Chelsea is yet to loose in 20 matches in all competitions this season
and are looking more difficult to beat.
They were held by Sunderland at the weekend but their record against Spurs at home is flawless, having not lost to
their London rivals at Stamford Bridge since 1990.
Spurs,still
basking in the Euphorial of three wins in a week after they beat Hull and
Everton either side of a 1-0 victory over Partizan Belgrade, to confirm their
place in the knockout stage of the Europa League.
Mauricio
Pochettino’s men have quickly turned
their season around after a not too decent start and their top-four charge is
right back on track, but they lost 4-0 here last season and will have to
overcome their Chelsea curse to register a third Premier League win in a row
for the first time this season.
Chelsea
will be without the suspended Diego
Costa who unaguably the best striker in the EPL so far with 11 goals in 10
matches after he striker picked up a fifth booking in the draw at Sunderland,
this means Loic Remy and Didier Drogba are in contention
to start up front.
Tottenham
will be ridin on the strenghts of Christian Eriksen, who scored the home side’s first goal, and will be
key to any hopes Tottenham have of beating Chelsea on today.. One of the few
Spurs players fit enough to withstand a very solid Chelsea squad, Eriksen has
been the side’s standout player since joining the club in summer 2013. So far
this season he has created more chances than any other Spurs player, setting up
25 for his team-mates. Only Erik Lamela has got within 10 chances of Eriksen,
who was 33 chances clear as Spurs’ most creative player last season with 68.
Chelsea will be affected by the absence of Diego Costa who has scored 11
of their 30 goals so far and his place in Chelsea is untouchable going by his
ferocious form and how he has settled in to life immediately in England against
some expectations.But 36 year old Didier Drogba and Loic Remmy are available to
play on his behalf and Jose Mourinho have said the they don’t cry about missing
players at Chelsea as they have a large squad and equaly decent players who can
take charge in the absence of Costa.
The Chelsea midfield which has made it very easy for Diego Costa to
deliver the goods is absolutely intact with Cesc Fabregas fit to play and the
midfield block Nemanja Matic who has made 23 interceptions in his 13 league games and
has played every minute of the Premier League season. He has attempted 87
tackles and has won more than any other player in the division this campaign.
He usualy
seats in front of the back four in order to allow Chelsea’s attackers to be
unleashed, Matic is crucial to the balance between defence and attack in the
very solid machine Mouriho is trying to build this season little wonder
Nigeria´s Mikel Obi has seen little or no playing time this season. Not
forgeting Willian and Hazard who have brought absolute fluidity and creativity
to Chelsea´s play which has been lacking over the years.
See Below
Head to bead between the two teams
Head-to-head
·
Tottenham have never won at Stamford
Bridge in the Premier League (D8, L14).
·
Their last victory at Chelsea in any
competition came in February 1990. They have drawn 10 and lost 17 of the games
since that win.
·
Four of the last six league meetings
have been draws.
OMA´ Prediction
With the form Chelsea are in even though Diego
Costa is absent,I can not see hwo Tottenham can displace them more because this
game will be played at Stanford Bridge.A 3-1 win for Chelsea
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