Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 26 November 2016

Result

Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Saturday 26 November 2016, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Chelsea · Tottenham Hotspur · Premier League predictions

Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Chelsea won against Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 November 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Christian Eriksen opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Pedro (45') and Victor Moses (51'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Christian Eriksen (11').

Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 28 points from 12 and Tottenham Hotspur 5th on 24 points from 12. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 2nd with 86.

Chelsea lined up in a 3-4-3 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to César Azpilicueta of Chelsea (7.7), ahead of Eden Hazard (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Chelsea wins, 6 draws and 1 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Tottenham Hotspur's W-D-D-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Christian EriksenTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 19'Yellow card · David LuizChelsea
  • 26'Yellow card · Mousa DembéléTottenham Hotspur
  • 45'Goal · PedroChelsea · 1-1
  • 51'Goal · Victor MosesChelsea · 2-1
  • 85'Yellow card · WillianChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 3, draws 6, Tottenham Hotspur 1.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (3-4-3)

Thibaut Courtois, César Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, N'Golo Kanté, Nemanja Matić, Marcos Alonso, Pedro, Diego Costa, Eden Hazard

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)

Hugo Lloris, Kyle Walker, Eric Dier, Jan Vertonghen, Kevin Wimmer, Victor Wanyama, Mousa Dembélé, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli, Heung-min Son, Harry Kane