Tottenham Hotspur 2-4 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2012
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 2-4 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2012, 11:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Tottenham Hotspur 2-4 Chelsea: match report
Tottenham Hotspur lost to Chelsea 2-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 October 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.
Gary Cahill opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from William Gallas (47') and Jermain Defoe (54'). Chelsea scored through Gary Cahill (17'), Juan Mata (66'), Juan Mata (69') and Daniel Sturridge (90+1').
Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 5th on 14 points from 7 and Chelsea 1st on 19 points from 7. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 72 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 74.
Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 5 draws and 3 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Chelsea's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Gary Cahill
- 25'Yellow card · Branislav Ivanović
- 37'Yellow card · T. Huddlestone
- 40'Yellow card · William Gallas
- 45+2'Yellow card · Kyle Walker
- 45+4'Yellow card · Ramires
- 47'Goal · William Gallas
- 54'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 66'Goal · Juan Mata
- 69'Goal · Juan Mata
- 90+1'Goal · Daniel Sturridge
Head-to-head
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jan Vertonghen, William Gallas, Kyle Walker, Steven Caulker, Tom Huddlestone, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Clint Dempsey, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe, Brad Friedel, Sandro
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, David Luiz, Ramires, Juan Mata, Oscar, John Mikel Obi, Fernando Torres, Eden Hazard, Gary Cahill