Head-to-head
Chelsea have won more league games at Tottenham than we have lost - 29 wins to 28 defeats.
Tottenham have won one of their past 13 Premier League games against Chelsea (two draws, 10 defeats), a 2-0 home win in February 2023.
Chelsea have won five of our six Premier League games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (one defeat), the most wins any visiting side have picked up at the ground since Spurs moved there in 2019.
The Blues have won our last four Premier League games against Spurs and are aiming for a fifth straight win, a feat last achieved with six consecutive victories between 2000 and 2002. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink scored eight goals in those games.
We have also won more Premier League away games against Tottenham than any against other side (16).
Chelsea have won more games in all competitions against Tottenham than we have against any other club.
Head-to-Head (all competitions)
Played 179
Won 81
Drawn 43
Lost 55
Biggest win for each team:
Tottenham 5-0 Chelsea | 1920/21 | Division One
Tottenham 1-6 Chelsea | 1997/98 | Premier League
Last five meetings at Tottenham
Chelsea stats
Chelsea have secured victories in four of our previous seven away Premier League fixtures, with one draw and two defeats, following an earlier sequence of eight consecutive winless matches on the road.
Chelsea (with Tottenham and Manchester City) are the highest scorers in the Premier League this season with 17 goals.
The Blues have won two of our last 11 Premier League games kicking off at 5.30pm on a Saturday (four draws, five defeats), including the most recent one against Liverpool.
Chelsea are unbeaten in our last seven Premier League London derbies since a 1-0 defeat at Arsenal in March (four wins, three draws).
The Blues are seeking their fourth straight away win in all competitions, a feat last achieved with a five-game streak in late 2024. The fourth win of that run was at Tottenham.
On Wednesday against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Carabao Cup, Enzo Maresca made ten changes from the Sunderland match in the Premier League the previous weekend. Only Josh Acheampong kept his place.
Against Wolves, we became the first Premier League side of all-time with four different scorers aged 21 or younger in a match in all competitions – Andrey Santos 21, Tyrique George 19, Estevao Willian 18 and Jamie Gittens 21. The Santos and Gittens goals were their first for the club.
Alejandro Garnacho is the tenth different player to score for Chelsea in the Premier League this season (excluding own goals), with only Arsenal (11) having more scorers than the Blues.
Excluding own goals, each of Chelsea’s last 101 Premier League goals has been scored by a player under the age of 30, the eighth-longest such run in Premier League history.
Premier League scorers: Caicedo 3, Fernandez 3 (1 pen), Chalobah 2, Joao Pedro 2, Neto 2, Acheampong 1, Estevao 1, Garnacho 1, James 1, Palmer 1
Premier League assists: Joao Pedro 3, Cucurella 2, James 2, Neto 2, Estevao 1, Fernandez 1, Gusto 1
Milestones
Maresca is looking for his 50th win in his 79th match as Blues head coach.
Tosin Adarabioyo made his 50th appearance for the club against Wolverhampton Wanderers and captained the side for the first time.
Tottenham stats
Last season
Premier League - 17th
FA Cup - Lost 2-1 to Aston Villa in the fourth round
Carabao Cup - Lost 4-1 on aggregate to Liverpool in the semi-finals
Europa League - Winners, beat Manchester United 1-0 in the final
Top scorer (all competitions): Brennan Johnson 18
Top Premier League scorer: Brennan Johnson 11
This season’s Premier League stats
Most minutes played: Vicario 810, Van de Ven 800, Kudus 788
Most goals: Richarlison 3, Van de Ven 3, Johnson 2, Palhinha 2, Sarr 2
Most assists: Kudus 4, Richarlison 2, Sarr 2
Most duels won: Palhinha 66, Kudus 63, Romero 37
Clean sheets: Vicario 4
Most fouls conceded: Kudus 15, Porro 11, Sarr 11
Since the start of last season, Tottenham Hotspur have dropped more points from winning positions at home in the Premier League (19) than any other side. No side has lost more Premier League matches when scoring first than Tottenham (eight).
Spurs have won three of their last 18 Premier League home games (four draws, 11 defeats). Since the first game of this run (against Ipswich Town on 10 November 2024), no ever-present side has lost more home games (10) or picked up fewer home points (13) in the competition than Spurs.
Tottenham have won eight of their last 10 Premier League games kicking off at 5.30pm on a Saturday (one draw, one defeat), keeping seven clean sheets in the process.
Tottenham have the Premier League's best away record this season but rank 17th for home points, with only Nottingham Forest, Wolves and West Ham United earning fewer at home than Spurs (four).
Only Arsenal (seven) and Chelsea (six) have scored more Premier League goals from corners this season than Tottenham (five).
Spurs have lost 10 of their last 17 London derbies in the Premier League (four wins, three draws), keeping two clean sheets in their last 22 derby matches in the competition.
Five of Tottenham’s 17 Premier League goals this season have come via headers (29.4 per cent), with those goals coming in two games (two against West Ham, three against Everton). It is their highest percentage of headed goals in a season since 1998/99 (16 of 47, 34 per cent).
Last week against Everton, Micky van de Ven became the first defender to score twice in a Premier League game for Tottenham since Jan Vertonghen in March 2013 against Liverpool.
Kevin Danso made 18 clearances against Everton, the most by a Spurs player for nearly nine years.
Joao Palhinha has made more tackles (39) than any other player in the Premier League this season.
On Wednesday against Newcastle United, Thomas Frank made four changes from the preceding game against Everton.
Last five results
Leeds United (a) W 2-1
Aston Villa (h) L 2-1
Monaco (CL, a) D 0-0
Everton (a) W 3-0
Newcastle United (LC, a) L 2-0
Thomas Frank’s managerial record v Chelsea
Won: 3
Drawn: 3
Lost: 3
Last Premier League line-up
Everton 0-3 Tottenham HotspurSaturday 26 October
Team (4-2-3-1): Vicario; Porro, Danso, Van de Ven (c), Spence; Palhinha, Bentancur; Johnson (Tel 90+3), Kudus (Sarr 78), Simons (Bergvall 61); Kolo Muani (Richarlison 62)
Goals: Van de Ven 19, 45+6, Sarr 89
Discipline
Liam Delap is suspended (one match) following his red card against Wolves.
In the Premier League, five yellow cards received before 19 league fixtures have been completed will result in a one-match suspension in the competition.
Premier League yellow cards: Cucurella 2, Estevao 2, George 2, Hato 2, James 2, Sanchez 2, Santos 2, Caicedo 2, Chalobah 1, Badiashile 1, Fernandez 1, Tosin 1
Match officials
Referee: Jarred Gillett
Assistants: Timothy Wood, Wade Smith
Fourth official: Sam Barrott
VAR: Craig Pawson
Assistant VAR: Adrian Holmes
This will be Jarred Gillett’s first Chelsea appointment since we lost 2-1 to Brighton last February in the FA Cup.