Analysis: Tottenham - Chelsea

It is time to see the next hit of the Premier League. This time the London derby will be held between Tottenham and Chelsea. Who will be better at the White Hart Lane?

Classification and teams’ condition:
Yesterday's matches ended well neither for Tottenham nor for Chelsea. The leading clubs of the English league from Manchester confidently won their matches and widened their gap between the London clubs. To make matters worse for the today's rivals, Arsenal won the away match against Aston Villa. At the moment, Tottenham takes the 3rd place having 34 points, while Chelsea takes the 4th place having 32 points.

Potential and team situation:
In December, both London teams lost points in just one game. The popular Spurs lost 3 points in the away match at the Britannia stadium against Stoke (1:2). Chelsea, after a series of victories over Wolverhampton, Newcastle and Manchester City unexpectedly played to a tie at the DW Stadium against Wigan (1-1). Today's match is also a fight between the financial magnates in the Premier League as Tottenham and Chelsea are among the wealthiest clubs in the tournament. The Internet portal transfermarkt.de estimates the value of Harry Redknapp’s players at 275 million €, and the Blues players at 421 million €. But still the money does not play, the players do.
Chelsea’s defenders should pay attention to Emanuel Adebayor, who scored five 5 goals in the previous matches. During a fight with Aston Villa and WBA he scored twice. Adebayor has a worthy competitor - Daniel Sturridge - in the team of Villas -Boas. The Chelsea striker, who put Fernando Torres back on the bench, scores goals almost each game (4 goals/5 matches). The duel between Adebayor and Sturridge flavours this match, given the fact that both strikers have 8 goals each in the Premier League.
If we are talking about the team situation before the London derby, it should be noted that the Spurs will perform without Niko Kranjcar, Tom Huddlestone and Michael Dawson. According to betinf.com a game of the three other Tottenham players: Jermain Defoe, Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon is undecided. If these players cannot play it will mean a great weakening of the host team, but we hope for the best. Apart from Essien all the Chelsea players are ready for the match, but after the match against Wigan Terry complained about the injury and Ramirez and Luis have some problems.

History of the meetings:
The White Hart Lane was a real fortress for the Blues last season. The Spurs lost at home to Chelsea in the Premier League on August 27, 2005, more than 6 years ago. Then the team from Stamford Bridge was coached by The Special One - Jose Mourinho. The overall balance of meetings at the WHL is aligned with Tottenham having a slight advantage: 23 home win, 16 ties, 22 Chelsea’s wins. What will happen this time?

Tips and justifications:
The outcome of this match is unpredictable and it is difficult to predict the winner of this fight. Given the fact that Chelsea and Tottenham have been showing a very good shape recently, largely thanks to their attackers, we believe that a good option may be placing bets on over 2,5 goals in the match. These teams scored 188 goals in 61 games at the WHL, which gives us an average of more than 3 goals / match. Last season the derby of these teams was full of emotions and goals.

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