Chelsea vs Tottenham Prediction & Betting Tips - Premier League

Prediction published on 20/01/2022, 21:02  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 20/01/2022 at 22:02 in Premier League Prediction

Chelsea have managed to collect just one point in their last two matches and they will be hoping to do better when they host Tottenham on Sunday. Tottenham are chasing a top four slot and going into this game they have 36 points, in fifth place while third placed Chelsea have 44 points. Chelsea have played four more games than Spurs and this meeting will be their third in the month of January. The two sides recently met in the League Cup semis and Chelsea won home and away. Some shaky moments have been witnessed in Chelsea’s recent run, failing to score more than a goal in the last three matches among them, but they have three clean sheets in the last five matches. In the league, they need quite some improvement, after going winless in the last four matches, while they have no clean sheet at all in the last five league games. Both teams have scored in Chelsea’s last six home league games. In Chelsea’s last league match, they couldn’t hold on to a slim lead and allowed Brighton back into the game, which ended 1-1.

Tottenham staged a fine comeback, with two stoppage time goals to beat Leicester City 3-2 in their last games. Steven Bergwijn, returning from injury scored the two stoppage time goals to overturn what seemed like a sure win for the Foxes. Focus now turns to the team that has beaten them two times in the last four matches. Spurs have no clean sheet in their last four matches and failed to score in two of them but in the league, they have a nine-game unbeaten run. In their last five league matches, they have managed two clean sheets, with both sides scoring in three. Ahead of this game, it is their away form in the league that Spurs will want to improve, having managed just three wins in the last eight away league games. In their last five meetings with Chelsea, Tottenham have been second best, failing to win any.