Good afternoon and welcome to LIVE coverage of Chelsea against Tottenham from Stamford Bridge. Should be quite an afternoon in London with the sun out in the capital. Gorgeous day for this match.

Spurs have won only one of their last six Premier League away matches in which Adebayor has played, losing four of them.

Sandro brings down Essien. Didn't look much in that one, but the referee felt otherwise.

Loose ball by Drogba as it flies behind for a goalkick to the visiting side. Friedel again goes short to keep the ball.

Parker heads the ball behind for a corner from Ramires's hooked cross. Mata with the corner, but Spurs manage to get a header on it to clear the danger.

Neither side really throwing bodies forward. A respectful start by both teams as Cahill rolls the ball back to Cech who smashes it long down the park.

Harry Redknapp has his jacket off and is out on the touchline. Not overly keen with what he is watching so far.

Terry slams a long ball into the path of Drogba. Spurs have enough bodies back to deal with the danger. Kaboul almost caught out by the bounce of the ball.

Not too many chances to speak of so far. A slowish start to the dag with both teams feeling each other out. Parker late on Sturridge at the halfway line.

Van der Vaart whips in the corner at pace, but headed clear by Terry. Terry then blocks the shot by Assou-Ekotto.

Cole tackles Walker out wide, and the visiting side earn the first corner of the afternoon.

Petr Cech has kept a clean sheet in slightly over half of his Premier League matches for Chelsea (126 in 249 matches to date), exactly double that of the next best for the club – Carlo Cudicini with 63. Cudicini is now at Tottenham and sits on the bench today.

Spurs trying to get themselves up the park. Again there is a spell of possession play from the visiting team.

A tentative start to this match before Friedel is forced to whack the ball clear with Lampard and Drogba threatening in the visiting box.

Harry Redknapp has lost his last eight visits to Stamford Bridge as a Premier League boss.

Spurs on the ball early on. Gallas rolls the ball back to Friedel. Nice possession play by the visitors before Chelsea finally win it as Cech hammers long down the park.

Chelsea get this match off and running. Glorious weather.

Teams out on the pitch. Chelsea fans unveil a huge banner with the words "Pride of London" on it.

Full teams and substitutes: Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Cahill, Terry, Cole, Essien, Lampard, Ramires, Mata, Sturridge, Drogba..subs: Turnbull, Luiz, Torres, Mikel, Malouda, Meireles, Kalou////Tottenham: Friedel, Walker, Kaboul, Gallas, Assou-Ekotto, Modric, Sandro, Parker, Bale, Van der Vaart, Adebayor..subs: Cudicini, Saha, Defoe, Kranjcar, Rose, Livermore, Nelsen////Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)

Chelsea have lost just one of their last eight Premier League home games. The west Londoners have won 16 and lost none of their last 24 matches against Spurs at Stamford Bridge in all competitions.

A few stats for you: Chelsea and Tottenham have both won two and drawn four of the last eight meetings between the two sides in the Premier League.

Here is the report from the 1-1 draw between the sides earlier in the season.