Tottenham vs Chelsea preview

Game :- Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea

Barclays Premier League

White Hart Lane, London

Sunday, December 12, 2010.

Kick off :- 16.00 UK time.

Sunday’s last Premier League clash sees Carlo Ancelotti’s out of form Chelsea take on Harry Redknapp’s Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.

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Chelsea have struggled to reproduce the form that saw them race to the top of the Premier League early in the season. Carlo Ancelotti’s men are now third in the table with 30 points from 16 games. They have won only one of their last six games in all competitions and went down 1-0 to Olympique Marseille in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Chelsea form- last five games-most recent first- Newcastle scorers in brackets-

Olympique Marseille 1-0 Chelsea
Chelsea 1-1 Everton ( Didier Drogba)
Newcastle 1-1 Chelsea ( Salomon Kalou)
Chelsea 2-1 Zilina ( Daniel Sturridge, Florent Malouda)
Birmingham 1-0 Chelsea
Sunderland 3-0 Chelsea

Frank Lampard is still out for Chelsea as Ancelotti will not risk him directly in such a high profile game without testing his fitness.

Tottenham Hotspur are fifth in the table, just four points behind Chelsea. They topped their Champions League group by drawing 3-3 with FC Twente in the Netherlands on Wednesday.

Spurs still have Niko Kranjcar and Rafael van der Vaart out, while Younes Kaboul will have a late fitness test. Jermaine Jenas, Tom Huddlestone, Ledley King and Jonathan Woodgate continue to be long term absentees.

Here is an important fact- Chelsea have not won on their last four trips to White Hart Lane. Tottenham have won three of those fixture, with one game ending in a high scoring 4-4 draw.

Tottenham form- last five games- most recent first- Tottenham scorers in brackets-

Birmingham 1-1 Tottenham ( Sebastien Bassong)
Tottenham 2-1 Liverpool ( Own goal, Aaron Lennon)
Tottenham 3-0 Werder Bremen ( Younes Kaboul, Luka Modric, Peter Crouch)
Arsenal 2-3 Tottenham ( Gareth Bale, Rafael van der Vaart, Younes Kaboul)
Tottenham 4-2 Blackburn ( Gareth Bale