Located just 11 miles apart across North London, fierce rivals Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur will go head-to-head down under in the Sydney Super Cup. It may only be a pre-season friendly, but both sets of supporters will be desperate to beat the other.
Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur match info
Date: Saturday 1 August 2026.
Kick off times (s): 7:45pm (local) and 10:45am (BST).
Competition: Pre-season friendly.
Venue: Stadium Australia - Sydney.
How to watch: CFC+.
How do I watch Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur?
This match is available to watch on CFC+ around the world.
Meantime, the fixture is also live on CBS Sports Golazo in USA, Paramount+ in Australia, DAZN in Japan, TVNZ+ in New Zealand and Claro Sports in Central and South America.
Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur match preview
Xabi Alonso's first pre-season match in charge of Chelsea was truly a crazy affair, so will we see more of the same in Sydney? On Tuesday, the Blues beat Western Sydney Wanderers 6-4; despite goals from Dastan Satpayev, Dário Essugo and Jamie Gittens, they were actually 4-3 down going into the final ten minutes. Nevertheless, substitute João Pedro then scored a nine minute hat-trick to secure victory.
Alonso has an enormous job on his hands. He inherits and gigantic squad that is at a low ebb, given that Chelsea finished tenth in the Premier League last season. Thus, pre-season will be vital for Alonso to figure out what he is working with. After this, the Blues' Asian tour continues with games against Juventus, A.C. Milan and Johor Darul Ta'zim, before returning to Stamford Bridge to face Real Sociedad. This though, against their hated London rivals, is the match supporters most want to win.
Tottenham Hotspur have already played two matches down under, with mixed results. First, goals from Dane Scarlett and then Richarlison saw Spurs beat Auckland FC 2-0 at Eden Park. Then, on Wednesday, they were held to a 1-1 draw by Sydney FC, despite taking the lead through Mathys Tel. Tottenham did win the subsequent shootout at Allianz Stadium, with 17 year old Lucá Williams-Barnett scoring one of the most nonchalant, if worst executed, Panenka's you are ever likely to see.
Like Alonso, Roberto De Zerbi's job at Tottenham is to propel them up the table, following back-to-back 17th place finishes. After this, Spurs will be heading home, and will only have one pre-season friendly in public remaining before the serious business begins, so De Zerbi will want to put out a strong side. If Chelsea's first game in Sydney is anything to go by, this promises to be a goal-fest.
Chelsea team news
Malo Gusto, Trevoh Chalobah, Reece James, Enzo Fernández and new signing Morgan Rogers all remain on holiday, following their World Cup exploits. Xabi Alonso's lineup on Tuesday featured many youngsters, including Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Olutayo Subuloye, Landon Emenalo, Reggie Watson, Ryan Kavuma-McQueen, Reggie Walsh and scorer Dastan Satpaev, who has arrived from Kairat.
This time though, a lot of the senior players who came off the bench against Western Sydney Wanderers are forecast to start. That includes Robert Sánchez, Levi Colwill, Wesley Fofana, Estêvão, Cole Palmer and hat-trick scorer João Pedro.
There has been no sign of former Strasbourg captain Emmanuel Emegha in pre-season thus far, while Marco Palestra, who has arrived from Atalanta for £43 million, is yet to see any minutes. Maxence Lacroix arrived from Crystal Palace for £52 million earlier this week but, having been part of the France squad that reached the World Cup semi-finals, he has not traveled to Asia.
Chelsea predicted lineup vs Tottenham Hotspur: Sánchez; Acheampong, Adarabioyo, Fofana, Colwill; Watson, Essugo, Palmer, Estêvão, Gittens; João Pedro.
Tottenham Hotspur team news
Similarly, Roberto De Zerbi's lineup in Auckland was very youthful, before more senior players were involved against Sydney FC. Spurs are though without their players who enjoyed elongated World Cup runs, namely Cristian Romero, Pedro Porro, Djed Spence and new signing Marcos Senesi.
Fellow new recruits Andy Robertson and Sandro Tonali did come off the bench on Wednesday, while Mateus Fernandes scored a screamer during a behind-closed-doors match against Milton Keynes earlier in July. Conor Gallagher will face his former club, while James Maddison is yet to feature in pre-season, De Zerbi being ultra-cautious given that he missed almost the entirety of last season.
Mohammed Kudus, Xavi Simons and Wilson Odobert and remain long-term absentees.
Tottenham Hotspur predicted lineup vs Chelsea: Kinský; Gray, Takai, Davies, Robertson; Tonali, Gallagher, Solomon, Bergvall, Tel; Richarlison.