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Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur – Insight into matchday No. 2

Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur – Insight into matchday No. 2
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Chelsea host Tottenham Hotspur on matchday No. 2 of the Premier League season at Stamford Bridge. The Blues go into the game following a 1-0 away win at Everton, while Spurs claimed a 4-1 win at home against Southampton.

In 2021-22, Spurs tallied two wins against Manchester City and two draws versus Liverpool. Unfortunately, their record against Chelsea and Man United prevented a fight for the title.

Chelsea fell off the pace for the title around Christmas time after being tipped by many pundits to win the league this time last year. Sunday’s game is a massive six-point title affair for both clubs in the title race.

Chelsea vs. Tottenham Hotspur: Head-to-Head

Chelsea dominated Spurs in the last six head-to-head games. The Blues posted 5W-1D-0L across the last six matches in all competitions. Chelsea have been Spurs’ bogey team.

Last season, these teams met four times in all competitions with Chelsea winning each game to nil. The Blues outscored Tottenham 11-2 across the last six games.

Full-time result

  • Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur 23-1-2022
  • Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Chelsea 12-11-2022
  • Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur 5-1-2022
  • Tottenham Hotspur 0-3 Chelsea 19-9-2021
  • Chelsea 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur 4-8-2021
  • Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Chelsea 4-2-2021

 

Chelsea were either winning or drawing at halftime in each of the last six matches versus Spurs. Tottenham were never winning at halftime or at the end of full-time.

Half-time result

  • Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur 23-1-2022
  • Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Chelsea 12-11-2022
  • Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur 5-1-2022
  • Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Chelsea 19-9-2021
  • Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur 4-8-2021
  • Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Chelsea 4-2-2021

Top goal scorers in Chelsea vs. Tottenham Hotspur fixtures

  • Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (CFC) - 12 goals
  • Frank Lampard (CFC) - 9 goals
  • Kerry Dixon (CFC) - 9 goals
  • Teddy Sheringham (THFC) - 7 goals

Thomas Tuchel vs. Antonio Conte

Thomas Tuchel is in his second full season (third overall) with Chelsea. The former PSG boss won the Champions League in his first season at Stamford Bridge but lost two cup finals last term.

Tuchel has a 1.94 points per match figure at the Blues. Against Tottenham, Tuchel has a record of 7W-0D-L. He has faced Conte on three occasions posting three wins.

Antonio Conte has a points per game rate of 2.00 at Spurs. He has played five times against Chelsea posting a record of 1W-1D-3L. He has played Tuchel three times, losing all three games. Conte did win the Premier League title with Chelsea in 2016-17.

Premier League
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Arsenal 77 34 24 5 5 56
2
Manchester City 76 33 23 7 3 48
3
Liverpool 74 34 22 8 4 41
4
Aston Villa 66 34 20 6 8 21
5
Tottenham 60 32 18 6 8 16
6
Manchester United 53 33 16 5 12 1
7
Newcastle United 50 33 15 5 13 15
8
West Ham 48 34 13 9 12 -9
9
Chelsea 47 32 13 8 11 4
10
Bournemouth 45 34 12 9 13 -11
11
Brighton 44 33 11 11 11 -2
12
Wolverhampton 43 34 12 7 15 -8
13
Fulham 42 34 12 6 16 -4
14
Crystal Palace 39 34 10 9 15 -12
15
Brentford 35 34 9 8 17 -7
16
Everton 33 34 11 8 15 -12
17
Nottingham Forest 26 34 7 9 18 -18
18
Luton Town 25 34 6 7 21 -28
19
Burnley 23 34 5 8 21 -32
20
Sheffield United 16 34 3 7 24 -59

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