Chelsea vs Tottenham live updates: Premier League team news, predictions, more

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Tottenham Hotspur travel to Chelsea today as they look to secure Premier League safety for next season.

Spurs can clinch survival and relegate West Ham with a win, while a draw would also effectively guarantee that outcome.

Manchester City travel to Bournemouth needing a win to keep their title hopes alive, which you can follow here.

Kick-off time: 8.15pm BST, 3.15pm ET, 12.15pm PT

How to watch: Peacock (U.S.); Sky Sports (UK)

Contact us with your views: live@theathletic.com

The Athletic's live coverage schedule for the week

Good question.

The Premier League's 37th and penultimate matchweek began on Friday as Aston Villa eased past a shaky Liverpool, with Saturday blocked out for the FA Cup final.

Then, on Sunday, there were six further matches ahead of Arsenal facing Burnley on Monday, which ended in a 1-0 win for the home side thanks to Kai Havertz's header.

Here are the results in full:

Aston Villa 4-2 Liverpool (Rogers, Watkins x2, McGinn; Van Dijk x2)

Manchester United 3-2 Nottingham Forest (Shaw, Cunha, Mbeumo; Morato, Gibbs-White)

Brentford 2-2 Crystal Palace (Ouattara x2; Sarr, Wharton)

Leeds 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion (Calvert-Lewin)

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Fulham (Mane; Robinson)

Everton 1-3 Sunderland (Rohl; Brobbey, Le Fee, Isidor)

Newcastle 3-1 West Ham (Woltemade, Osula x2; Castellanos)

Arsenal 1-0 Burnley (Havertz)

It was disappointment for Chelsea in their last match, the FA Cup final on Saturday, May 16.

In a tight match of few clear-cut chances, Calum McFarlane's side were denied several soft shouts for a penalty.

Then, in the second half, Manchester City's Antoine Semenyo scored via a superb back-heeled flick from Erling Haaland's cross.

It proved to be the only goal of the match, giving City another trophy and condemning Chelsea to another loss at Wembley and continuing their winless run against Pep Guardiola's side.

When these teams last met in the Premier League back in November, it was Chelsea who came out on top via a tight 1-0 win thanks to a goal from Joao Pedro.

That was when Enzo Maresca was still Chelsea boss, while Thomas Frank was in the dugout for Spurs,.

How things have changed at both teams since then.

Dominic Solanke has been ruled out of Tottenham's match against Chelsea today but goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario is available after recovering from hernia surgery.

Solanke has only made 15 league appearances this season as he has struggled to stay fit. He missed the first half of the campaign with a persistent ankle issue and suffered a muscle injury last month.

Vicario’s last appearance for Spurs was Igor Tudor’s final game in charge, their 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest in March. Antonin Kinsky has started every match since Roberto De Zerbi replaced Tudor.

“Vicario is available to play,” De Zerbi said in his pre-match press conference. “Solanke is not good yet. He is not available. He feels something. I don’t want to take a risk for this game.

“We hope for Sunday. Maybe for Sunday he can be available for one part of the game.”

This has been a long weekend of Premier League action, with one other game from matchday 37 taking place tonight.

And it is a big one, with Manchester City travelling to Bournemouth — also covered live on The Athletic — still to come this evening.

That match kicks off slightly earlier than this one, at 7.30pm BST, local time in the UK, which works out as 2.30pm ET and 11.30am PT in the United States.

One thing is for certain amid various possibilities at both ends of the table and with the race for European football: Wolves and Burnley will be back in the Championship next season.

Who will be joining them?

That is yet to be decided.

We want to hear from you today — either via emailing live@theathletic.com or over on the discussion tab at the top of this page.

Who do you think is going to win the title race?

Which player should be ranked as the best signing of the season?

And who do you see getting relegated?

Let us know and we will aim to share your responses in our coverage.

We have an evening slot for this one, with kick-off coming at 8.15pm BST local time in London.

That works out at 3.15pm ET on the east coast of the United States and 12.15pm PT on the west coast.

Hello and welcome along to The Athletic, where today we have a tasty Premier League meeting in store between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur.

The pressure is on for Roberto De Zerbi's side as the race to secure a Premier League place for next season approaches its finale.

Stick around for team news, analysis and all the latest updates as we edge closer to kick-off.