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Spurs vs Chelsea Previous Fixture

Spurs 2 – 0 Chelsea (26^th February 2023).

Tottenham Hotspur’s most recent match against London rivals Chelsea was in February 2023 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It was the home side who took home the derby bragging rights after securing a deserved 2-0 victory.

Before facing Chelsea, the Lilywhites sat 4^th in the Premier League table with 42 points after 24 matches. They were in the race for Champions League qualification, with 7 points separating themselves and Manchester United in 4^th place. Spurs were also a point ahead of Newcastle in 5^th and 4 points ahead of high-flying Fulham in 6^th place.

In their most recent match ahead of their clash with the Blues, Spurs had beaten another London side West Ham 2-0. Brazilian right-back Emerson Royal opened the scoring for the home team in the early stages of the second half (56’), before Heung-Min Son scored to secure all three points with less than 20 minutes of the match remaining (72’).

Chelsea were occupying 10^th place with 31 points and 4 behind Brentford. The Blues had a 3 point advantage over Aston Villa in 11^th place after 23 matches.

It was the visitors who had the first effort on goal in the match through João Félix, who saw his shot on goal go wide of the post (2’). Then, after receiving the ball from Kai Havertz, Morocco international Hakim Ziyech had a shot on goal of his own a few minutes later, which was blocked by the Tottenham defenders (12’).

Harry Kane had his first opportunity of note with 20 minutes gone when he saw his effort from outside of the penalty area fly narrowly wide of the post after receiving a headed pass from central defender Ben Davies (20’).

Richarlison did have an opportunity to open the scoring for Tottenham Hotspur in the closing stages of the first half, only for the ball to fly wide of the post following a shot from just inside of the penalty area (41’).

After going into half time on level terms, midfielder Oliver Skipp gave Spurs the lead in some style, finding the top right corner with a venomous shot from outside of the penalty area, giving goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga no chance of making a save (46’).

Tottenham’s next significant opportunity of the match came through Richarlison with just over ten minutes of the contest remaining. The Brazilian forward saw an effort from outside of the box fly just over the crossbar after receiving the ball from Emerson Royal (75’).

Then, a Heung-Min Son cross led to Eric Dier having an opportunity of his own to put the result beyond doubt in the late stages of the match, but his header went agonisingly wide of the post. Kane then got his goal immediately after this chance, finding the bottom left corner of the net from the subsequent corner kick (82’).

The full-time whistle went with Spurs coming away with a richly deserved 2-0 victory and London Derby bragging rights against Chelsea. The Blues did dominate possession with 58.8% compared to Spurs’ 41.2%, but they did not have the most shots on target. It was the Lilywhites with the most shots on target, with 3 compared to Chelsea’s 2.