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October 20, 2012 12:45 PM BST
White Hart Lane — London
Referee:‬ M. Dean‎
Attendance:‬ 36060‎
 
47′ William Gallas
Gary Cahill 17′
54′ Jermain Defoe
Juan Mata 66′
 
Juan Mata 69′
 
Daniel Sturridge 90+1′

Tottenham - Chelsea Preview: Villas-Boas set for reunion with former club as hosts bid to continue hot streak

Roberto Di Matteo's side have started the season in superb form and go into the game sitting top of the league, but they now face a stern examination of their title credentials

By James McManus

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TOTTENHAM

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Walker, Caulker, Gallas, Vertonghen
Dembele, Sandro
Lennon, Dempsey, Bale
Defoe
Chelsea

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Mikel, Ramires
Mata, Oscar, Hazard
Torres

Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas comes up against Chelsea for the first time as a manager since being sacked after an unsuccessul spell at the helm last year and he could welcome the return of both Kyle Naughton and Jake Livermore from their foot and groin injuries in time for the fixture.

The trip looks as if it will come too early for Benoit Assou-Ekotto, though and he should miss out with a knee injury, while Younes Kaboul and Scott Parker remain long-term absentees.

Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo will be without captain John Terry for the game after he accepted his four-game ban for racially abusing Antono Ferdinand, but Daniel Sturridge could return from a hamstring injury.

Elsewhere, Frank Lampard and Ryan Bertrand remain doubtful having both missed England duty with a virus and calf complaint.
  DID YOU KNOW?
  • Tottenham are currently on a nine-game unbeaten run, having not tasted defeat since the opening day of the season away at Newcastle.
  • The side have won their last four league games on the bounce.
  • Their start of 14 points from their opening seven league games has only been bettered once, back in 2009-10 when they took 15 points from the same number of games.
  • White Hart Lane is becoming something of a fortress for Spurs of late, having won 15 of their last 21 home matches, losing just twice.
  • Andre Villas-Boas (pictured right) emerged victorious in exactly half of his 40 matches in charge of Chelsea.
  • Chelsea have not won at White Hart Lane in their last six visits.
  • Should they lose to Tottenham, they will be left with the same record that Villas-Boas had from his first eight league games in charge.
  • So far this season, they have yet to concede a goal in the second half of any match, the only side in the top flight to do so.
  • The Blues have kept four clean sheets already this term, whereas last season in total they managed just 10

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Available Squads
24Brad FriedelGoalkeeper
-Jan VertonghenDefender
13William GallasDefender
28Kyle WalkerDefender
45Steven CaulkerDefender
23Clint DempseyMidfielder
7Aaron LennonMidfielder
22Gylfi SigurdssonMidfielder
30SandroMidfielder
6Tom HuddlestoneMidfielder
18Jermain DefoeStriker
25Hugo LlorisGoalkeeper
28Kyle NaughtonDefender
20Michael DawsonDefender
29Jake LivermoreMidfielder
-Andros TownsendMidfielder
10Emmanuel AdebayorStriker
-Iago FalquéStriker
1Petr CechGoalkeeper
2Branislav IvanovicDefender
3Ashley ColeDefender
4David LuizDefender
24Gary CahillDefender
7RamiresMidfielder
11OscarMidfielder
12John Obi MikelMidfielder
17Eden HazardMidfielder
9Fernando TorresStriker
10Juan MataStriker
22Ross TurnbullGoalkeeper
28César AzpilicuetaDefender
34Ryan BertrandDefender
6Oriol RomeuMidfielder
8Frank LampardMidfielder
13Victor MosesMidfielder
15Daniel SturridgeStriker
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