Tottenham vs Chelsea preview, team news, prediction, stats, kick-off time
Follow the game with our live blog on Sky Sports website and app; watch free match highlights shortly after full-time on Sky Sports' digital platforms and YouTube channel
Thursday 4 February 2021 19:32, UK
Team news and stats ahead of Tottenham vs Chelsea in the Premier League on Tuesday; kick-off 8pm.
Team news
Tottenham will be without four key players for the visit of Chelsea.
Harry Kane (ankle), Dele Alli (tendon), Sergio Reguilon (muscle) and Giovani Lo Celso (hamstring) are all sidelined.
Tanguy Ndombele has recovered from a knock while Serge Aurier is back involved after being left out against Brighton.
Chelsea duo Kurt Zouma and Kai Havertz will face late fitness checks.
Trending
- Amorim urges Man Utd caution: The storm will come, we will be found out
- West Ham latest: Lopetegui responds to 'sacked' chants from own fans
- PL Predictions: Another Man City defeat, Man Utd to be thrashed
- Papers: Liverpool to revive Zubimendi deal?
- Transfer Centre LIVE! PSG president confirms no interest in Salah
- Vardy gets Ruud off to flying start as Leicester see off West Ham
- Arsenal vs Man Utd preview: Fernandes boost for Amorim
- Why Verstappen was so angry with Russell
- Man City paying price for poor recruitment
- Liverpool latest: 'Real Madrid to try to sign TAA for free next summer'
Defender Zouma and forward Havertz failed to finish Chelsea training on Wednesday, with what Thomas Tuchel termed only "little issues".
German boss Tuchel will run the rule over both stars ahead of the trip to north London.
How to follow
Follow the game in our dedicated live match blog. Highlights will also be published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel shortly after the final whistle.
- Download the Sky Sports Scores App: Apple | Android
- The UK's No 1 scores app: Find out more
Jones Knows prediction
Jamie Redknapp got it spot-on in his post-match analysis of Jose Mourinho's Tottenham after their limp showing at Brighton.
He said: "There are too many things I don't like right now when I look at this Tottenham side, with Jose's mannerisms, the way he puts little messages out to people. Not good signs to be honest, because they were flying earlier in the season."
Throw no Harry Kane into the mix and Mourinho looks to have a confidence-drained side that look no better than a mid-table outfit. Kane alleviates the creative load on Spurs' central midfielders but without him in the team, Pierre Emile-Hojberg is forced into doing a job that doesn't fit his industrious style. It's easy to see Chelsea absolutely dominating the midfield battle in this one.
Thomas Tuchel has added a bit of belief and energy into the Chelsea attacking ranks. This looks a perfect time to play Spurs to me.
JONES KNOWS PREDICTS: 0-2 (7/1 with Sky Bet)
Pitch to Post Review
There's no such thing as January blues at Manchester City as Pep Guardiola's side win nine out of nine, helped by the wall that is Ruben Dias. Has his impact been bigger than Virgil van Dijk's at Liverpool?
In the latest Pitch to Post Review show, Jasper Taylor is joined by Kate Burlaga and Gerard Brand to discuss just that, as well as another goalless draw for Manchester United against a so-called big six side (20:05). Is their title tilt over before it began? And what is success for Arsenal this season?
In part three we focus on Newcastle after their shock 2-0 win at Everton (33:39), masterminded by Graeme, sorry, Steve, erm... well, we figure out exactly who deserves the credit.
And in part four we look back on a good week for Liverpool and a bad week for Jose Mourinho's Spurs (43:51), plus the performers, performances and goals of the week.
Subscribe to the podcast on your chosen provider
Opta stats
- Tottenham have lost two of their last three home league games against Chelsea (W1), more than they had in their previous 11 (W5 D5 L1). They haven't lost consecutive home league games against the Blues since a run of three between April 2004-August 2005.
- Chelsea are unbeaten in their last four Premier League meetings with Spurs (W3 D1), keeping a clean sheet in three of these games.
- Despite being the only side still unbeaten in Premier League London derbies this season, Spurs have won just one of their five such matches so far this term (D4).
- Chelsea have lost four of their last five away league games (W1), as many as they had in their previous 16 on the road (W7 D5).
- Last time out, Thomas Tuchel became the first Chelsea manager to keep a clean sheet in each of his first two Premier League games in charge since Rafael Benitez in November 2012. The last Chelsea manager to do so in his first three in the competition was José Mourinho in August 2004.
- Tottenham Hotspur lost their last home Premier League game versus Liverpool (1-3) - they haven't lost consecutive home games since January 2019, while manager José Mourinho has never lost consecutive home games in the competition.
- Tottenham manager José Mourinho hasn't won any of his last six meetings with Chelsea in all competitions (D3 L3). Only against Barcelona (7 between April 2011-January 2012) has he had a longer winless run against an opponent in his managerial career.
- Just two of Chelsea's 17 Premier League managers have lost their first ever London derby in the competition (W9 D6), with Guus Hiddink losing 0-1 at Spurs in March 2009 and Andre Villas-Boas 0-1 at QPR in October 2011.
- Spurs were one of three English teams Thomas Tuchel had faced before becoming Chelsea manager, along with Liverpool and Manchester United, all in European matches. Tuchel won both of his Europa League matches against Spurs in March 2016 as Borussia Dortmund manager, winning both legs of the last 16 of that season's tournament.
- Tottenham have won just three of their last 13 Premier League games in which Harry Kane has not featured (D4 L6), including none of their last four (D1 L3). Indeed, one of those last four winless matches without Kane was against Chelsea, a 1-2 defeat in February 2020.
