{"id":10924,"date":"2026-05-19T21:34:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=10924"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:34:49","slug":"chelsea-vs-tottenham-team-news-four-changes-for-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=10924","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea vs Tottenham &#8211; Team News: Four changes for Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chelsea face Tottenham at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League in just over an hour, and the team news for the game is in!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We expected a few changes from Calum McFarlane given we played on Saturday afternoon, and we\u2019ve got four of them in the end.<\/p>\n<p>First up the injury prone boys drop out. Reece James leaves midfield and Levi Colwill the back line after racking up serious minutes on Saturday. James is replaced in midfield by Andrey Santos, while Colwill is replaced by Jorrel Hato in the back line, the left back sliding inside from left back.<\/p>\n<p>At right back, Malo Gusto is rested after playing a lot recently. Young Josh Acheampong comes in to replace him.<\/p>\n<p>Up front, Joao Pedro drops out as predicted, with Liam Delap replacing him. Marc Cucurella drops from a left wing position to left back and Pedro Neto makes a first start in a few months replacing him.<\/p>\n<p><em>Here are the full team line-ups for Chelsea vs Tottenham (kick off at 20:15 GMT)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>CHELSEA:<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chelseas-team-to-face-Tottenham-414x552.jpg.webp 414w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chelseas-team-to-face-Tottenham-630x840.jpg.webp 630w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chelseas-team-to-face-Tottenham-768x1024.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chelseas-team-to-face-Tottenham-770x1027.jpg.webp 770w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chelseas-team-to-face-Tottenham-900x1200.jpg.webp 900w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chelseas-team-to-face-Tottenham-1152x1536.jpg.webp 1152w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chelseas-team-to-face-Tottenham.jpg.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 62vw, (min-width:920px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 100vw, (min-width:394px) 394px, 100vw\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chelseas-team-to-face-Tottenham.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-160474 has-webp\" alt=\"Chelsea's team to face Tottenham.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chelseas-team-to-face-Tottenham-414x552.jpg 414w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chelseas-team-to-face-Tottenham-630x840.jpg 630w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chelseas-team-to-face-Tottenham-768x1024.jpg 768w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chelseas-team-to-face-Tottenham-770x1027.jpg 770w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chelseas-team-to-face-Tottenham-900x1200.jpg 900w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chelseas-team-to-face-Tottenham-1152x1536.jpg 1152w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chelseas-team-to-face-Tottenham.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 62vw, (min-width:920px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 100vw, (min-width:394px) 394px, 100vw\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/1600;max-width:1200px\"\/><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chelsea\u2019s team to face Tottenham.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We can\u2019t say we\u2019re too confident in this team, which lacks its best centre back, its best striker and its best full back. But there is enough quality in there to win a game if this team actually beliebe in themselves.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Chelsea star Joao Pedro will not be going to the World Cup with Brazil \u2013 it\u2019s surprising, but it\u2019s also great news for the Blues in many ways.<\/p>\n<p>It was a well deserved POTS award for the striker in any case, as he put together a strong second half of the season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast! Fresh Xabi Alonso to Chelsea news! Summer Transfer Plans! 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