Premier League LIVE: Four games including Fulham v Arsenal, Ipswich v Bournemouth, Leicester v Brighton, Spurs v Chelsea – radio and text

Premier League LIVE: Four games including Fulham v Arsenal, Ipswich v Bournemouth, Leicester v Brighton, Spurs v Chelsea – radio and text

  • Tottenham have won just one of their last 11 Premier League games against Chelsea (D2 L8), winning 2-0 at home in February 2023.

  • After a run of just two wins in 13 Premier League away games against Tottenham between 2006 and 2018 (D5 L6), Chelsea have now won four of their last five visits to Spurs (L1).

  • Chelsea have won 35 Premier League games and scored 116 Premier League goals against Tottenham, more than against any other opponent. It is also the most goals Spurs have conceded against any team, while they have only lost more against Manchester United (39).

  • Tottenham Hotspur have remained unbeaten in their first four Premier League derbies in London under Ange Postecoglou (W2 D2), but have lost seven of their last 13 (W4 D2). However, five of the Australian’s six London Derby victories have come at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

  • Chelsea have won five of their seven games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in all competitions (D1 L1), the most wins by a visiting team at the venue since Spurs moved there in 2019.

  • Tottenham have kept just one clean sheet in their last 22 Premier League home games (4-0 against Everton this season), a run that began with a 4-1 defeat against Chelsea last November. In fact, as of early November 2023, no team currently playing in England’s top four leagues has recorded fewer domestic league failures than Spurs.

  • Tottenham’s Ange Postecoglou has lost each of his two league games against Chelsea, but only his first three top-flight meetings with three clubs: Adelaide City (1996-97) and Sydney United (1996-97), when he was South Melbourne coach and also against FC Tokyo (2018-19) when he was at Yokohama F. Marinos.

  • Nicolas Jackson has scored four goals in his two Premier League games for Chelsea against Tottenham and scored a hat-trick in this very game last season.

  • Tottenham’s Brennan Johnson has scored three goals in his last five Premier League home games, more than he scored in his previous 24 home games in the competition for Spurs and Nottingham Forest (2 goals).

  • Among teams he has played more than 1,000 minutes against, Tottenham striker Son Heung-Min has the worst minutes-per-goal ratio in the Premier League against Chelsea, where he played 16 games and 1,061 minutes against the Blues only scored two goals (531 minutes per goal).

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