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Didier Drogba starts for Chelsea against Tottenham

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ByEurosport

Updated 03/12/2014 at 20:24 GMT

With Diego Costa suspended, Didier Drogba heads up the league leaders' attack in the match between Chelsea and Tottenham.

Didier Drogba scored his fourth goal of the season in the win over Schalke

Image credit: PA Sport

TEAM NEWS
Chelsea: Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Matic, Fabregas, Willian, Oscar, Hazard, Drogba.Subs: Cech, Zouma, Filipe Luis, Mikel, Schurrle, Salah, Remy.
Spurs: Lloris; Chiriches, Fazio, Vertonghen, Davies; Bentaleb, Mason; Lennon, Eriksen, Lamela; Kane. Subs: Vorm, Dier, Kaboul, Naughton, Chadli, Paulinho, Soldado.
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Tottenham's Roberto Soldado (C) scores his teams second goal past Everton's Tim Howard (L) (Reuters)

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MANAGER QUOTES
Jose Mourinho: "What do you want the team to do or to feel when a team is doing a perfect season? Top of the league in the Premier League. Top of the group in the Champions League. Quarter-finals of the Capital One Cup. Not losing one match for four months. The team has to feel very very well. And, when the defeat arrives, I think we have to feel exactly in the same way. We are doing things very, very well and it's not a bad result, when the bad result arrives, that is going to change our self-belief, our self-esteem."
Mauricio Pochettino: "We know that Chelsea are a very strong squad of the Premier League, they are an unbelievable team. We know that tomorrow we should expect a very tough game. Our players can look forward to go to Stamford Bridge to try to get the three points. We know it is a difficult stadium because in the last 14 games, they have made 11 clean sheets. They are not an easy team, but we go to (a stadium) where it is exciting to play, to show our skill and try to take the three points. I believe always in each game I go to play, I have full confidence we can win. We know that belief is important, that is the first thing to get the positive result and I always have confidence in my players."
MATCH BUZZ
MATCH FACTS
Chelsea have won 28 and lost just one of the last 34 Premier League games at Stamford Bridge.
Tottenham have lost just one of their last six Premier League away games (W3 D2 L1).
Tottenham have not won away at Stamford Bridge in any competition since February 1990 when Gary Lineker scored the winning goal in a 2-1 win (W0 D10 L17).
Jose Mourinho’s side have kept 11 clean sheets in their last 14 Premier League home matches.
Chelsea have lost only one of their last 17 Premier League London derbies (W12 D4) – this coming in a 1-0 defeat at Crystal Palace in March.
Chelsea have won all three Premier League games that they have conceded the first goal in this season.
Chelsea and Spurs have both won the most points from losing positions in the Premier League this season (9).
Didier Drogba has scored three goals and assisted four more in his last eight Premier League games against Spurs.
Chelsea are now unbeaten in all 20 of their competitive matches in 2014-15 (W15 D5).
Spurs have won three of their last four Premier League games (W3 L1); this after winning just three of their previous nine in the competition under Mauricio Pochettino (W3 D2 L4).
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FANTASY PICK
Eden Hazard (Chelsea): The Belgian had a quiet game against Sunderland, but should thrive in the extra space afforded by a Spurs side keen to commit men forward.
MATCH BUZZ
MATCH ODDS
Chelsea 1/3, Draw 15/4, Tottenham 17/2
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