On Sunday Jan 23rd, in week 23, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur will play a match in London in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier League teams in the anticipated London derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Chelsea is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion. Hakim Ziyech scored the first goal for Chelsea in the 28th minute, then Adam Webster got the equalizer for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 60th minute on a feed from Alexis Mac Allister earning Brighton & Hove Albion a comeback draw. Chelsea is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while tottenham Hotspur is fresh off their 3-2 win against Leicester City. Patson Daka scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 24th minute, then in the 38th minute, Harry Winks sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Harry Kane But luckily in the 97th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Steven Bergwijn. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Tottenham Hotspur should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On the 19th of September, Tottenham Hotspur hosted Chelsea at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in their last match together. Chelsea won by a score of 3 to 0. Thiago Silva scored the first goal for Chelsea in the 49th minute, then N’Golo Kanté added another in the 57th minute on a feed from Mateo Kovačić At the end of 90 a dissapointed Tottenham Hotspur couldn’t manage to score, and Chelsea took the shutout win.
Harry Kane has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Tottenham Hotspur. Both Romelu Lukaku and Hakim Ziyech have been the hottest scorers for Chelsea in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Thomas Tuchel’s squad will be without N’Golo Kanté, Reece James, Timo Werner, Andreas Christensen, Edouard Mendy and Trevoh Chalobah, while Heung-Min Son, Eric Dier and Steven Bergwijn are unavailable to play for Tottenham Hotspur.