Tottenham Hotspur play host to Chelsea Sunday afternoon looking to move level on points with their London rivals in the Premier League table.
As a result of their 2-1 victory at Wolverhampton Wandererst at the weekend, Spurs sit just three points adrift of the fourth-placed Blues.
Jose Mourinho- a two-time manager of Chelsea – will now hope that he can extend his early record at the North Londoners to six victories from eight outings.
Thanks to Jan Vertonghen’s late goal Tottenham defeated Wolverhampton at Molineux Stadium last weekend. Spurs have already recorded four Premier League wins under new boss Mourinho, who is on the right track to help the capital club regain their spot in top four. Tottenham footballers are high on spirit ahead of the local derby, and they aim to take advantage of the fact that Chelsea suffered a dip in form.
As always, Harry Kane will lead the line for the hosts, but the opposition defenders should have Korea international Son at bay as well. Following a 3-1 loss at Everton, the Blues suffered yet another shocking defeat at the weekend.
Spurs picked up valuable three points on Sunday in the Premier League.Their win over Wolves cuold prove crucial for their chances of a top four finish this season, with rivals also dropping points elsewhere.
Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Everton on Sunday, while Chelsea suffered yet another defeat as Bournemouth ran out 1-0 winners at Stamford Bridge.
Spurs’ win over Wolves means that a win will send them up into the Champions League places on goal difference – a situation that seemed unlikely when the Portuguese manager took over a month ago.But who will be available to Mourinho against his former club?
Hugo Lloris ,Tottenham captain is currently sidelined with an elbow injury and is not expected back until the new year. The Frenchman sustained a dislocated elbow in the 3-0 defeat against Brighton at the Amex Stadium, with Lloris landing awkwardly on his left arm and was in agony inside his own goal.
He was given oxygen on the pitch, before being stretchered off and taken to hospital. Spurs have since revealed that the club captain has undergone surgery on his injured left elbow.
Erik Lamela, the Argentine has not featured for Spurs since the 5-0 home win against Red Star Belgrade in October. A hamstring injury picked up in training at Hotspur Way caused him to miss the 2-1 loss to Liverpool at Anfield a few days later.
It was hoped that the international break would give him time to recover. But he missed both games for Argentina as well as wins over the Hammers and Olympiacos, and wasn’t in the squad for the win over the Cherries.
Frank Lampard could be without several key members of his squad ahead of the crunch game against former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham side on Sunday.
Chelsea have now won just one Premier League game since the November international break. A 1-0 Premier League loss against Bournemouth on Saturday was the Blues’ fourth defeat in five league games.
The hosts were unable to break down a solid Cherries’ defence, and Dan Gosling’s late effort, which was awarded after a VAR check, was enough to give Eddie Howe’s side all three points. But what are the chances that Lampard has a fully fit squad available to him?
Ross Barkley has not featured since the 1-0 win against Newcastle United in October after picking up an ankle injury.
The England international was initially called up to Gareth Southgate’s squad for the Euro 2020 qualifiers against Montenegro and Kosovo last month.Barkley was not involved against Aston Villa last week night after Frank Lampard revealed the midfielder was ill.
Loftus-Cheek, was establishing himself as a key member of Maurizio Sarri’s squad at the end of last season.
However, in the post-season friendly ahead of the Europa League final, Loftus-Cheek suffered the same injury as Hudson-Odoi as he ruptured his Achilles’ tendon.
Olivier Giroud.The Frenchman rolled an ankle in training last week, causing him to miss Chelsea’s 3-1 defeat away to Everton penultimate Saturday afternoon and the Champions League Group H decider against Lille.The 33-year-old did return to training ahead of the game against the Cherries, but wasn’t included in the matchday squad and he might not feature for the Blues again.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Chelsea Matches Win Draw Lose
Overall 38 22 9 7
Home 19 12 5 2
Away 19 10 4 5
Tottenham Matches Win Draw Lose
Overall 38 21 9 8
Home 19 11 5 3
Away 19 10 4 5
TABLES
EPL
Club MP W D L GF GA GD Pts
Liverpool 17 16 1 0 42 14 28 49
Leicester City 17 12 3 2 40 11 29 39
Man. City 17 11 2 4 47 19 28 35
Chelsea 17 9 2 6 31 25 6 29
Tottenham 17 7 5 5 32 24 8 26
Man United 17 6 7 4 26 20 6 25
Sheff Utd 17 6 7 4 21 16 5 25
Wolves 17 5 9 3 24 21 3 24
Crystal Palace 17 6 5 6 15 19 -4 23
Arsenal 17 5 7 5 24 27 -3 22
Newcastle 17 6 4 7 17 24 -7 22
Burnley FC 17 6 3 8 22 29 -7 21
Brighton 17 5 5 7 21 25 -4 20
Bournemouth 17 5 4 8 19 24 -5 19
West Ham 17 5 4 8 19 28 -9 19
Everton 17 5 3 9 20 29 -9 18
Aston Villa 17 4 3 10 23 30 -7 15
Southampton 17 4 3 10 18 36 -18 15
Norwich City 17 3 3 11 18 35 -17 12
Watford 17 1 6 10 9 32 -23 9
BUNDESLIGA
Club MP W D L GF GA GD Pts
RB Leipzig 15 10 3 2 42 16 26 33
Mönchengladbach 15 10 1 4 31 18 13 31
Dortmund 15 8 5 2 37 19 18 29
Schalke 04 15 8 4 3 26 18 8 28
Bayern 15 8 3 4 41 21 20 27
SC Freiburg 15 7 4 4 24 18 6 25
Bayer 15 7 4 4 22 20 2 25
Wolfsburg 15 6 5 4 17 15 2 23
Hoffenheim 15 6 3 6 21 27 -6 21
Union Berlin 15 6 2 7 19 20 -1 20
Augsburg 15 5 5 5 24 28 -4 20
Eintracht 15 5 3 7 24 23 1 18
Mainz5-0 16 6 0 10 25 38 -13 18
Hertha 15 4 3 8 21 29 -8 15
Werder0-5 16 3 5 8 23 40 -17 14
Fortuna 15 3 3 9 16 32 -16 12
FC Köln 15 3 2 10 14 30 -16 11
Paderborn 15 2 3 10 18 33 -15 9
NPFL
Club MP W D L GF GA GD
Plateau Utd 8 5 2 1 15 6 9 17
Akwa Starlets 8 4 3 1 10 6 4 15
Lobi Stars 7 4 2 1 10 3 7 14
Sunshine Stars 8 4 2 2 11 7 4 14
Wikki Tourists 8 4 2 2 9 7 2 14
Enyimba 7 4 1 2 11 6 5 13
Rivers Utd 8 3 3 2 6 4 2 12
MFM 7 3 2 2 7 4 3 11
Ifeanyi Uba 8 3 2 3 7 9 -2 11
Heartland 8 3 2 3 5 7 -2 11
Katsina Utd 8 3 2 3 5 9 -4 11
Abia Warriors 8 2 4 2 5 4 1 10
Kano Pillars 7 2 3 2 8 4 4 9
Jigawa GS 7 3 0 4 7 10 -3 9
Warri Wolves 8 1 4 3 6 7 -1 7
Akwa United 8 1 4 3 7 9 -2 7
Adamawa Utd 8 2 1 5 6 13 -7 7
Delta Force 8 2 1 5 9 19 -10 7
Enugu Rangers 6 1 2 3 4 7 -3 5
Nasarawa Utd 7 0 2 5 5 12 -7 2
SERIE A
Club MP W D L GF GA GD Pts
Inter Milan 16 12 3 1 32 14 18 39
Juventus 16 12 3 1 29 16 13 39
Lazio 16 11 3 2 38 16 22 36
Roma 16 9 5 2 29 16 13 32
Cagliari 16 8 5 3 32 21 11 29
Atalanta 16 8 4 4 38 25 13 28
Parma 16 7 3 6 23 19 4 24
Napoli 16 5 6 5 25 21 4 21
Torino 16 6 3 7 21 24 -3 21
Milan 16 6 3 7 16 19 -3 21
Bologna 16 5 4 7 24 27 -3 19
Verona 16 5 4 7 17 20 -3 19
Fiorentina 16 4 5 7 20 24 -4 17
Sassuolo 15 4 4 7 26 27 -1 16
Lecce 16 3 6 7 20 32 -12 15
Sampdoria 16 4 3 9 13 25 -12 15
Udinese 16 4 3 9 11 27 -16 15
Brescia 15 4 1 10 14 26 -12 13
Genoa 16 2 5 9 17 31 -14 11
SPAL 16 2 3 11 10 25 -15 9
LA LIGA
Club MP W D L GF GA GD Pts
Barcelona 16 11 2 3 43 20 23 35
Real Madrid 16 10 5 1 33 12 21 35
Sevilla 17 9 4 4 21 17 4 31
Getafe CF 17 8 6 3 26 16 10 30
Atlético Madrid 17 7 8 2 18 10 8 29
Real Sociedad 17 8 4 5 28 20 8 28
Ath. Bilbao 17 7 6 4 19 12 7 27
Valencia 17 7 6 4 27 24 3 27
Granada 17 7 3 7 24 22 2 24
Osasuna 17 5 8 4 22 20 2 23
Levante 17 7 2 8 22 26 -4 23
Real Betis 17 6 5 6 24 29 -5 23
Villarreal 17 6 4 7 30 25 5 22
Alavés 17 5 4 8 18 24 -6 19
Valladolid 17 4 7 6 14 20 -6 19
Eibar 17 4 4 9 15 28 -13 16
RCD Mallorca 17 4 3 10 18 30 -12 15
Celta Vigo 17 3 5 9 14 25 -11 14
Leganes 17 2 4 11 12 28 -16 10
Espanyol 17 2 4 11 12 32 -20 10
LIGUE 1
Club MP W D L GF GA GD Pts
PSG 17 14 0 3 39 9 30 42
Marseille 18 10 5 3 26 20 6 35
Lille 18 9 4 5 23 16 7 31
Rennes 17 9 3 5 23 17 6 30
Nantes 18 9 2 7 16 16 0 29
Stade Reims 17 7 6 4 15 9 6 27
Bordeaux 18 7 5 6 28 21 7 26
Lyon 18 7 4 7 28 17 11 25
Monaco 17 7 4 6 26 25 1 25
Angers 18 7 4 7 20 23 -3 25
St-Étienne 18 7 4 7 21 27 -6 25
Montpellier 18 6 6 6 22 19 3 24
OGC Nice 18 7 3 8 25 27 -2 24
Strasbourg 18 7 3 8 21 23 -2 24
Brest 18 5 7 6 21 20 1 22
Dijon FCO 18 4 5 9 12 20 -8 17
Amiens SC 17 4 5 8 20 32 -12 17
Metz 18 3 7 8 15 26 -11 16
Nîmes 17 2 6 9 12 29 -17 12
Toulouse 18 3 3 12 19 36 -17 12
FIXTURES
EPL
Everton vs Arsenal
Newcastle vs Crystal Palace
Aston Villa vs Southampton
Norwich City vs Wolves
Brighton vs Sheff Utd
Bournemouth vs Burnley FC
Man. City vs Leicester City
Watford vs Man United
Tottenham vs Chelsea
BUNDESLIGA
Hoffenheim vs Dortmund
FC Köln vs Werder
Mainz vs Bayer
Schalke 04 vs SC Freiburg
Bayern vs Wolfsburg
RB Leipzig vs Augsburg
Hertha vs Mönchengladbach
Fortuna vs Union Berlin
Paderborn vs Eintracht
NPFL
Rivers Utd vs Sunshine Stars
Lobi Stars vs Katsina Utd
Akwa Starlets vs Akwa United
MFM vs Adamawa United
Nasarawa United vs Heartland
Wikki Tourists vs Abia Warriors
Jigawa GS vs Enyimba
Kano Pillars vs Ifeanyi Uba
Delta Force vs Enugu Rangers
Plateau Utd vs Warri Wolves
SERIE A
Sampdoria vs Juventus
Fiorentina vs Roma
Udinese vs Cagliari
Inter Milan vs Genoa
Torino vs SPAL
Atalanta vs Milan
Lecce vs Bologna
Parma vs Brescia
Sassuolo vs Napoli
LA LIGA
Eibar vs Granada
RCD Mallorca vs Sevilla
Barcelona vs Alavés
Villarreal vs Getafe CF
Valladolid vs Valencia
Leganes vs Espanyol
Osasuna vs Real Sociedad
Real Betis vs Atlético Madrid
Levante vs Celta Vigo
Real Madrid vs Ath. Bilbao
LIGUE 1
OGC Nice vs Toulouse
Strasbourg vs St-Étienne
Nantes vs Angers
Monaco vs Lille
Dijon FCO vs Metz
Marseille vs Nîmes
Stade Reims vs Lyon
PSG vs Amiens SC
Rennes vs Bordeaux
Montpellier vs Brest
