Tottenham will aim to move second in the Premier League at home to a Chelsea side three points behind them on Saturday.
Thomas Frank’s team are alone in being yet to lose away in the top flight this season but have taken one point from their last three league home matches, spurning a lead to lose 2-1 to visitors Aston Villa on October 19.
Chelsea’s four-match winning run in all competitions came to an end last Saturday, when Sunderland recovered from behind to win 2-1 through Chemsdine Talbi’s 93rd-minute winner at Stamford Bridge.
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Tottenham starting line-up vs Chelsea
Centre-back Kota Takai is close to a training comeback for Spurs but midfielder Dejan Kulusevski is still out and forward Dominic Solanke will not be available until at least the trip to Arsenal on November 23, Frank said.
Radu Dragusin, Yves Bissouma, James Maddison, Archie Gray and Ben Davies remain sidelined.
“If you can avoid muscle injuries – hamstring, calf, quads, stuff like that – because of a good gym programme, recovery, the right way to train, the right processes, then I think you’re halfway there,” the Dane observed of his attempts to retain a fully fit squad.
“Then there are the contact injuries you really can’t avoid and then the return to play again. That time from when they get injured to when they came back to training are the two bits you need to nail.
“We have been quite good on soft tissue muscle injuries, which I’m very pleased with. Now it’s just with contact injuries and some odd injuries. We need to get the return-to-play time down.”
Tottenham starting XI: Vicario, Danso, Van de Ven, Pedro Porro, Spence, Palhinha, Sarr, Bentancur, Bergvall, Kudus, Kolo Muani
Spurs substitutes: To follow
Chelsea starting line-up vs Spurs
Defenders Levi Colwill and Benoit Badiashile, midfielder Dario Essugo and forward Cole Palmer are among Chelsea’s injury absentees, while forward Liam Delap is suspended after being sent off in the 4-3 EFL Cup fourth-round win at Wolves on Wednesday.
Wingers Alejandro Garnacho and Jamie Gittens scored their first goals for the club against Wolves but manager Enzo Maresca says he is managing the minutes he gives to midfielders Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez, as well as forward Joao Pedro.
“Game by game, we can’t plan with them because of their problems, their situations,” explained Maresca. “So it’s about taking it game-by-game and seeing how many minutes we can use them for.”
Chelsea starting XI: Sanchez, Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella, James, Caicedo, Neto, Enzo, Garnacho, Joao Pedro
Chelsea substitutes: To follow
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