Chelsea will be looking to take advantage of Tottenham's woes at home in recent times with a fifth successive victory over their London rivals.

The Blues have a terrific recent record against Spurs, and the north Londoners’ home form may give Enzo Maresca and his side even more cause for optimism this evening. Tottenham have picked up just 13 points from their last 18 Premier League games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with only one home win under their belt this season.

Maresca, meanwhile, will be desperate for his team to bounce back from last weekend’s disappointment at home to Sunderland in the league, with the Black Cats scoring a 93rd-minute winner to claim all three points at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea did get back to winning ways in midweek, beating Wolves 4-3 in a thrilling Carabao Cup fourth round tie at Molineux.

The Blues fielded a second-string XI in Wolverhampton, and Maresca is expected to make wholesale changes to the line-up for this evening’s match, as Bobby Vincent discusses below in his predicted team:

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