Chelsea welcomes Tottenham Hotspur to this second leg of the Carabao Cup Semi-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Chelsea form and stats
Last season, Chelsea's Carabao Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.5-5-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Chelsea so far this season. On the other hand, in the Carabao Cup, Chelsea has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Liverpool in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here. Chelsea salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Liverpool, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Pulišić equalizing. Midfielder Alonso was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.45 (out of ten) in that game. Alonso hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 43 successful passes (of 52 total).
In the match before that, Chelsea hosted Brighton & Hove Albion and drew the Premier League game 1-1.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Chelsea's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won two matches, drawn three and lost zero.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Chesterfield are coming to town in three days.
The Chelsea manager Tuchel has got the team scoring with 25 from 11 home games in the league. From these home matches, Chelsea have conceded only 10 goals.
Tottenham Hotspur form and stats
They also participated in Carabao Cup last season. This ended in the final.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Tottenham Hotspur have produced an overall stat of 3-2-3 so far. Total Carabao Cup statistics for Tottenham Hotspur: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
It's the second away game in a row for Spurs, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Watford in the Premier League last time out. The end of the last match, against Watford, was very satisfying as Sánchez scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Royal got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, top player of the team. Royal hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 73 successful passes (of 82 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Southampton.A new game in only four days for Spurs, the FA Cup home match versus Morecambe. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Spurs as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Spurs have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Chelsea wins - draws - Tottenham Hotspur wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Son 8 goals |   M. Mount 7 goals |  J. Frello Filho 6 goals |
Chelsea missing players
Tottenham Hotspur missing players
| Chelsea | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 52 | 29 | Scored | S | 12 | 37 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 7.4 | 8.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 16.8 | 18.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 32% | ||
| 8.5 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 40 | 53 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 29 | 43 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 34 | 42 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 35 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Brentford | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Southampton | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Everton | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 19 |
| 17 | Watford | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 18 | Burnley | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 11 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -23 | 11 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 23 | -34 | 10 |
