Super Sunday: LOADING…
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Chelsea vs Tottenham
Chelsea began their 2022/23 Premier League campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Everton away at Goodison Park. The performance was far from convincing, with the lack of goals being a concern for Thomas Tuchel. And the German tactician needs to find a way to address that issue at the earliest if the Blues are to fare better than they did the last term in the Premier League.
Meanwhile, Tottenham began their campaign with a bang, thrashing Southampton 4-1 at home. What will be encouraging for Antonio Conte is neither of his star attackers, Harry Kane and Son Heung-min, scored in the opener, but the team found other players to pick up the goalscoring duties.
A victory for either team in this high-profile encounter would send out an early message about their title credentials to the rest of their rivals. Chelsea have won each of their last four matches against Tottenham in all competitions and will hope to carry that streak forward, while the Lilywhites will be eager to break that run at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
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Chelsea vs Tottenham Stats
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Tottenham have won only seven of their 60 Premier League encounters against Chelsea (D20, L33).
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Chelsea have failed to win their opening Premier League home fixture in four of the past seven seasons (W3, D2, L2).
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Tottenham have won 99 London derby matches in the Premier League so far and could become the third club to reach the 100-mark, following in the footsteps of Chelsea and Arsenal.
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Chelsea collected more points on the road (40) than they did at Stamford Bridge (34) in the Premier League last season.
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Tottenham only managed to pick up one point in their five away London derbies last season, finding the back of the net just once.
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15 - Reece James has been directly involved in 15 goals in 28 appearances in the Premier League since the start of last season (6 goals, 9 assists), the most of any defender. Contribution.
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Harry Kane has now scored as many Premier League goals as Sergio Agüero:
Kun: 184 goals (275 games)
Kane: 184 goals (284 games)
Only three players in the competition’s history have more. 
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Cristian Romero 
Chelsea:
5 Clearances
7 tackles (most)
10 ground duels won (most)
8 possession won (most)
87.5% accurate passes
2 successful dribbles (most)
SOLID.
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Harry Kane Chelsea:
1 goal
3 key Passes
2 big chances created
4 long passes accuracy
4 Ground Duels Won
3 aerial duels won
3 fouls won
8.0 rating
Impressive. 
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Dean Henderson saved a penalty and kept a clean sheet in his first home game for Nottingham Forest 
Man United fans watching on 
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Pierre-Emile Højbjerg is the first Tottenham player to score a Premier League goal vs. Chelsea in 1,359 days 
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Reece James has more Premier League goal involvements than any other defender since the start of last season
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Kalidou Koulibaly’s game by numbers vs. Tottenham:
91% pass accuracy
82 touches
7 duels won
7x possession won
6 accurate long balls
5 tackles
3 shots
1 goal
An impressive home Premier League debut. 
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All three of the Chelsea starters that made their home Premier League debuts today were directly involved in a goal against Tottenham:
Kalidou Koulibaly: 
Marc Cucurella: 
Raheem Sterling:
A positive sign.
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