Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur. Premier League.
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Tuesday 3 May 2016 08:30, UK
Tottenham will make a late decision on Eric Dier ahead of their Premier League match at Chelsea on Monday night, live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 7pm.
Following Leicester's 1-1 draw at Manchester United on Sunday, Tottenham must beat Chelsea in order to keep their title aspirations alive.
Spurs travel to Stamford Bridge buoyed by the news that manager Mauricio Pochettino has announced he plans to extend his contract by two years until 2021.
The Blues have endured a disappointing season but will need little motivation to conclude a poor season at by beating their London rivals.
Team news
Defenders John Terry and Gary Cahill are expected to be available for Chelsea.
Terry is likely to be fit, although possibly not to start, after missing 10 of the last 12 matches with a hamstring and then Achilles problem, while illness ruled Cahill out of last week's win at Bournemouth.
Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois completes his two-match suspension, while Loic Remy (groin) and Kurt Zouma (knee) are out.
Dier suffered a bout of concussion in the 1-1 draw against West Brom on Monday and Pochettino will decide on Sunday whether the midfielder is available.
Dele Alli will miss the game at Stamford Bridge as he begins a three-match suspension for violent conduct, while Nabil Bentaleb remains out with a knee injury.
Opta stats
Chelsea have not lost a league home game against Tottenham since February 1990; winning 17 and drawing eight of their 25 meetings at Stamford Bridge since.
Chelsea have currently suffered 199 defeats in the Premier League (in 920 matches).
Cesc Fabregas now has 95 assists in the Premier League - only Ryan Giggs (162) and Frank Lampard (102) have more in the history of the competition.
The Blues lost their last Premier League home game against Manchester City - they haven't lost two in a row in the competition at Stamford Bridge since November 2011.
Spurs have lost just one of their last 10 Premier League London derbies (W5 D4).
Tottenham have attempted 131 more shots on target than they have allowed their opponents this season; the biggest differential by a Premier League side in 2015-16.
Tottenham have currently lost 199 Premier League away matches (460 played overall).
Tottenham have lost 25 Premier League games against Chelsea; only against Manchester United (31) have they suffered more in the competition.
Harry Kane is two goals away from scoring 50 Premier League goals - if he does it in this game then he'll be the eighth quickest player to 50 goals in the competition (in his 84th appearance).
Merson's predictions
I'm going to go for a Chelsea win and for there to be goals. I watched Chelsea at Bournemouth last week and they will let in goals for absolute fun, and Tottenham have to have a go and Chelsea are good going forward.
Tottenham aren't going to go there and lie down, don't worry about that. Even if Leicester had won, they still aren't going to go to Stamford Bridge and get embarrassed. It will be an entertaining football match.
Paul predicts: Chelsea 3-2 Tottenham
Betting
Tottenham are 6/4 with Sky Bet to win at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea 13/8 and the draw 12/5. Harry Kane and Diego Costa are both Price Boosted to score and win with the Spurs' man 3/1 and Costa 4/1 for the Blues. Charlie Nicholas, Jamie Redknapp and Matt Le Tissier can't separate the sides in their Sky Bet tips, while Phil Thompson thinks Kane will score the only goal of the match at odds of 22/1.
