Chelsea vs Tottenham preview

Team news, key stats and ways to follow ahead of Chelsea vs Tottenham on Saturday (12.30pm kick-off).

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Team news

Chelsea will be without midfielder N'Golo Kante for Saturday's crucial clash with top-four rivals Tottenham.

The France international picked up an abductor injury in the Blues' defeat to Manchester United on Monday and is expected to be out for three weeks.

Chelsea have been boosted by the return of Tammy Abraham and Ruben Loftus-Cheek, but Andreas Christensen, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Christian Pulisic remain doubtful.

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Tottenham could call upon Erik Lamela or Tanguy Ndombele from the start at Stamford Bride after the midfielders made their respective returns from injury from the bench against RB Leipzig.

With Heung-Min Son (arm) joining Harry Kane (hamstring) on Spurs lengthy injury list, Jose Mourinho faces a selection dilemma in attack. Moussa Sissoko (knee) and Juan Foyth (groin) are out.

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Follow the match in our dedicated live blog, while highlights will also be published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel at 5.15pm.

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Opta stats

• Chelsea have won their last two Premier League games against Tottenham, last winning three in a row in March 2006, when they were managed by current Spurs boss Jose Mourinho.
• Tottenham have won just one of their last 33 away games against Chelsea in all competitions (D11 L21), a 3-1 win in April 2018 in a Premier League fixture.
• The away side has won three of the last five Premier League meetings between Chelsea and Spurs (L2), with that occurring just once in the previous 23 games (W1 D9 L13).
• Chelsea have lost seven home games in all competitions this season - they last lost more at Stamford Bridge in a single campaign back in 1985-86 (8).
• Chelsea are winless in four Premier League games (D2 L2), last having a longer such run in the competition between October-December 2012 (7 games).

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Charlie's prediction

This is a massive game in the context of the top four. The serious interest is at the bottom, but the potentials for the top four is phenomenal. The fascination is Chelsea's home form, which has been awful. The youngsters have come out of the picture a bit, and it was always going to be an up-and-down season.

Tottenham were patting themselves on the back after their match against RB Leipzig. But why? They turned up for 15-20 minutes. Heung-Min Son is now injured, so what is their out ball? Lucas Moura played on the shoulder when he was scoring, so he could get in behind. But he does not link the play up; that is not his game. You can already see why they miss Christian Eriksen. They did get some fabulous money for him but you can see the difference in where Tottenham are going.

Chelsea and Tottenham do not like each other one bit, and it's Lampard against Mourinho. I am expecting there to be major discipline issues here; it will be a tense and aggressive affair. I am struggling to separate these two as you do not know what will you get off them. I would play Olivier Giroud, not Michy Batshuayi, and see how you go for 65-70 minutes. They need an out-ball to get up the pitch. That is my point regarding Moura - Tottenham need to be able to get out.

CHARLIE PREDICTS: 2-1 (15/2 with Sky Bet)

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