In a weekend match on Sun Jan 23rd, in week 23, Chelsea will host Tottenham Hotspur in a meeting of these two Premier League teams in the ever popular London derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 3rd placed Chelsea is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion. Hakim Ziyech struck first for Chelsea in the 28th minute on a feed from N’Golo Kanté, but Adam Webster got the equalizer for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 60th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Brighton & Hove Albion. Chelsea is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while tottenham Hotspur sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-2 win against Leicester City. Patson Daka scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 24th minute, then Harry Kane got the equalizer for Tottenham Hotspur in the 38th minute on a feed from Harry Winks Finally they completed the comback victory in the 97th minute on a goal by Steven Bergwijn to cap off a wild match. Tottenham Hotspur should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Chelsea took the match by a score of 3 to 0. Thiago Silva struck first for Chelsea in the 49th minute, then N’Golo Kanté added another in the 57th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Tottenham Hotspur couldn’t manage to score, and Chelsea took the shutout win.
Tottenham Hotspur is fortunate enough to have Harry Kane in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals. Both Romelu Lukaku and Hakim Ziyech have been the hottest scorers for Chelsea in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
N’Golo Kanté, Reece James, Timo Werner, Andreas Christensen, Edouard Mendy and Trevoh Chalobah are unavailable to play for Chelsea, while Tottenham Hotspur will be without Heung-Min Son, Eric Dier and Steven Bergwijn.