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Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea Competition – Barclays Premier League Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Date: 8th December 2024 Kick-off time – 16:30 GMT
Tottenham will look for some reprieve when they host Chelsea in the 14th round of the 2024/25 Premier League season. The hosts have endured a rollercoaster season so far with their most recent result proof of how inconsistent they have been this season. Over the last six games, Ange Postecoglou’s side have lost three times, in-between beating Manchester City 4-0 away from home. A 1-0 loss to Bournemouth in their most recent outing has pushed them down to 10th in the league table. With six points now separating them from the top four, it’s now or never for Tottenham who are set to play table-topping Liverpool in the next few weeks. Cracks have even started to emerge at their home venue, which has lost its ‘fortress’ status since they began the season with seven wins from their first eight home games across all competitions. Since then, they’ve failed to defeat Ipswich (L 2-1), Roma (D 2-2) and Fulham (D 1-1) on home soil, leaving them in a vulnerable position against one of the Premier League’s best current travellers. Chelsea make the short trip to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in hot form after overtaking Liverpool as the most prolific goalscorers of the Premier League season (31) with a 5-1 midweek demolition of Southampton. The Blues possess the league’s second-longest undefeated run (W4, D2), and with their last two wins coming by large margins, they’re primed to extend their recent domination of this matchup. Chelsea have won 11 of the last 15 H2Hs across all competitions, the majority of them being accompanied by 2+ goal margins, such as the 4-1 (away) and 2-0 (home) double last Premier League season. They bring into this edition a formidable away record of five wins from seven Premier League away trips (D1, L1). But with all five wins coming against clubs starting the weekend in the bottom half of the standings, this could prove to be a sterner test, depending on what Tottenham side show up. Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures: Premier League Table
December 7, 2024
Everton
01:00
Liverpool
December 14, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers
16:00
Ipswich Town
Arsenal
16:00
Everton
Newcastle United
16:00
Leicester City
Liverpool
16:00
Fulham
Nottingham Forest
18:30
Aston Villa
December 15, 2024
Brighton & Hov…
15:00
Crystal Palace
Manchester City
17:30
Manchester United
Chelsea
20:00
Brentford
Southampton
20:00
Tottenham Hotspur
December 16, 2024
AFC Bournemouth
21:00
West Ham United
December 21, 2024
Aston Villa
13:30
Manchester City
Brentford
16:00
Nottingham Forest
Ipswich Town
16:00
Newcastle United
West Ham United
16:00
Brighton & Hov…
Crystal Palace
18:30
Arsenal
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Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Liverpool
14
11
2
1
29
11
+18
35
2
Chelsea
15
9
4
2
35
18
+17
31
3
Arsenal
15
8
5
2
29
15
+14
29
4
Manchester City
15
8
3
4
27
21
+6
27
5
Nottingham Forest
15
7
4
4
19
18
+1
25
6
Aston Villa
15
7
4
4
23
23
+0
25
7
Brighton & Hov…
15
6
6
3
25
22
+3
24
8
AFC Bournemouth
15
7
3
5
23
20
+3
24
9
Brentford
15
7
2
6
31
28
+3
23
10
Fulham
15
6
5
4
22
20
+2
23
11
Tottenham Hotspur
15
6
2
7
31
19
+12
20
12
Newcastle United
15
5
5
5
19
21
-2
20
13
Manchester United
15
5
4
6
19
18
+1
19
14
West Ham United
15
5
3
7
20
28
-8
18
15
Everton
14
3
5
6
14
21
-7
14
16
Leicester City
15
3
5
7
21
30
-9
14
17
Crystal Palace
15
2
7
6
14
20
-6
13
18
Ipswich Town
15
1
6
8
14
27
-13
9
19
Wolverhampton Wanderers
15
2
3
10
23
38
-15
9
20
Southampton
15
1
2
12
11
31
-20
5
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