No goal until the 77th minute, then Spurs win 2-0 at Chelsea

Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur were level at 0-0 at half-time at Stamford Bridge, with Chris Kavanagh the referee. Tottenham made the first change in the 51st minute, Gallagher replacing Maddison, with injury given as the reason. In the 65th minute Chelsea changed one player, Palestra for Hato, and Tottenham two, Porro for Robertson and Solanke for Marmoush.

Gallagher was booked in the 67th minute, Palmer and van de Ven in the 71st, Mateus Fernandes in the 72nd and Pedro Neto in the 79th. Estêvão replaced Geovany Quenda for Chelsea in the 72nd minute.

The first goal came in the 77th minute, when Mike Penders scored an own goal. In the 80th, Cole Palmer was shown a second yellow card, his first having come in the 71st, and Chelsea played the rest of the match with ten players. Mathys Tel scored in the 87th minute to make it 2-0. Welbeck replaced Pedro Neto for Chelsea in the 88th, Davies replaced Tel in the 89th with Kulusevski on for Kudus in the same minute, and Rogers was booked at 90+1.

Tottenham had 15 shots to Chelsea's seven and 27 touches in the opposition box to 19. Each side put four shots on target. Tottenham had four off target and seven blocked, Chelsea one off target and two blocked, and seven of Tottenham's shots came from outside the box to one of Chelsea's. Tottenham won six corners to four. Expected goals were 0.74 for Tottenham and 0.43 for Chelsea.

Tottenham had 639 passes to 287, with a pass accuracy of 86.7 per cent to 74.9. They played 59 long balls to 45 and sent in 15 crosses to 12.

Tottenham won 64 duels to 45 and 17 aerial duels to seven. Chelsea made 22 tackles to 21, 13 of them won to 14, and 23 clearances to 13. Each side committed 14 fouls, Tottenham made four saves to Chelsea's three, and the distance covered was 97.6km for Tottenham and 94.9km for Chelsea.

Xabi Alonso started Chelsea in a three-four-two-one and Roberto De Zerbi started Tottenham in a four-two-three-one. Tottenham had more of the shots, the passes and the duels, and Chelsea more of the clearances.

Chelsea have won two of the three meetings listed here and lost the other. They won 2-1 at home in the Premier League in May 2026 and 1-0 away in the Premier League in November 2025, and lost 2-1 to Tottenham Hotspur in the Sydney Super Cup in August 2026.

In the table, with this match included, Chelsea were fourth on 13 points from eight games. Tottenham Hotspur were 12th on nine points from eight games.