On Sun Aug 14th, in week 2, Tottenham Hotspur will travel to London to battle Chelsea in a meeting of these two Premier League teams in the ever popular London derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 30 degrees, which may be tiring for the players. 8th placed Chelsea is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Everton. Jorginho scored the first goal for Chelsea in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Everton couldn’t manage to score, and Chelsea took the shutout win. Chelsea is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while tottenham Hotspur is fresh off their 4-1 win against Southampton. James Ward-Prowse struck first for Southampton in the 12th minute, then in the 21st minute, Dejan Kulusevski sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Ryan Sessegnon But luckily in the 31st minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Eric Dier. Tottenham Hotspur is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Chelsea won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Tottenham Hotspur has been fortunate! In the last 5 matches, both Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 4 goals for Tottenham Hotspur and look to continue their dominance.. Chelsea hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Romelu Lukaku and Christian Pulišić, and they each have 1 goal
Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea squad will be without Timo Werner, while Antonio Conte’s Tottenham Hotspur squad will be without Japhet Tanganga and Matt Doherty.