TOTTENHAM VS CHELSEA: PREVIEW

It's the game of the Premier League weekend... It's a London Derby... It's Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea at Wembley.

Tottenham will be looking to keep the pressure on the top of the table with a win in the capital.

Chelsea will be looking to get back to winning ways, with their last game resulting in a goalless stalemate against Everton.

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TEAM NEWS -

Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen is in contention to return from a hamstring injury but fellow centre-back Davinson Sanchez faces a spell on the sidelines with a similar issue.

Source: Football365

Kieran Trippier, Danny Rose and Mousa Dembele are also ruled out for the home side.

Christian Eriksen is set to return to the starting line-up, after recovering from an abdominal injury.

Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic should be available for selection, despite missing Croatia's loss to England with an ankle injury.

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THE MANAGERS -

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has been explaining the reasons behind the amount of injuries he has to worry about currently.

"We're pushing players to the limit. The line between getting injured or not is so thin," the Spurs boss explained.

"We don't realise that we're playing with the health of the players. They're human. It's so tough. They are young. They need to enjoy life, too.

"They need to spend energy with families, kids, girlfriends. And the guys that are not with girlfriends need to go to try to find one."

Chelsea head coach Maurizio Sarri explained to the media that Manchester City are currently the best team in the Premier League.

"At the moment, in the Premier League there is a team above the others. This team is Manchester City," Sarri explained.

Source: Manchester City

"Then there is a very good team, Liverpool. For sure, they will be in the first four positions.

"Then there are four or five teams who will have to fight for the Champions League places: Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, [Manchester] United, maybe somebody else.

"For me, they [Manchester City] are stronger than us at the moment. We have to work, we have to work very hard just to try to recover the gap. But, at the moment, the gap is still there."

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MATCH STATS -

- Spurs have won three of their past seven Premier League meetings with Chelsea, as many as they won in the previous 49 top-flight games.

- If Tottenham manage a win at Wembley, it will be the first time they've beaten Chelsea twice in a row since August 1987.

- Dele Alli has scored five goals in his last four games against Chelsea in all competitions.

- Chelsea have attempted 8,706 passes so far this season, 400 more than any other side prior to the weekend's fixtures.

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BETTING ODDS -

Tottenham Hotspur: 9/5

Draw: 5/2

Chelsea: 8/5