Tottenham Hotspur Takes on Chelsea: A Premier League Showdown

Tottenham travel to Stamford Bridge to face their bitter rivals Chelsea in a London derby. The last encounter between the two sides was back in November where Tottenham were thrashed by Chelsea (4-1) in match where they received two red cards and James Madison got an injury. Tottenham were defeated in Sunday's North London Derby and  now face an uphill battle to secure a top-four spot given their remaining fixtures. 

Chelsea fought to earn a point against Aston Villa on Saturday and could have gone away with all the three points if it wasn't for VAR towards the end of the match. Chelsea are tough to beat on home soil and still have a chance of securing a spot for European Club Football for next season.

Thiago Silva who is set to leave Chelsea at the end of the season got injured at Villa park and might have made his last appearance for Chelsea on Saturday night. Reece James, Romeo Lavia, Ben Chilwell, Enzo Fernandez, Lesley Ugochukwu, Malo Gusto, Carney Chukwuemeka and Wesley Fofana are all out as well with injuries and won't be available for the match against Tottenham.

After picking up a hamstring injury in the North London Derby, Timo Werner is unlikely to feature in the match against Chelsea. Destin Udogie is out for the remainder of the season after undergoing thigh surgery. Other Tottenham injuries include Ryan Sessegnon, Fraser Forster, and Manor Solomon.

Chelsea's record at Stamford Bridge is quite impressive and  Tottenham could be facing another potential defeat in this fixture. Spurs were seen to be vulnerable at defending set pieces in the North London Derby, the two goals from those situations made it 14 goals now conceded from set pieces in the Premier League this season giving Spurs the sixth-worst record in the division, this is a weakness Chelsea will be hoping to exploit.

Tottenham now trail Aston Villa by seven points with two games in hand in the race for Champions League football.

With the race for the extra Champions League places over after Dortmund defeated PSG on Wednesday and all English clubs accept Aston Villa being knocked out of all European Club Competitions, the two extra places were given to the Serie A league and the Bundesliga. Spurs have only one way left to qualify for the Champions League now, they will have to win both of their games in hand to have a shot of actually qualifying