Tottenham vs Chelsea possible line-up, team news and key stats

Chelsea are set to face Jose Mourinho's Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Tuesday in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.

Team news
Tottenham
Son Heung-min, Gareth Bale and Japhet Tanganga are out. Moussa Sissoko is a doubt.

Chelsea
Billy Gilmour, Hakim Ziyech and Christian Pulisic are ruled out of the game. Antonio Rudiger and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are unlikely to feature as well. Newcomer Edouard Mendy could make his debut for the Blues.

 Stats to know
Chelsea are hoping for a fifth successive victory against Tottenham in all competitions, the most since we won six in a row between January 2000 and January 2002.

Chelsea and Tottenham are drawn against each other in the League Cup for the seventh occasion, the most recent being the 2018/19 semi-final.
Our overall cup record against Tottenham 10 wins and six defeats.

Chelsea are looking to progress to the League Cup quarter-final for the third time in the past four seasons.

The Blues are unbeaten away in September for eight games in all competitions, winning six of them, since we lost 0-3 to Arsenal in 2016.
Tottenham have been knocked out of the League Cup by London clubs in five of the past seven seasons.

No manager has won the League Cup more times than Jose Mourinho (four), three with Chelsea and one with Man Utd. Alex Ferguson and Brian Clough also won it on four occasions.

 Probable line-ups:
Tottenham: Hart; Aurier, Alderweireld, Dier, Reguilon; Lamela, Alli, Bergwijn; Kane
Chelsea: Mendy; Azpilicueta, Zouma, Tomori, Chilwell; Barkley, Jorginho; Hudson-Odoi, Havertz, Mount; Abraham


 Score predictions
WhoScored: Tottenham 2-2 Chelsea
"Jose Mourinho would love to get one over his former employers, but we may see a draw in this London Derby on Tuesday night."

SportsMole: Tottenham 1-3 Chelsea

"Chelsea have more rest both before and after the match and should be buoyed by their epic comeback at the weekend, so we can see Lampard getting one over his former mentor Mourinho once again - albeit against a much-changed Tottenham team."

Tom McGarry, The Telegraph: Chelsea to win
"Lampard’s side will benefit from having an extra day to prepare for this fixture, while their recent record against Spurs adds to the case for them being heavy favourites."

Quotes from the managers
Jose Mourinho (via the Daily Mail)
"I would like to fight for the Carabao but I don't think I can.

We have a game on Thursday that gives us not as much money as the Champions League but the group phase of the Europa League gives us a certain amount that for a club like us is very important."

Frank Lampard
"I know for Jose it's a busy time with the Europa League. When I analyse Tottenham and see the squad that didn't play 90 minutes yesterday, I see a very strong squad."