Premier League Cup: Chelsea vs Tottenham
At 3:45 a.m. Beijing time on January 6, 2022, the first leg of the Premier League Cup semi-finals, the Blues Chelsea will face Tottenham At home. Chelsea have performed well this season, the team has advanced in all competitions, the Champions League has rushed to the round of 16; and the league end is currently in the second place in the league, with a 10-point gap with the leader Manchester City, although the road to the title is heavy and long, but it is still not a big problem to keep the top 4 in the league; and in the Premier League Cup, the Blues have also successfully reached the top 4. From the statistical point of view, Chelsea have scored 45 goals in 21 rounds of the league this season, conceding 16 goals, and are very good at both ends of the attack and defense.
Chelsea's recent results have been relatively stable, having been unbeaten in eight consecutive matches, the team played against Liverpool, and with two goals behind, with the goal of 2 kovacic and Pulisic, finally shook hands with the Reds 2-2. Chelsea currently have a lot of injuries, including Christensen, Werner, Cheek and Chilwell and other 6 people are injured, and striker Lukaku was fined 500,000 euros by the club for giving interviews privately, and the last round of matches was also excluded from the big list, although Lukaku later apologized to the team and teammates, and also accepted the club's punishment, but whether this game against Tottenham Hotspur can enter the big list remains to be determined.
Tottenham Also had some twists and turns at the beginning of the season, since Conte accepted the coaching seal, the team's form has been stable, and after 18 league rounds, it has achieved 10 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses, ranking 6th in the league with 33 points. However, it is worth noting that in the case of two rounds of less matches, it is only two points away from Arsenal in the Champions League zone, which shows that it still has a great chance to impact the Champions League qualification.
Tottenham's recent results have also been relatively stable, also unbeaten in eight competitions, including a 2-1 victory over the Hammers west Ham United in the Premier League Cup. The team had the advantage in the last game away to Watford, with 74% possession, 9 shots on target in 21 shots, more than 3 times the number of shots on goal, but the whole game until the stoppage time, with the goal of defender Davidson Sanchez, narrowly won 1-0. Tottenham's current squad is still intact, with only Belle Andr and Christian. Romero and 3 others were injured.
In terms of past encounters between the two teams, Chelsea have played Against Tottenham Hotspur in the past 10 times, achieving 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, and the Blues swept Tottenham 3-0 in the first leg of the league this season, and the advantage in terms of past performance is still relatively obvious. In terms of recent situation, although Chelsea have remained unbeaten recently, they have conceded goals in three consecutive games due to injury problems in the back line; while Tottenham Hotspur are also in a stable state, but the two-man status of Kane and Son Heung-min that rely on the offensive end still needs to be improved.