Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Thursday 22 December 2011

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Thursday 22 December 2011, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Chelsea: match report

Tottenham Hotspur drew with Chelsea 1-1 in the Premier League on Thursday 22 December 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.

Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Emmanuel Adebayor (8'). Chelsea scored through Daniel Sturridge (23').

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

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 3rd on 34 points from 15 and Chelsea 4th on 32 points from 16. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 69 points, and Chelsea 6th with 64.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-5-1 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 3 draws and 4 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Branislav IvanovićChelsea
  • 19'Yellow card · Emmanuel AdebayorTottenham Hotspur
  • 23'Goal · Daniel SturridgeChelsea · 1-1
  • 43'Yellow card · RamiresChelsea
  • 70'Yellow card · Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 3, draws 3, Chelsea 4.

Team news

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Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-5-1)

William Gallas, Ledley King, Kyle Walker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Rafael van der Vaart, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Emmanuel Adebayor, Scott Parker, Brad Friedel, Sandro

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, José Bosingwa, John Terry, Ramires, Juan Mata, John Mikel Obi, Raúl Meireles, Didier Drogba, Daniel Sturridge