be lost on supporters desperate for a similarly historic result on Tuesday.
Chelsea’s recent dominance in this fixture adds a further layer of concern. The Blues have won their last five consecutive league meetings against Tottenham, a run that only trails the six consecutive wins they recorded between January 2000 and March 2002 in terms of sustained supremacy. Stopping that streak in a must-not-lose fixture for Spurs, on Chelsea’s ground, requires the kind of performance this squad has produced only rarely this season.
Match facts and stats: Chelsea v Tottenham: Tuesday 19 May, 8.15pm kick-off at Stamford Bridge:
* Chelsea have won 38 Premier League games against Tottenham. It’s the most they’ve beaten an opponent in the competition, while Spurs have only lost more against Manchester United… pic.twitter.com/jT3c7DJQoC
— Chris Cowlin (@ChrisCowlin) May 16, 2026
Perhaps the most daunting statistic of all concerns Chelsea’s home record at the end of the season. They have not lost their final home league game in any of the last 23 seasons, winning 16 and drawing 7 across that span since a 3-1 defeat to Aston Villa in 2001-02. For Tottenham to take anything from Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, they would need to end a streak of historic proportions.
The statistics are brutal. But Tottenham’s survival cannot wait for a more favourable set of numbers. De Zerbi’s side must find a way regardless.