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Preview Pack - Spurs v Chelsea - 05.11.06

· Last Year's Game - 2-0 to Chelsea
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Full Record of Tottenham Hotspur -v- Chelsea


Premier      Pl   W    D    L    For-Ag  Pts
Home         14   0    5    9     9- 26   5
Away         14   0    5    9    10- 28   5
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Total (Prem) 28   0   10   18    19- 54  10
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Football Lge
Home (Div 1) 42  20    9   13    79- 57  51
Away (Div 1) 42  19    6   17    63- 50  46
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Total(Div 1) 84  39   15   30   142-107  97
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Football Lge
Home (Div 2)  2   1    1    0     7-  4   3
Away (Div 2)  2   0    1    1     1-  4   1
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Total(Div 2)  4   1    2    1     8-  8   4
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Total (Prem) 28   0   10   18    19- 54  10
Total(Div 1) 84  39   15   30   142-107  97
Total(Div 2)  4   1    2    1     8-  8   4
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Grand Tot   114  40   27   49   169-169 111
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Last Six Premiership results:-


Great new Spurs Head to Head Records in this new publication! (Spurs Odyssey is grateful to Bredon Books Publishing for their permission to quote certain statistics from their book in the compilation of this preview)
Spurs

Spurs      0-0   Fulham
Liverpool  3-0   Spurs
Spurs      2-1   P'tsmouth
A. Villa   1-1   Spurs
Spurs      1-0   West Ham
Watford    0-0   Spurs

Chelsea

Chelsea    1-0   Liverpool
Fulham     0-2   Chelsea
Chelsea    1-1   A. Villa
Reading    0-1   Chelsea
Chelsea    2-1   P'tsmouth
Sheff Utd  0-2   Chelsea

Pos         P  W  D  L  F- A GD  Pts
 2 Chelsea 10  8  1  1 17- 5 12  25 
12 Spurs   10  3  3  4  6-10 -4  12

The years roll by, and Spurs worst Premiership stats get rolled out via every form of media for all to see. Chelsea fans love it of course, referring to their annual visit as a trip to "Three Point Lane", and now we Spurs faithful have to wonder if next year we will be referring to "20 years since we beat Chelsea at home in the League". The man who scored that winning goal was Nico Claesen, featured in Thursday night's programme, and apart from Jonathan Blondel, the only Belgian to have played in our colours. Does it help you to know that Spurs were denied the chance to beat Chelsea in the 1988-9 season, as they were in the old Division Two? No? I thought it wouldn't.

How about these few stats? Both teams have now played 71 seasons in the top flight of the English League. Chelsea have now won the title three times to our two, after their two consecutive victories in the last two seasons. Spurs are currently enjoying their longest run in the top flight, or at any level of the Football League. Spurs have been relegated four times to Chelsea's six, and promoted five times to Chelsea's seven. Whilst Chelsea are crowing over their record of the last ten years, Spurs do still have the better overall League record, having an average position of 13th to Chelsea's 15th, and ninth to Chelsea's eleventh over the last 25 years. That's better, isn't it?

Spurs gave two fine performances in last year's games. In the home game, one of our least favourite referees, Rob Styles, saw fit to send off Mido in the early stages for having his arm raised in an aerial challenge. Thereafter, Spurs fought bravely, but succumbed to goals from Del Horno, and Damien Duff. These two members of the playthings of West London have moved on and been replaced (not directly) by such attractions as Khalid Boulahrouz (who can play right across the back), and most famously, Michael Ballack. It took a while for the latest version of Jose Mourinho's men to settle down, as it seemed that Ballack's arrival was interfering with Frank Lampard's midfield supremacy. Lampard is in the goals again, and Ballack has also found the net twice in League games, and once in Europe.

Both teams acheived great mid-week results against European teams beginning with "B"! Drogba scored that late equaliser in Barcelona, keeping Chelsea ahead of their group, and also ensuring that Barcelona have a fight on their hands not to finish third in the Champions League group stage. The possibility of Spurs also facing the Catalan side in the later stages of the UEFA Cup is one to relish - although perhaps we would rather wait to meet them at Hampden Park in May!

Now Spurs have to try and replicate their European form in the Premiership, and this game in front of Sky's "Super Sunday" cameras would be just the time to do it. Michael Dawson has a slight hip problem, but I suspect he'll be okay. Young-Pyo Lee returns to the squad, but the first choice defence should be available for Spurs behind Martin Jol's midfield and striker variations. Mido would love to play of course, but I think that Berbatov will start, with maybe Jermain Defoe taking Robbie Keane's starting place.

The referee for this game will be Graham Poll, who we last encountered in last season's away game at Stamford Bridge. On that day he booked two players - Duff and Drogba.

Would I be so bold as to predict a touch of history? No, I can't do that, and as usual, I'll hope for a draw.

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