{"id":11087,"date":"2026-05-20T02:42:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=11087"},"modified":"2026-05-20T02:42:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:42:39","slug":"tottenham-xi-vs-chelsea-predicted-lineup-and-team-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=11087","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham XI vs Chelsea \u2013 Predicted lineup and team news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Tottenham Hotspur travel to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday evening looking to officially secure their Premier League survival.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Roberto De Zerbi\u2019s rejuvenated side have completely transformed their fortunes by taking 8 points from their last four matches. Spurs sit two points clear of West Ham with a crucial game in hand ahead of kickoff. Victory tonight would guarantee safety for the Lilywhites while automatically relegating their fierce West London rivals. That said, the visitors must overcome a historically terrible record on this particular ground.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Tottenham Hotspur team news<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>De Zerbi faces an extensive injury list with seven key first-team players completely ruled out of contention. Dominic Solanke, Xavi Simons, Cristian Romero, Mohammed Kudus, Dejan Kulusevski, Ben Davies, and Wilson Odobert are unavailable. James Maddison made a brief cameo against Leeds following an ACL injury but lacks match sharpness to start.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario is fit after hernia surgery but faces a battle with the in-form Antonin Kinsky. Richarlison will spearhead the frontline alongside support from Randal Kolo Muani, Mathys Tel, and Conor Gallagher.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs aim to claim a third consecutive away victory for the first time since November 2020. They have conceded only one first-half goal under De Zerbi compared to conceding in 11 straight games previously.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Tottenham Hotspur predicted lineup<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Tottenham Hotspur predicted XI:<\/strong> Kinsky; Porro, Danso, Van de Ven, Udogie; Bentancur, Palhinha; Kolo Muani, Gallagher, Tel; Richarlison.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>When will the match kick off?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Premier League match at Stamford Bridge kicks off at 20:15 BST on Tuesday, 19 May 2026.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to watch Chelsea vs Tottenham?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>UK fans can watch the action live on Sky Sports Premier League. Streaming is also available via the Sky Go app.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read more \u2013\u00a0Zidane, Mourinho, Van Gaal: Ten football managers who went back<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>See Also-\u00a0Maguire gives verdict on best team in Premier League this season<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Follow the Football Faithful on Social Media:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Facebook | Instagram | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootyFaithful_\">Twitter<\/a> | YouTube | TikTok<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur travel to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday evening looking to officially secure their Premier&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}