Key statistics and facts ahead of tonight's London derby against Tottenham

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Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur meet in their tenth premier league fixture of the season with 3 points separating  the two sites in the table. Here are all of the vital pre-match facts and figures for the Blues ahead of tonight's London derby 



Head to Head 

  • The blues have won more league games at Spurs than they have lost winning 29 and losing 28
  • Spurs have won only one of their last 13 premier league games against the Blues ( 2 drawn and 10 defeats) their last victory against the Blues was a 2-0 win back in February 2023
  • Chelsea have won 5 out of the last 6 premier league games at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium with only one defeat, making this the most wins picked up by any visiting site at the ground since Spurs made the move in 2019.
  • The Blues have won their last four premier league games against Spurs and are aiming for a fifth consecutive win, a feat last achieved between 2000 and 2002 with six consecutive wins. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink scored eight goals in those games. 

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  • The Blues have won more away games in the premier league against Tottenham than any other side (16).

  • Chelsea also have more wins in games in all competitions against Spurs than against any other club. 

Head to head in all competitions 

Games played - 179

Wins - 81 

Draws - 43 

Loses - 55

Biggest win for each team  

Tottenham - 5-0 1920/21 Division one

Chelsea - 6-1 1997/98 Premier league 

Last five meetings at Tottenham 

19th September 2021 - Premier league 3-0 win goals from Rudiger, Kante and Thiago Silva.
12th January 2022 - League cup 1-0 win goal from Rudiger
26th February 2023 - Premier league 2-0 loss
6th November 2023 - Premier league 4-1 win Cole Palmer penalty and Nicholas Jackson hattrick
8th December 2024 - Goals from Sancho, Palmer and Enzo Fernandez

Chelsea stats 

  • The blues have secured victories in four of their previous seven premier league away fixtures, with one draw and two defeats following a previous sequence of eight consecutive matches without a win on the road. 
  • Chelsea along with Tottenham and Manchester City are the highest scorers in the premier league this season with 17 goals 
  • The Blues have won two out of their last 11 premier league games that kick off at 5:30pm on a Saturday with four 4 draws and five defeats, which include their recent win at home against Liverpool.
  • The Blues are unbeaten in their last 7 premier league London derbies since their last defeat which came at home to Arsenal in March with 4 wins and 3 draws
  • The Blues are looking to secure their fourth straight away win in all competitions, a feat which was last achieved with a 5 game streak in late 2024 with the fourth win of that run being Spurs.
  • On Wednesday against Wolves in the Carabao Cup, Enzo Maresca made 10 changes to the side that lost at home to Sunderland with only Josh Acheampong retaining his place
  • Against Wolves, Chelsea became the first premier league side of all time to ever field a side which had 4 different goal scorers aged 21 or under to score in a match in all competitions. The players being Jamie Gittens (21), Tyrique George (19), Andrey Santos (21) and Estavao Willian (18). Santos and Gittens goals being their first for the club,
  • Alejandro Garnacho became  the tenth different Chelsea player to score in the premier league this season only Arsenal with 11 have more different goal scorers than the Blues.

With the exclusion of own goals , each of the Blues last 101 premier league goals have been scored by a player under the age of 30 this being the eight longest run in premier league history

Premier league scorers - Caicedo (3), Fernandez 3 (1 pen), Chalobah (2), Joao Pedro (2), Neto (2), Acheampong (1), Estavao (1), Garnacho (1), James (1), Palmer (1)

Premier league assists - Joao Pedro (3), Cucurella (2), James (2), Neto (2), Estavao (1), Gusto (1) Enzo Fernandez (1) 

Milestones

Enzo Maresca is looking for his 50th win in his 79th game as Blues head coach

In the Carabao cup game against Wolves on Wednesday Tosin made his 50th appearance for the Blues and captained the side for the first time. 


Score prediction

I think the game will be end to end and we will conceded goals so I'm going for a 2-2 draw against Tottenham. 

Let me know your score predictions in the comments below 



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