Tottenham vs Chelsea LIVE: Son on bench again for London derby, struggling Blues desperate for win while Spurs still without Conte – kick-off time, team news and how to follow
London rivals Tottenham and Chelsea clash today with both sides desperate for a win.
Graham Potter's struggles in charge of the Blues are continuing to mount and hit another low point last time out after defeat to bottom-of-the-table Southampton.
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They will now be out to try and finally turn things around by picking up a crucial three points in this London derby.
Spurs are the hosts and after beating West Ham last weekend, they sit just inside the Premier League's top four.
However, they'll remain without manager Antonio Conte on the sidelines as he continues his recovery from gallbladder surgery.
Tottenham vs Chelsea: How to watch
This Premier League clash will take place on Sunday, February 26.
Kick-off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is scheduled for 1:30pm.
The game will be shown live on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event.
talkSPORT will be providing regular updates.
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.
You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
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Tottenham vs Chelsea: Team news
Tottenham: Forster, Romero, Dier, Lenglet, Emerson, Skipp, Hojbjerg, Davies, Kulusevski, Richarlison, Kane
Subs: Sanchez, Son, Perisic, Danjuma, Porro, Tanganga, Moura, Sarr, Austin
Chelsea: Arrizabalaga, James, Thiago Silva, Koulibaly, Chilwell, Loftus-Cheek, Fernandez, Ziyech, Felix, Sterling, Havertz
Subs: Badiashile, Aubameyang, Bettinelli, Mudryk, Mount, Zakaria, Gallagher, Madueke, Wesley Fofana
Referee: Stuart Attwell
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Tottenham vs Chelsea: What has been said?
With Chelsea still struggling under Potter, talkSPORT’s Jamie O’Hara believes that the Blues boss’ time in charge is already up.
O’Hara told talkSPORT Breakfast: “If results don’t change I’d get rid of him now, before it’s too late, say ‘right this hasn’t worked out’.
“You’ve seen QPR sacking managers, Southampton sacking managers, why can’t Chelsea sack a manager? What because it’s Graham Potter and they’ve brought him in?
“You’ve got to sack him if it’s not working, get rid of him! That’s the Premier League, he’ll go and get another job he’s a top manager. It ain’t working, get someone else in.
“Go and get [Mauricio Pochettino], go and get Tuchel back!”
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Tottenham vs Chelsea: Match facts
- Only Kevin De Bruyne (5) has made more assists following a ball carry in the Premier League this season than Tottenham's Dejan Kulusevski (4).
- Chelsea's Raheem Sterling has scored six Premier League goals against Tottenham, including two at White Hart Lane and one at Wembley. He could become the third player to score against Spurs at each of their three home venues in the competition, after Aleksandar Mitrovic and Jamie Vardy.
- Tottenham's Son Heung-min has scored four goals in two substitute appearances in the Premier League this season, compared to just one goal in his 20 starts. It's more sub goals than any other player this season, while no Spurs player has ever scored five from the bench in a single Premier League campaign.
- Harry Kane and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg were on the scoresheet in Tottenham's 2-2 draw at Chelsea in August – the last Spurs player to score home and away league goals against Chelsea in the same season was Gary Lineker in 1990-91.
- Chelsea's Premier League games have seen just 46 goals this season (F23 A23), fewer than any other side. Meanwhile, only Manchester City's matches (84) have seen more goals scored than Tottenham's (79 – F44 A35).
- Chelsea have scored just six goals in their last 11 Premier League games – no team has scored fewer since the start of November (the first game in this run). Indeed, the Blues have netted more than once in just one of their last 14 league games (2-0 vs Bournemouth).
- Tottenham have beaten Man City 1-0 and West Ham 2-0 in their last two home league games, having lost four of their previous five at home. Spurs haven't won three consecutive Premier League home games without conceding since April 2019, in their first three matches at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
- Following their 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge in August, Tottenham are looking to avoid defeat in both Premier League meetings with Chelsea for the first time since 2015-16 (0-0 home, 2-2 away). Only once have they taken as many as four points from the Blues in a single Premier League season, doing so in 2008-09 (1-0 home, 1-1 away).
- Chelsea are unbeaten in eight Premier League meetings with Spurs (W6 D2), while they're looking to become just the third team to win four consecutive away league games against Tottenham after Arsenal (4 between 1952-1955) and Manchester United (6 between 2001-2007).
- Tottenham have lost all three of their home Premier League games against Chelsea at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium by an aggregate score of 6-0 – they'd only lost two of their previous 13 at home against the Blues before their move (W6 D5).
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