Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea Predictions

• At least three goals have been scored in five of Tottenham’s last six league games
• At least three goals have been scored in Chelsea’s last six Premier League matches
• At least three goals have been scored in three of the last six meetings of these clubs

Potent Premier League pair set to open floodgates 

Tottenham might have enough tricks up their sleeve to keep Chelsea below them on Saturday when the two clubs clash in North London again. This fixture ended in a memorable 4-3 win for Enzo Maresca’s side over Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs in early December last year and goals might be the most predictable element again.

Tottenham and Chelsea are the Premier League’s joint-leading goalscorers this term, alongside Manchester City, and the Blues have been conceding far too many for their fans’ liking too.

Attacking potency and defensive naivety was on show in equal measure as Chelsea beat Wolves 4-3 at Molineux in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night. Maresca made wholesale changes, but his squad is much deeper at the top end of the pitch than at the back.

Spurs’ scorelines are more straightforward now

Meanwhile, Tottenham were being taught a lesson on Tyneside in a 2-0 cup defeat that lessens Thomas Frank’s ability to emulate Postecoglou’s silverware delivery promise. More importantly for them now is the fact that they are comfortably placed in the top four and on course to qualify for the Champions League without having to win a European trophy.

Frank has restored some normality to Spurs’ play and their games are much easier to predict. They have secured three 3-0 wins in the league, a 2-0 win at Manchester City, a 2-1 win at Leeds, draws with Brighton and Wolves and narrow defeats to Bournemouth and Aston Villa.

The problem about backing them from a betting perspective here is that they have been much more effective on the road, winning four of their five league trips, than they have at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Chelsea could be caught out this time

Chelsea seem to be equally capable of having a bad day at home or away, so it is back to the goal markets we go for the best bet. The Blues’ four away league games have averaged 4.0 goals per game and each of their last six have surpassed the 2.5-goal mark.

At least three goals have been scored in five of Spurs’ last six league games and the reason the 1-1 draw with Wolves did not hit the mark was purely down to poor finishing from both teams.

A 2-1 home win could be on the cards if Tottenham show a bit more fight than they did at Newcastle in midweek with Chelsea still looking far from the finished article under Maresca and with a couple of key players missing.