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Thomas Tuchel 'impressed' with makeshift Chelsea side during win over Spurs
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Tottenham Hotspur's Ben Davies scores a comical own goal as the Lilywhites go 2-0 down against Chelsea in the first leg of their EFL Cup semi-final.
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The Match
Team News
Romelu Lukaku is one of six changes made by Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel for Wednesday's EFL Cup tie with Tottenham Hotspur.
Preview
Sports Mole previews Wednesday's EFL Cup clash between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
Predicted Lineups
Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how Tottenham Hotspur. could line up for Wednesday's EFL Cup semi-final first leg with Chelsea.
Injuries & Suspensions
Sports Mole rounds up all of Chelsea's latest injury and suspension news ahead of their EFL Cup semi-final first leg with Tottenham Hotspur.
We said: Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
Both sides were certainly made to work for their results in the Premier League at the weekend and fatigue could come into play, especially with Conte reluctant to alter his starting lineup recently. The Blues should have at least one recognised striker available here, but while their run of draws at Stamford Bridge has to end at some point, we expect Conte's resilient defence to withstand the onslaught and leave it all to play for in the second leg. Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Chelsea win with a probability of 51.24%. A draw had a probability of 24.4% and a win for Tottenham Hotspur had a probability of 24.37%.
The most likely scoreline for a Chelsea win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.87%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.62%) and 2-0 (9.02%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.58%), while for a Tottenham Hotspur win it was 0-1 (6.98%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Chelsea would win this match.
| Result | ||
| Chelsea | Draw | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 51.24% | 24.39% | 24.37% |
| Both teams to score 53.09% |
| Goals |
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
