Tottenham versus Chelsea head to head

Chelsea are hoping for a fifth successive victory against Tottenham in all competitions, the most since we won six in a row between January 2000 and January 2002.Chelsea and Tottenham are drawn against each other in the League Cup for the seventh occasion, the most recent being the 2018/19 semi-final.

Our overall cup record against Tottenham 10 wins and six defeats.

Our last away meeting at Tottenham in the League Cup

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1 CHELSEA 0Carabao Cup semi-final, first leg, Wembley, 08.01.19, 8pm

Tottenham Hotspur (4-3-1-2) Gazzaniga; Trippier, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Rose; Sissoko, Winks (Skipp 89), Eriksen (Llorente 90+1); Alli; Son (Lamela 79), Kane (c).Unused subs: Lloris, Walker-Peters, Foyth, Davies.Manager: Mauricio PochettinoBooked: Winks 29, Sanchez 59, Lamela 82Scorer: Kane 26 (pen)

Chelsea (4-3-3) Arrizabalaga; Azpilicueta (c), Rüdiger, Christensen, Alonso; Kanté, Jorginho, Barkley (Kovacic 75); Hudson-Odoi (Giroud 79), Hazard, Willian (Pedro 62).Unused subs: Caballero, Zappacosta, Ampadu, David Luiz.Head coach: Maurizio SarriBooked: Arrizabalaga 25

Referee: Michael OliverAttendance: 44,371

Chelsea stats

Chelsea are looking to progress to the League Cup quarter-final for the third time in the past four seasons.The Blues are unbeaten away in September for eight games in all competitions, winning six of them, since we lost 0-3 to Arsenal in 2016.Tammy Abraham (aged 22 years, 360 days) is the youngest player to reach 20 goals in all competitions for Chelsea since Oscar (22 years, 118 days) in January 2014.

At 36 years and one day, Thiago Silva is the oldest outfield player to play for Chelsea since John Terry’s final game against Sunderland in May 2017 (36 years, 165 days) and the oldest outfield player to make his debut since Graham Rix against Viktoria Zizkov in September 1994 (36 years, 327 days).Before the weekend game at West Brom, the last occasion we were three goals behind and came back to get a result was against Ajax last season. We were 1-4 down and came back to draw 4-4.

Tottenham stats

Tottenham in the League CupWinners: 1970/71, 1972/73, 1998/99, 2007/08Runners-up: 1981/82, 2001/02, 2008/09, 2014/15

Last seasonPremier League - sixthFA Cup - fifth roundCarabao Cup - third roundChampions League - round of 16Top scorer all competitions: Harry Kane 24

Tottenham have been knocked out of the League Cup by London clubs in five of the past seven seasons.

2013/14 Lost at home to West Ham in the quarter-final2014/15 Lost to Chelsea in the final2015/16 Lost at home to Arsenal in the third round2016/17 Lost at Liverpool in the fourth round2017/18 Lost at home to West Ham in the fourth round2018/19 Lost on penalties to Chelsea in the two-legged semi-final2019/20 Lost on penalties at Colchester in the third round

This Carabao Cup tie is Tottenham’s first of the season as they received a bye from the third round due to Leyton Orient’s positive Covid-19s test results.

No manager has won the League Cup more times than Jose Mourinho (four), three with Chelsea and one with Man Utd. Alex Ferguson and Brian Clough also won it on four occasions.Tottenham are seeking their first home victory of the season after losing to Everton 0-1 on the opening day and drawing to Newcastle on Sunday. They have won all three away games, at Lokomotiv Plovdiv (2-1), Southampton (5-2) and Shkendija (3-1), scoring 10 goals in the process.Starting with Newcastle on Sunday, Spurs have to play four games in eight day - Chelsea Tuesday, Maccabi Haifa home Thursday and Man Utd away Sunday.

2020/21 scorers in all competitions

Son 5, Kane 3, Lamela 1, Moura 1, Ndombele 1

Tottenham’s last line-up

Sunday 27 SeptemberTottenham 1 Newcastle 1Team 4-2-3-1: Lloris (c); Doherty, Sanchez, Dier, Davies; Hojbjerg, Winks; Moura (Lamela 79), Lo Celso (Ndombele 77), Son (Bergwijn h/t); KaneScorer: Moura 25

Tottenham’s major summer transfers

INSGareth Bale - Real Madrid, loanMatt Doherty - WolvesJoe Hart - BurnleyPierre-Emile Hojbjerg - SouthamptonSergio Reguilon - Real Madrid

OUTSTroy Parrott - Millwall, loanOliver Skipp - Norwich, loanJan Vertonghen - released, now BenficaMichel Vorm - releasedKyle Walker-Peters - Southampton

Discipline

There are no suspensions.

Yellow cards only count in the competition they are received. In the Carabao Cup, two yellow cards will result in a one-match suspension. The cut-off point is the quarter-finals, so no player can miss the final through cumulative yellows.

Carabao Cup bookings listTottenham: NoneChelsea: None

Referee

Lee Mason who last took charge of a Chelsea game in our 2-2 draw at Leicester in the Premier League in February.

There is no Video Assistant Referee (VAR). The EFL has elected to use the system only in the semi-finals and final.

Read: News from Frank Lampard ahead of the game