The weekend’s action in the Premier League finishes off at Stamford Bridge with a fascinating derby between Chelsea and Tottenham. Spurs will try to end an 11-game win-less streak in the match-up.
Harry Kane is the favorite to be the man of the match on Sunday with the odds at 4.50 by bookmaker William Hill. Raheem Sterling leads the pack among Chelsea players with the odds at 5.00.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: August 12th, 8:00 A.M. (EST)
You have to go all the way back to November 2018 to find the last league victory for the Spurs in this fixture and they are completely without a win in 90 minutes since battling out a 1-0 triumph via a Kane penalty in a League Cup contest in January 2019.
The two teams met four times last season and Chelsea ended up winning all of the meetings with a combined score of 8-0. The Blues are favored to take the victory again and Tottenham have only ever recorded just one Premier League win at Stamford Bridge, but it actually wouldn’t be a major surprise if we saw an away win on Sunday.
Antonio Conte has done a wonderful job with the Spurs and the team kicked off the new campaign in style, coming from behind to beat Southampton 4-1. The team netted four goals without Kane and Son Heung-min getting on the scoresheet, which should be a very encouraging sign for Conte as Tottenham have previously relied too much on the duo.
Kane has scored just once in his last 10 league appearances against Chelsea and Son has only ever gotten two goals in 15 career games against the Blues, but the team now might not need their goals to be successful on Sunday.
Chelsea opened the season with a 1-0 away victory against Everton. The team needed a Jorginho penalty to seal the deal and the performance was far from impressive.
Thomas Tuchel is still working on getting some new signings in and there’s bound to be an adjustment period following a busy summer, which could leave Chelsea pretty vulnerable during the first few weeks of the new campaign.
Tuchel has already lost as many home Premier League games as Jose Mourinho did during his two stints as Chelsea boss and the form at Stamford Bridge clearly needs improvement if the Blues want to contend for the title. Winning on Sunday would be a great way to set the tone for the rest of the campaign.
