Tottenham Hotspur 5-3 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Thursday 1 January 2015

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 5-3 Chelsea

Premier League · Thursday 1 January 2015, 17:30 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 5-3 Chelsea: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Chelsea 5-3 in the Premier League on Thursday 1 January 2015. The half-time score was 3-1.

Diego Costa opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Harry Kane (30'), Danny Rose (44'), Andros Townsend (45+4', penalty), Harry Kane (52') and Nacer Chadli (78'). Chelsea scored through Diego Costa (18'), Eden Hazard (61') and John Terry (87').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 8th on 27 points from 19 and Chelsea 2nd on 42 points from 19. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Chelsea 1st with 83.

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 1 Tottenham Hotspur win, 5 draws and 4 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Diego CostaChelsea · 0-1
  • 30'Goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 44'Goal · Danny RoseTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 45+4'Penalty goal · Andros TownsendTottenham Hotspur · 3-1
  • 52'Goal · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur · 4-1
  • 61'Goal · Eden HazardChelsea · 4-2
  • 66'Yellow card · Nabil BentalebTottenham Hotspur
  • 72'Yellow card · PaulinhoTottenham Hotspur
  • 78'Goal · Nacer ChadliTottenham Hotspur · 5-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasChelsea
  • 87'Yellow card · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur
  • 87'Goal · John TerryChelsea · 5-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 1, draws 5, Chelsea 4.

Team news

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

Hugo Lloris, Kyle Walker, Federico Fazio, Jan Vertonghen, Danny Rose, Ryan Mason, Nabil Bentaleb, Andros Townsend, Christian Eriksen, Nacer Chadli, Harry Kane

Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)

Thibaut Courtois, Branislav Ivanović, Gary Cahill, John Terry, César Azpilicueta, Cesc Fàbregas, Nemanja Matić, Willian, Oscar, Eden Hazard, Diego Costa