Happy birthday, Chelsea Football Club: 109 years old on Monday 10 March. Four league titles, seven FA Cups, four League Cups, four Youth Cups, two Cup Winners Cups, one Europa League and Londons only Champions League triumph PRE-MATCH BRIEFING: CHELSEA V TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - PART ONE TALKING POINTS This is the 150th match between Chelsea and Tottenham in all competitions, stretching back to a Joe Bradshaw winner for the Pensioners in December 1909. Should the Blues win what is usually a fiercely contested London derby, a 16- point distance between SW6 and N17 will emerge. KEY STAT Jose Mourinho takes charge of his 75th Premier League game at Stamford Bridge this weekend. He remains unbeaten, gaining 190 points from a possible 222. The attacking midfielders maiden hat-trick for Chelsea was the second of his career after the three goals for Germany against Sweden last October. It was achieved in just 16 minutes and 34 seconds of the second half but was not as quick as substitute Jimmy Floyd Hasselbainks treble against Wolves in March 2004, which took just 13 minutes and helped us to a 5-2 victory. Andre is the third German to score a Barclays Premier League hat-trick after Fredi Bobic of Bolton and Tottenham favourite Jurgen Klinsmann, and the last three top-flight trebles have been by Blues men. Only six other sides in Premier League history have produced three individual hat-trick scorers over the same campaign, and none as many times as the pride of Londons three. Up to now only Manchester United and Arsenal and have managed four in one Premier League season… watch this space. Three hat-trick scorers in same season LEEDS 1992/93: Eric Cantona, Gordon Strachan, Rod Wallace. CHELSEA 1997/98: Tore Andre Flo, Gianluca Vialli, Gianfranco Zola. MAN UTD 1999/00: Andrew Cole, Paul Scholes, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Dwight Yorke. ARSENAL 2000/01: Thierry Henry, Ray Parlour, Sylvain Wiltord. ARSENAL 2002/03: Thierry Henry, Freddie Ljungberg, Jermaine Pennant, Robert Pires. CHELSEA 2009/10: Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou, Frank Lampard. NEWCASTLE 2010/11: Leon Best, Andy Carroll, Kevin Nolan. FULHAM 2011/12: Clint Dempsey, Andrew Johnson, Pavel Pogrebnyak. MAN CITY 2011/12: Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko, Carlos Tevez. CHELSEA 2013/14: Samuel Etoo, Eden Hazard, Andre Schurrle. With Arsenal and Manchester City involved in the FA Cup and Liverpool having no fixture this weekend, the opportunity is there for the current leaders to pull seven points clear with nine league games to go. Pressure would increase on Capital One Cup winners City not to slip up in any of the three games they have in hand: the Manchester derby at Old Trafford on Tuesday 25 March and Aston Villa and Sunderland (postponed as a result of bad weather) at home, both still to be rescheduled. Chelsea have just completed our most successful winter period for years, as the Yellow Ball table below shows. Back in the title-winning season of 2004/05 the Blues gained 42 points from 16 matches between November and March. Yellow ball final table Top Pld Gd Pts 1 Chelsea 19 +19 43 2 Man City 18 +31 41 3 Arsenal 19 +16 40 4 Liverpool 19 +29 39 5 Man United 19 +11 34 6 Tottenham 19 0 34 This will be the second of four London derbies in five league games. In two weeks time the Blues host Arsenal, followed by a trip to Selhurst Park. Premier London League Pld Gd Pts 1 Arsenal 7 +11 19 2 Chelsea 7 +8 15 3 Tottenham 6 0 10 4 West Ham 7 -1 7 5 Fulham 8 -8 6 6 C Palace 7 -10 3 Spurs have so far taken one point from games against Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool and Arsenal - in our 1-1 meeting at White Hart Lane. They face the Gunners at home a week on Sunday. Top seven mini-league * Top Pld Gd Pts 1 Man City 8 +17 18 2 Chelsea 9 +5 18 3 Liverpool 8 +10 13 4 Arsenal 8 -5 9 5 Everton 9 -6 9 6 Tottenham 9 -14 9 7 Man Utd 9 -7 6 The race for the Premier League Golden Boot Luis Suarez (Liverpool) 24 Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) 18 Sergio Aguero (Man City) 15 Loic Remy (Newcastle) 13 Yaya Toure (Man City) 13 Eden Hazard 12 Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) 12 The race for the Premier League Golden Glove Petr Cech 12 Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) 12 Wojciech Szczesny (Arsenal) 12 Tim Howard (Everton) 10 John Ruddy (Norwich) 10 Barclays Premier League fixtures Saturday West Brom v Manchester United 12.45pm - BT Sport Cardiff v Fulham 3pm Crystal Palace v Southampton 3pm Norwich v Stoke 3pm Chelsea v Tottenham 5.30pm - Sky Sports The matches between Arsenal and Swansea, Manchester City and Aston Villa, Newcastle and Everton, Liverpool and Sunderland and West Ham and Hull were postponed due to the FA Cup quarter-finals. Time its GMT Barclays Premier League table - top eight Pld Gd Pts 1 Chelsea 28 +30 63 2 Liverpool 28 +38 59 3 Arsenal 28 +24 59 4 Man City 26 +42 57 5 Tottenham 28 +4 53 6 Everton 27 +11 48 7 Man United 27 +12 45 CHELSEA STATS The Blues are seeking to extend our unbeaten league record to 14 games since our last defeat at Stoke on 7 December. Chelsea have the tightest defence in the Barclays Premier League, conceding only 22 goals in 28 games including 12 clean sheets. Since the November international break, the Blues have won 42 points from a possible 51, more than any other club. Chelsea have gained 14 points from losing positions this season, still the best record in the Premier League. The Blues have won 15 and drawn two of the 18 league games we have opened the scoring. The Blues are 10 points up compared with the corresponding 28 fixtures last season. We have kept 10 clean sheets and conceded just seven goals in our last 16 games in all competitions. Chelsea have won 19 and drawn four of our last 23 home Premier League games since QPR won at Stamford Bridge on 2 January last year. Jose Mourinho is unbeaten at Stamford Bridge in all 90 domestic games in open play. Last six results Feb 8 Newcastle (h) W 3-0 Feb 11 West Brom (a) D 1-1 Feb 15 Manchester City (FA Cup a) L 0-2 Feb 22 Everton (h) W 1-0 Feb 26 Galatasaray (Champions League a) D 1-1 Mar 1 Fulham (a) W 3-1 Premier League scorers (52) Hazard 12 (2 pens), Etoo 6, Oscar 6, Schurrle 6, Lampard 5 (1 pen), Torres 4, Ivanovic 3, Terry 2, Willian 2, own goals 2, Ba 1, Cahill 1, Mikel 1, Ramires 1. Chelseas next three games Sat 15 Mar Aston Villa away 5.30pm Tue 18 Mar Galatasaray (Champions League) home 7.45pm Sat 22 Mar Arsenal home MILESTONES Samuel Etoos next goal will be the 300th of his club career (Leganes 4, Real Mallorca 68, Barcelona 130, Inter Milan 53, Anzhi Makhachkala 36, Chelsea 8). Frank Lampards next converted penalty will be his 50th for the Blues. If selected, Lampard will play his 573rd career Premier League match and move ahead of David James as second all-time Premier League appearance maker behind Ryan Giggs (629). It will also be his 400th Premier League start for Chelsea. Congratulations to Samuel Etoo who celebrates his 33rd birthday on Monday and to Marko Marin who turns 25 on 13 March. TOTTENHAM STATS Formed 1882 Major trophies 2 League championships, last in 1961 8 FA Cups, last in 1991 4 League Cups, last in 2008 7 FA Charity/Community Shields (3 shared), last in 1991 1 European Cup Winners Cup in 1963 2 UEFA Cups, last in 1984 Spurs best seasons in the Premier League were fourth in 2009/10 and 2011/12. Tottenham have the best away record in the Premier League with most wins (nine) and 29 points from 14 games, three points more than Arsenal and four more than Chelsea. They have only conceded 15 away goals which is bettered only by Chelsea. Their wins have been at Crystal Palace, Cardiff, Aston Villa, Fulham, Sunderland, Southampton, Man Utd, Swansea and Newcastle, two draws at Everton and Hull and three defeats at Arsenal, Man City and Norwich. Tottenham have only dropped six points from winning positions They have won one point fewer than at the same stage last season. Tottenham have won 13 and not lost any of the 16 games when they opened the scoring. Spurs have not won this season when losing at half-time. Manager Tim Sherwood Days in charge: 82 Played 16 Won 9 Drawn 2 Lost 5 Spurs last 10 year league history 2003/04 45 14th 2004/05 52 9th 2005/06 65 5th 2006/07 60 5th 2007/08 46 11th 2008/09 51 8th 2009/10 70 4th 2010/11 62 5th 2011/12 69 4th 2012/13 72 5th Last six results Feb 9 Everton (h) W 1-0 Feb 12 Newcastle (a) W 4-0 Feb 20 Dnipro (Europa League a) L 0-1 Feb 23 Norwich (a) L 0-1 Feb 27 Dnipro (Europa League h) W 3-1 Mar 2 Cardiff (h) W 1-0 Premier League scorers (37) Adebayor 8, Soldado 6 (4 pens), Paulinho 4, Eriksen 3, Sigurdsson 3, own goals 3, Capoue 1, Chadli 1, Chiriches 1, Defoe 1, Dembele 1, Holtby 1, Lennon 1, Sandro 1, Townsend 1, Walker 1. WINDOW WATCH Tottenhams completed January transfers Ins None. Outs Simon Dawkins (Derby County, £500,000), Shaquile Coulthirst (Leyton Orient, loan), Jonathan Obika (Brighton, loan), Ryan Fredericks (Millwall, loan), Adam Smith (Bournemouth, undisclosed), Lewis Holtby (Fulham, loan). THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE Michael Oliver is the official for his third Blues game this term. His most recent was our 3-1 home win against Southampton in December, the other being the 2-0 at Swindon in the Capital One Cup three months earlier. OTHERWISE ENGAGED There are no suspensions. David Luiz and Ramires have been shown eight domestic yellow cards and are two bookings away from a two-match ban.
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