Chelsea will host Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, October 24. Both sides face off in a highly anticipated London derby in a Premier League Matchweek 8 encounter set to get underway at 17:30 UK time. The fixture has been picked as Sky Sports’ Saturday Night Football clash, with the encounter set to stream live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League from 17:00 in the UK.
Those with a Sky Sports subscription can watch the match through the Sky Go app while viewers based in Ireland can catch the action on Sky Sports Premier League. In Nigeria, Chelsea’s huge fanbase can watch the fixture on SuperSport, which has the rights to Premier League matches in sub-Saharan Africa, with kick-off set for 17:30 West Africa Time.
The match will also be available to fans in Ghana (16:30) and Kenya (19:30), and it has been scheduled to start at 12:30 ET (9:30 PT) in the United States, where the derby will stream on Peacock with Spanish-language coverage on Telemundo. Meanwhile, Indian fans can watch the match from 22:00 IST on Star Sports and JioHotstar, as their parent company JioStar owns the league’s rights in the region.
In addition, Stan Sport will show the contest in Australia at 03:30 AEDT on Sunday morning, while Fubo will carry it in Canada. Those in the Middle East and North Africa can watch the match live on beIN Sports.
On the field, Xabi Alonso’s side sit fourth in the Premier League table with 13 points from seven matches. The Blues recorded a 2-0 win at Everton last Saturday thanks to a Pedro Neto brace, with the victory marking their second successive league win after the 5-1 thrashing of Bournemouth.
Tottenham, meanwhile, arrive in 16th position on six points after registering their first league win of the season. Roberto De Zerbi’s men saw off Coventry City 3-1 on Monday night as James Maddison, Omar Marmoush and Ben Davies all found the net.
Pedro Neto Brace Hands Chelsea First Premier League Away Win Under Xabi Alonso
Pedro Neto scored a brace as Chelsea beat Everton 2-0 at Hill Dickinson Stadium last weekend courtesy of strikes at the start of the second half and in the 90th minute, registering the first Premier League brace of his career. The 26-year-old Portuguese winger earned the Player of the Match award after hitting the target with all three of his shots in the contest. He also created five chances and completed 27 of his 32 passes.
The Blues out-shot their hosts 18-6 and had more expected goals (1.54) than Everton (0.45). The victory also marked their first clean sheet in the league in 23 matches, although goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez was stretchered off with a head injury.