Ange Postecoglou is in a position to pick Spurs’ best back four Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero And Micky van de Ven everyone returns. Archie Gray, Radu Dragusin and Ben Davies get out. The return of Son Heung-min That’s bad news for James Maddison, whose turbulent season continues with a return to the bench. Dejan Kulusevski will move into midfield.

Enzo Maresca did seven changesand it looks like this Romeo Lavia will play as a right-back. The four players who started the 5-1 win at Southampton are the unplayables: Marc Cucurella, Moises Caicedo, the in-form Enzo Fernandez and Cole Palmer.

Spurs (4-3-3) Ranger; Pedro Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Kulusevski, Bissouma, Sarr; Johnson, Solanke, son.
Substitutes: Austin, Reguilon, Dragusin, Spence, Maddison, Gray, Bergvall, Werner, Lankshear.

Chelsea (possible 4-2-3-1) Sanchez; Lavia, Badiashile, Colwill, Cucurella; Fernandez, Caicedo; Neto, Palmer, Sancho; Jackson.
Substitutes: Jorgensen, Disasi, Adarabioyo, Gusto, Dewsbury-Hall, Veiga, Madueke, Felix, Nkunku.

referee Anthony Taylor.

So is Chelsea in this title race or what? After today’s game we’ll have a better idea, a really tricky/surprisingly easy trip to Tottenham Hotpsur Stadium.

The reason for the two options is the current form of their opponents. The good news for Tottenham fans is that their team is no longer Spursy. The bad news is that they have become Jekyll and Spursy, capable of humiliating Manchester’s best with exciting football on a good day or losing to pretty much anyone on a bad day.

The row between Ange Postecoglou and Bournemouth’s legitimate empathy gap has heightened the spotlight ahead of tonight’s game, and his love affair with Spurs is starting to feel a little like Blue Valentine. Let’s hope not: as a neutral, Postecoglou’s team – and its repeated pleas for maturity in an exhaustingly infantile culture – contributes so much to the Premier League.

So does Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea. It certainly helps having Cole Palmer, but he’s done pretty remarkable things so far. Chelsea’s only defeats were against Manchester City (pre-crisis) and Liverpool and they are already nine points better off than at the same stage last season. Equally important, given the nature of Chelsea FC in the 21st century, there was almost no noise.

What would Big Ange give for a little peace and quiet? The best way to achieve this now and forever is to win football games.

Start 4:30 p.m.