Tottenham vs Chelsea

8 December 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 3 – 4

Half-time: 2–1

  • Dominic Solanke 5’
  • Dejan Kulusevski 11’
  • Son Heung-Min 90+6’
  • Jadon Sancho 17’
  • Cole Palmer 61’ (pen), 84’ (pen)
  • Enzo Fernández 73’

Match summary

Chelsea came back from 2 goals down to win 4-3 away at Tottenham. Tottenham led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Dominic Solanke put Tottenham ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Brennan Johnson, Dejan Kulusevski made it 2-0 in the 11th minute, set up by Pedro Porro, and Jadon Sancho pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 17th minute, set up by Marc Cucurella. In the second half, Cole Palmer equalised from the penalty spot in the 61st minute, Enzo Fernández put Chelsea in front in the 73rd minute, Palmer made it 2-4 from the penalty spot in the 84th minute, and Son Heung-Min pulled one back to make it 3-4 from a corner in stoppage time, set up by James Maddison.

Tottenham can feel hard done by, creating 3.26 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Chelsea's 2.58 from 17.

Match stats

Tottenham Chelsea
13 Shots 17
5 Shots on Target 8
5 Corners 10
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3.25 xG 2.57
3.25 Non-penalty xG 1.05
8 Deep Completions 16

Key events

Tottenham Chelsea
Kick-off
Dominic Solanke
Assist: Brennan Johnson1-0 (Tottenham)
5’
Dejan Kulusevski
Assist: Pedro Porro2-0 (Tottenham)
11’
17’
Jadon Sancho
Assist: Marc Cucurella2-1 (Chelsea)
Half-time2-1
61’
Cole Palmer
Penalty2-2 (Chelsea)
73’
Enzo Fernández2-3 (Chelsea)
84’
Cole Palmer
Penalty2-4 (Chelsea)
Son Heung-Min
Assist: James Maddison3-4 (Tottenham)
90+6’
Full-time3-4

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Tottenham
  • Yves Bissouma
  • Pape Sarr
Chelsea
  • Robert Sánchez
  • Romeo Lavia
  • Pedro Neto

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.26 2.58 5’ Dominic Solanke (Tottenham), 1-0 5’ 11’ Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham), 2-0 11’ 17’ Jadon Sancho (Chelsea), 2-1 17’ 61’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), 2-2 61’ 73’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), 2-3 73’ 84’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), 2-4 84’ 90+6’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), 3-4 90+6’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.26 2.58 5’ Dominic Solanke (Tottenham), 1-0 Solanke 5’ 11’ Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham), 2-0 Kulusevski 11’ 17’ Jadon Sancho (Chelsea), 2-1 Sancho 17’ 61’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), 2-2 Palmer 61’ 73’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), 2-3 Fernández 73’ 84’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), 2-4 Palmer 84’ 90+6’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), 3-4 Heung-Min 90+6’
Tottenham 3.26 xGChelsea 2.58 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Chelsea attacking Tottenham attacking 
61’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 84’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 35’ Dominic Solanke (Tottenham), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 34’ Pape Sarr (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.55 xG, hit the woodwork 90+6’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.47 xG, goal 5’ Dominic Solanke (Tottenham), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 90+4’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 68’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 77’ Jadon Sancho (Chelsea), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 4’ Levi Colwill (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 48’ Jadon Sancho (Chelsea), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 72’ Micky van de Ven (Tottenham), set piece, 0.12 xG, off target 38’ Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 41’ Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 11’ Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 90+3’ James Maddison (Tottenham), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90’ Dominic Solanke (Tottenham), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 24’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 73’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 49’ Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 73’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 32’ Pedro Neto (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90+6’ Pedro Porro (Tottenham), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 17’ Jadon Sancho (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 31’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 52’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 3’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 45’ Marc Cucurella (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 57’ Malo Gusto (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 90+6’ Pedro Porro (Tottenham), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 61’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 84’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 35’ Dominic Solanke (Tottenham), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 34’ Pape Sarr (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.55 xG, hit the woodwork 90+6’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.47 xG, goal 5’ Dominic Solanke (Tottenham), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 90+4’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 68’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 77’ Jadon Sancho (Chelsea), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 4’ Levi Colwill (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 48’ Jadon Sancho (Chelsea), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 72’ Micky van de Ven (Tottenham), set piece, 0.12 xG, off target 38’ Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 41’ Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 11’ Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 90’ Dominic Solanke (Tottenham), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+3’ James Maddison (Tottenham), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 24’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 73’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 73’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 49’ Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 32’ Pedro Neto (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90+6’ Pedro Porro (Tottenham), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 17’ Jadon Sancho (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 31’ Cole Palmer (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 52’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 3’ Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 45’ Marc Cucurella (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 57’ Malo Gusto (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 90+6’ Pedro Porro (Tottenham), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Fraser Forster GK900 0.000.000
Pedro Porro DEF9012 0.070.222
Micky van de Ven DEF811 0.120.000
Cristian Romero DEF140 0.000.000
Iyenoma Destiny Udogie DEF900 0.000.000
Pape Sarr MID901 0.550.000
Yves Bissouma MID810 0.000.000
Dejan Kulusevski MID8111 0.100.000
Brennan Johnson FWD5510 0.000.421
Dominic Solanke FWD9013 1.110.372
Son Heung-Min FWD9014 1.231.152
Radu Dragusin Sub760 0.000.000
Timo Werner Sub350 0.000.563
Lucas Bergvall Sub90 0.000.000
Archie Gray Sub90 0.000.000
James Maddison Sub911 0.090.471

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Tottenham win 33% Avg odds 2.90
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.98
Chelsea win 43% Avg odds 2.24

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Tottenham WLWDL
Chelsea DDWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham, 02 May 24 Next meeting: Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham, 03 Apr 25  All Tottenham vs Chelsea meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.