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42 min: In the technical areas, Thomas Frank is hysterically gesticulating to the Spurs players, while Enzo Maresca is calmly applauding his. That just about sums it all up.

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40 min: Spence nearly has his pocket picked out on the Chelsea right by Neto. He drags his man down but the referee waves play on. Hmm. Another referee on a different day might have awarded the free kick and booked Spence, but here we are. Spurs can’t keep carrying on like this.

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38 min: A free kick out for Spurs on the left, and a chance to strike back quickly. Porro curls it in, but it’s so easy for Sanchez to pluck from the sky. Sanchez then looks long for Pedro, who can’t control the ball. That’s a let-off for Spurs, as Pedro would have been clear on goal otherwise. The home defence all over the shop.

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36 min: That really had been coming. Spurs are tying themselves up in all sorts of knots as they attempt to pass it out from the back. Caicedo was utterly relentless there. Two 50-50 duels won in quick succession, before barging his way past Danso and teeing up his mate. What a wonderful all-action midfielder he is.

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GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Chelsea (Pedro 34)

Spurs play themselves into trouble again. Caicedo wins the ball down the inside-right channel off Spence. Spurs get the ball back, but then it’s Van de Ven’s turn to be stripped by Caicedo, who is buzzing around relentlessly. Caicedo enters the box, sees off Danso, and rolls across to Pedro, who whips into the top left. It had been coming.

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Updated at 14.09 EDT

33 min: If you gave Pedro his time again, he’d surely not try to trick the keeper by giving him the eyes and looking to slot at the near post. A shot towards the right-hand side of goal was surely the option.

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31 min: Porro ships possession with a loose pass that deflects into the box from the Chelsea left. Pedro nips in and he’s one on one with the keeper! Vicario saves a low drive with his feet.

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30 min: Before the throw comes in, the referee picks up a couple of empty Jack Daniels miniatures and hands them to a steward. Then Danso delivers. Sanchez claims, and Chelsea, having put three men on the halfway line while defending the throw, counter at speed. Fernandez tries to escape down the right but Spence does enough to put a stop to his gallop. Clever tactics from Chelsea, though.

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29 min: Anyway, the corner. Porro delivers it from the left. It’s eyebrowed away from danger by Pedro, though here comes Danso, preparing to take a long throw from the other flank.

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28 min: Vicario is feeling the back of his knee, but for now it looks like he’s fine to continue. He’s back on his feet, but not moving particularly smoothly.

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27 min: Spence makes good down the left and earns a corner off Gusto. But before the set piece can be taken, Vicario goes down and calls for some treatment. On come the doctors again. Speaking of which, here’s Espen B: “All credit to the Spurs medical team but surely it would be better to have to have an independent doctor the way the NFL does. Not only do you have pressure from the player himself to continue, but if you have a Jose Mourinho as manager, you are in danger of losing your job if you actually do your job.”

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25 min: That was better from the hosts, but Chelsea continue to be the better side. Garnacho turns on the jets and reaches the byline to the left of goal. He cuts back, hoping to find Pedro, but the ball doesn’t make its way through to the striker. Spurs clear their lines.

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23 min: Spurs sling the ball back into the mixer and win another corner. From that one, sent in by Porro from the right, Simons has half a chance to shoot from the edge of the D but turns the opportunity down. He should have bought a ticket to the raffle, because when the ball’s finally delivered into the box, it’s an easy claim for Sanchez.

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22 min: Gusto carelessly concedes a corner with a wayward backpass. A gift for Spurs. Porro swings it in from the left. It might be squeaking into the top-left corner! Chalobah heads off the line and clears.

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Updated at 14.00 EDT

20 min: Garnacho and Fernandez are combining well down the Chelsea left. The latter flicks a cute pass infield to release Garnacho into a pocket of space just inside the Spurs box. Garnacho tries to thread a shot across Vicario and towards the bottom right, but gets it all wrong. The ball trundles harmlessly into the keeper’s arms.

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19 min: James has a dig from distance. High and wide right. Vicario watches it sail out of play with a cigar on.

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18 min: Spurs haven’t got going at all. Bergvall’s early departure has almost certainly jiggered their plans. “I wish it wasn’t notably praiseworthy to substitute a concussed player, but it is,” observes Kári Tulinius. “As a supporter of Arsenal it doesn’t come naturally to me to say this: well done Spurs.”

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16 min: Vicario flaps at James’s corner, but gets away with it. Spurs clear. Chelsea try to keep the pressure on. Fernandes claims a free kick, tangling on the right with Van de Ven, but the referee waves play on and the ball rolls out for a goal kick.

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15 min: Garnacho makes a nuisance of himself down the left. Twice. First time he lays off to Fernandez, whose attempted cross pings up off Porro’s leg and onto his arm. Chelsea claim a penalty, but come off it and come on. Garnacho comes again and wins a corner. From which …

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14 min: Chelsea are seeing most of the ball, though, so in that sense something is beginning to take shape.

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13 min: That early Bergvall sub has affected the momentum of the game, and with it the derby atmosphere. Nothing’s quite got going yet, and it’s fallen fairly quiet.

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11 min: Pedro twists and turns down the right and wins a corner. It’s only half cleared, and Cucurella is gifted the opportunity to have a crack at goal from the edge of the D. His shot is blocked and cleared.

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9 min: That’s a concussion substitution. Spurs still hold a full hand of five subs. It also means Chelsea are allowed to make an extra sub, if they so desire.

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Updated at 13.41 EDT

7 min: Bergvall really wants to come back on. But he clearly can’t continue, a little shaky on his feet. The physio, to his great credit, digs his heels in. Bergvall disappears down the tunnel in disappointment, but the Spurs medical staff are doing the right thing by the young man. Simons comes on in his place.

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5 min: Bergvall is desperate to stay on. The physio insists he walks to the sidelines. The player complies, but shakes his head in irritation while doing so. “No, no,” he insists. Spurs down to ten for now.

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4 min: Bergvall has taken an accidental whack to the head, and is stumbling around in a very uncertain manner. He goes over once, then upon getting up, nearly again. That doesn’t look good. On comes the physio.

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3 min: Both teams are wearing black armbands this evening in memory of former Spurs defender Willie Young, who passed away this week.

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2 min: Kudus has a probe down the right but there’s nobody else in lilywhite on his wavelength, and the chance to attack passes.

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Updated at 13.39 EDT

Chelsea get the ball rolling. We’re fully into autumn now, so a miserable quantity of rain is falling. It’s expected to clear up as the match progresses but let’s see.

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The teams are out in N17. Spurs in lily white, Chelsea in royal blue. London derby + expectation + anticipation + fine new stadium x afternoon pints = rare old atmosphere. We’ll be off in a couple of your Greenwich Mean Time minutes.

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Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca talks to Sky. “Spurs line up with so many different midfielders … Thomas Frank was doing the same [pressing] with Brentford … they will change nothing … it will be a tough game … we did not expect [to lose against Sunderland] but now we move on … game by game … I don’t have any doubt that we will be there [in the Premier League] but the season will be a marathon.”

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Spurs boss Thomas Frank speaks to Sky Sports. “We always try to pick the right team for the right game-plan and opponent … we can tweak a little bit … this team has a very good chance to get the three points … energy … pressing skills … an open game … I think it is going to be a good game … it is a massive opportunity for us today … under the lights … a big game against Chelsea … we will come out with great energy … super excited.”

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The 3pms have finished. Spurs are still where they were this morning: in third place, thanks to Manchester United’s failure to win at Nottingham Forest, the game at the City Ground ending 2-2. Chelsea however have slipped from ninth into the bottom half of the table, leapfrogged by Crystal Palace and Brighton & Hove Albion, who beat Brentford 2-0 and Leeds 3-0 respectively. Billy Munday tells all the stories in Clockwatch.

But the table, extremities apart, is tight. Spurs could end the evening in second spot with a win here; Chelsea can rise all the way to third if they beat Spurs by two goals tonight.

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Updated at 13.00 EDT

Spurs make two changes to the team selected for the 3-0 win at Everton last weekend. Lucas Bergvall and Pape Matar Sarr come in for Brennan Johnson and Xavi Simons, who drop to the bench. Cristian Romero returns from injury but is only good for a place on the bench.

Chelsea also make two changes to the XI that started their last Premier League fixture, the 1-2 home reverse to Sunderland. Wesley Fofana and Malo Gusto replace Josh Acheampong and Marc Guiu, who are both benched. Both sides with slightly more defensive selections than last week, then.

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Updated at 13.08 EDT

The teams

Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Danso, van de Ven, Spence, Joao Palhinha, Sarr, Kudus, Bentancur, Bergvall, Muani.

Subs: Scarlett, Odobert, Johnson, Romero, Tel, Udogie, Richarlison, Simons, Kinsky.

Chelsea: Sanchez, James, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella, Gusto, Caicedo, Pedro Neto, Fernandez, Garnacho, Joao Pedro.

Subs: Jorgensen, Adarabioyo, Bynoe-Gittens, Santos, Hato, Acheampong, Guiu, Estevao, Lavia.

Referee: Jarred Gillett.

VAR: Craig Pawson.

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Updated at 12.27 EDT

Preamble

There are two ways to look at this. Tottenham Hotspur are currently third in the Premier League, while Chelsea flounder in ninth. So that’s way number one, and it was good for Spurs.

Here’s the other way. Chelsea have won their last four Premier League fixtures against Spurs. They’ve won five of their six Premier League matches at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. They’ve scored four times on each of their last two visits. They’ve only lost one of the last 13 Premier League meetings. They’re 37-8 up on wins in the Premier League era, leading by an aggregate score of 121-63. So that’s way number, er, two, and it’s fair to say the recent record between these two clubs is fairly lopsided.

Hold on, come to think of it, there’s a third way. Spurs have just lost at home to Aston Villa and won well at Everton, while Chelsea won well at Nottingham Forest before losing at home to Sunderland. So way number three suggests we simply don’t know what on earth to expect here tonight. Hey, unpredictability is the fun and lifeblood of football. Kick-off is at 5.30pm GMT. It’s on!

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