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Good evening and welcome to LIVE commentary of the clash between Chelsea and Tottenham. Kick-off is at 20:00 GMT at Stamford Bridge. Interesting team news to follow..

Premier League / Matchday 28
Stamford Bridge / 27.02.2019
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Pete Sharland

Updated 27/02/2019 at 21:51 GMT


8'
Bright start from Chelsea's attackers, plenty of width, Spurs have yet to really settle.
6'
WOODWORK! Higuain with a well taken strike from inside the box which strikes the post following Azpilcueta's cross being flicked on.
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4'
Another Chelsea free-kick after Kovacic is tripped by WInks near the box. Alonso shapes to shoot but his low effort is straight into the wall.
3'
Sissoko conceds a free-kick with a push on Alonso on the left flank. Hazard's delivery is headed away by Trippier.
1'
Six of Chelsea's starters played 120 minutes at Wembley on Sunday, while Sours have had slightly longer to recover after losing on Saturday lunchtime to Burnley.
1st Half
20:00
KICK OFF: Here we go, Spurs kick off as Caballero makes his first league appearance of the season.
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Interesting from Sarri..
19:55
COUNTDOWN: 5 minutes until kick off!
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Vertonghen is out with a hip problem.
19:45
Sarri said the sub controversy was a "misunderstanding" on Sunday but Kepa was fined and has now been benched for Caballero seemingly to teach him a lesson.
19:40
Chelsea have lost six of their last 14 top-flight fixtures, a run that began with a 3-1 defeat by Tottenham in November.
And Maurizio Sarri's side have only scored 18 goals in their past 15 league matches, compared to 27 goals in their first 11 fixtures of the season.
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19:30
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Tottenham, who lost to the Blues in the Carabao Cup semi-final last month, are looking to win three consecutive league games against Chelsea for the first time since a run of five between March 1961 and September 1963.And they are looking to do the double over them in the leaue for the first time since 1971.
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19:20
TOTTENHAM: Lloris, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Trippier, Davies, Winks, Sissoko, Eriksen, Lamela, Son, Kane...Subs: Gazzaniga, Aurier, Rose, Foyth, Wanyama, Lucas, Llorente.
Spurs ring the changes following the defeat to Burnley with Foyth, Rose, Vertonghen and Aurier making way.
19:15
CHELSEA: Caballero, Azpilcueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso, Jorginho, Kante, Kovacic, Pedro, Higuain, Hazard...Subs: Kepa, Christensen, Barkley, Loftus-Cheek, Hudson-Odoi, Willian, Giroud.
Only one place to start, rebel keeper Kepa is dropped to the bench after he appeared to refuse to be substituted in the Carabao Cup final defeat to Manchester City.