Overview before the match Tottenham - Chelsea
Chelsea are the top scorers in the league this season (31 goals). Meanwhile, Spurs have scored 28 goals, behind only Chelsea and Liverpool (28 goals).
However, despite their attacking quality, Spurs have been marred by inconsistent form this season, with a 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth in midweek leaving them in 10th place.
Tottenham's main problems lie largely in defence. Tottenham have kept just one clean sheet in their last 22 Premier League home games (4-0 against Everton this season). Since the start of November 2023, no team in the top four divisions of English football has kept fewer clean sheets at home than Spurs.
In contrast to the home team, Chelsea are full of confidence going into this match. Enzo Maresca's team have won 3 consecutive matches in the tournament against Leicester City, Aston Villa and Southampton.
In all competitions, Chelsea have scored 57 goals in 22 games this season, seven more than they will score in 2022-23 (50 goals in 50 games). Their current goals-per-game ratio of 2.6 is Chelsea's best in a single season in their entire history.
Nicolas Jackson is in excellent form. He has eight league goals this season, and he has a good record against Tottenham. The Senegalese striker has scored four goals in two Premier League games against Spurs, scoring a hat-trick in the reverse fixture last season.
Jackson is not the only threat for the visitors, however. In addition to Cole Palmer, who is still in excellent form, midfielder Enzo Fernandez has seven assists this season, with six of those coming in his last five games. Christopher Nkunku is also in fine form for Chelsea, having scored 12 goals in all competitions this season, a tally only bettered by Erling Haaland (17) and Mohamed Salah (15).
Of course, Spurs also have many quality attacking players.
Brennan Johnson has scored three goals in his last five Premier League home appearances, one more than he did in his previous 24 home appearances in the competition for Spurs and Nottingham Forest (two goals).
Dominic Solanke hasn't scored as many goals as he would like so far, but he leads the Premier League in final-third pressures that result in possession being lost (49). Meanwhile, Dejan Kulusevski has created 34 chances, bettered only by Youri Tielemans (35), Palmer (36) and Bukayo Saka (38).
Son Heung-min is of course always a threat. However, among the teams he has played more than 1,000 minutes against, Son has a rather poor record against Chelsea, scoring just 2 goals in 16 matches, corresponding to a goal every 531 minutes.
Tottenham - Chelsea head to head record
Tottenham have won just one of their last 11 Premier League games against Chelsea (D2 L8). Their last win was a 2-0 win in February 2023.
After a run of just two wins in 13 Premier League away games against Tottenham between 2006 and 2018 (D5 L6), Chelsea have won four of their last five visits to Spurs (L1).
Chelsea have won 35 Premier League games and scored 116 Premier League goals against Tottenham, the most Spurs have conceded against a Premier League opponent.
Spurs are unbeaten in their first four Premier League London derbies under Postecoglou (W2 D2) but have lost seven of their last 13 (W4 D2).
Chelsea have won five of their seven games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in all competitions (D1 L1). This is the most wins by a visiting team at the stadium since Spurs moved there in 2019.
The Tottenham - Chelsea match will take place at 11:30 p.m. on December 8.
