Tottenham Hotspur have not won a league game away at Chelsea for 28 years.
Chelsea will play host to Tottenham on Sunday, in a game where the outcome will have huge ramifications regarding the race for the top four in the Premier League.
Spurs currently sit in fourth spot in the table, five points clear of fifth placed Chelsea, and a win at Stamford Bridge for Mauricio Pochettino’s side would all but seal their place inside the top four.
Antonio Conte’s team will be desperate to beat their London rivals, and keep their hopes of qualification for the Champions League alive.
Tottenham face two tough games after their clash with Chelsea – away to Stoke City and home to Manchester City, so avoiding defeat against the Blues will be vital.
Chelsea, meanwhile, face a home clash against West Ham before an away trip to Southampton after the Tottenham match, and they will be targeting nine points form those outings.
Spurs have not won at Stamford Bridge since 1990, so history certainly is not on their side, but Pochettino’s men will be quietly confident in their chances of leaving west London with all three points, having not lost a Premier League game since December.
Here we take a look at a combined Chelsea and Tottenham XI ahead of Sunday’s clash between the two sides.
We have taken into account the fact that Harry Kane, who would undoubtedly have made the XI, will most likely be unavailable for selection.
There are some notable absentees, including the likes of Cesc Fabregas, Victor Wanyama, Dele Alli and Thibaut Courtois, but with so many world class stars playing for both sides, choosing just 11 is next to impossible.
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