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London rivals Tottenham and Chelsea face off in the Premier League tonight.

Spurs boss Jose Mourinho is under pressure having lost his last two including Sunday’s defeat at Brighton.

Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham are sixth in the Premier League table

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Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham are sixth in the Premier League table

He’ll take on his old club Chelsea who won their first game under Thomas Tuchel at the weekend.

The Blues beat Burnley and are now level on points with Spurs in sixth.

These two drew 0-0 in west London in November.

Tottenham vs Chelsea: How to watch

This match will be held at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Thursday, February 4 and will kick-off at 8pm.

The game will be shown live on BT Sport 1, with coverage underway from 7pm.

BT Sport subscribers can live stream this match via the app on their computer, mobile and tablet devices.

Simon Jordan sends warning to Chelsea players as he compares Thomas Tuchel’s mannerisms and delivery to Jose Mourinho when he arrived at Stamford Bridge in 2004

Tottenham vs Chelsea: Confirmed line-ups

Tottenham: Lloris, Aurier, Aderweireld, Dier, Davies, Hojbjerg, Sissoko, Ndombele, Son, Bergwijn, Vinicius.

Subs: Hart, Doherty, Sanchez, Winks, Bale, Lamela, Rodon, Tanganga, Moura.

Chelsea: Mendy, Azpilicueta, Silva, Rudiger, James, Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso, Hudson-Odoi, Mount, Werner.

Subs: Arrizabalaga, Christensen, Kante, Abraham, Pulisic, Giroud, Chilwell, Ziyech, Emerson.

Tottenham vs Chelsea: What has been said?

New Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel is excited to face Jose Mourinho for the first time.

He said: “I am very happy to compete with a strong team against his side.

“I am very happy to arrive with our quality, with our mentality and with the atmosphere we have right now. That’s the most important thing.

“Tottenham are very competitive, and very strong. It will be a challenge. Is it a clash of cultures? I don’t know.

“Jose is a winner and I want to implement the same in my team.

“We are at the highest level to win games and we will try everything tomorrow to beat them in their stadium.”

Thomas Tuchel won his first Chelsea game on Sunday when they beat Burnley 2-0

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Thomas Tuchel won his first Chelsea game on Sunday when they beat Burnley 2-0

Tottenham vs Chelsea: Match stats and facts

  • Tottenham have lost two of their last three home league games against Chelsea (W1), more than they had in their previous 11 (W5 D5 L1). They haven’t lost consecutive home league games against the Blues since a run of three between April 2004-August 2005.
  • Chelsea are unbeaten in their last four Premier League meetings with Spurs (W3 D1), keeping a clean sheet in three of these games.
  • Despite being the only side still unbeaten in Premier League London derbies this season, Spurs have won just one of their five such matches so far this term (D4).
  • Chelsea have lost four of their last five away league games (W1), as many as they had in their previous 16 on the road (W7 D5).
  • Last time out, Thomas Tuchel became the first Chelsea manager to keep a clean sheet in each of his first two Premier League games in charge since Rafael Benitez in November 2012. The last Chelsea manager to do so in his first three in the competition was José Mourinho in August 2004.
  • Tottenham Hotspur lost their last home Premier League game versus Liverpool (1-3) – they haven’t lost consecutive home games since January 2019, while manager José Mourinho has never lost consecutive home games in the competition.
  • Tottenham manager José Mourinho hasn’t won any of his last six meetings with Chelsea in all competitions (D3 L3). Only against Barcelona (7 between April 2011-January 2012) has he had a longer winless run against an opponent in his managerial career.
  • Just two of Chelsea’s 17 Premier League managers have lost their first ever London derby in the competition (W9 D6), with Guus Hiddink losing 0-1 at Spurs in March 2009 and Andre Villas-Boas 0-1 at QPR in October 2011.
  • Spurs were one of three English teams Thomas Tuchel had faced before becoming Chelsea manager, along with Liverpool and Manchester United, all in European matches. Tuchel won both of his Europa League matches against Spurs in March 2016 as Borussia Dortmund manager, winning both legs of the last 16 of that season’s tournament.
  • Tottenham have won just three of their last 13 Premier League games in which Harry Kane has not featured (D4 L6), including none of their last four (D1 L3). Indeed, one of those last four winless matches without Kane was against Chelsea, a 1-2 defeat in February 2020.



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