The league table is allowed to rest as Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea battle for Carabao Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
This is a battle between neighbours, usually meaning increased tension and importance.
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.
Tottenham Hotspur form and stats
Tottenham Hotspur was eliminated in the final last season in the Carabao Cup.Tottenham Hotspur have performed here at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this season with 7 wins from 10 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. On the other hand, in the Carabao Cup, Tottenham Hotspur has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Spurs's last game was hosting Morecambe and winning 3-1. Midfielder Winks was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.83 (out of ten) in that game. Winks scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 108 successful passes (of 115 total).
Heartbreak before that as Spurs lost 0-2 at Chelsea's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Spurs perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tottenham Hotspur as a small favourite), we find two games. Tottenham Hotspur has won one of these, drawn zero and lost one.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Arsenal in only four days. This game is also played here at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The Spurs fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, Spurs have conceded 10 goals.
Chelsea form and stats
Chelsea was sent out of Carabao Cup in the 8th finals last season.Chelsea's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Chelsea collect 23 points from their 10 away matches in the Premier League. 7 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). When we have look at the Carabao Cup statistics, we find 2W-2D-0L. This is both home and away.
The supporters enjoyed Chelsea's previous game versus Chesterfield, a FA Cup 5-1 win played at home. As mentioned above, Chelsea was the only team on the pitch versus Chesterfield in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Tottenham Hotspur.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Chelsea in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Chelsea, three draws and zero defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Chelsea now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Manchester City is waiting in only three days.
The Chelsea manager Tuchel has got the team scoring on the road, with 20 away goals in 10 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
The former H2H meeting ended Chelsea - Tottenham Hotspur 2-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Spurs victories, three draws and seven Chelsea wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Son 8 goals |   M. Mount 7 goals |  J. Frello Filho 6 goals |
Tottenham Hotspur missing players
Chelsea missing players
| Tottenham Hotspur | Chelsea | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 39 | 27 | Scored | S | 20 | 55 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.1 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.6 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.1 | 16.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 6.6 | ||
| 33% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 34% | ||
| 11.3 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 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 |
