Chelsea is steamrolling its opponents to start the season and the defending European champs will once again be the favorites to take care of business against London rivals Tottenham Hotspur, which is getting back some key players just in time for the match. 

Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea team is undefeated on the season thus far (3-0-1, 10 points) and will look to keep pace with Liverpool atop the Premier League. The Blues have only allowed one Premier League goal this season and it came on a penalty kick. 

Tottenham (3-1-0, 9 points) started the season strong with three straight 1-0 wins to start the Premier League season under new manager Nuno Espirito Santo, but it fell 3-0 to Crystal Palace in its last outing. However, Spurs were reduced to 10 men in that match after a red card to Japhet Tanganga, and it was also missing star forward Son Heung-min and its contingent of South American starters, who were quarantining in Croatia after playing for their countries in September World Cup qualifiers. Spurs will have the trio and Son back for the derby match against Chelsea.  

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Tottenham will also have to contend with two fewer days of rest compared to their opponents: Chelsea played its UEFA Champions League group-stage opener at home on Tuesday (1-0 win over FC Zenit), while Spurs traveled to France to face Rennes on Thursday in a 2-2 draw that saw two more starters picking up knocks that forced them out of the match. 

Sporting News will be following the Tottenham vs. Chelsea match live, providing score updates, commentary and highlights clips as they happen. 

Tottenham vs. Chelsea live score

Goals:
CHE – Thiago Silva (Marcos Alonso) – 49th min.
CHE – N’Golo Kante – 58th min.

Tottenham vs. Chelsea live updates, highlights from Premier League match

(All times Eastern)

64th min.: Harry Kane fires a shot that’s easily stopped by goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.

58th min.: SUBS – And now the changes for Tottenham to try to change things up. Bryan Gil on for Giovano Lo Celso and Oliver Skipp on for Tanguy Ndombele.

58th min.: And there’s the second! N’Golo Kante receives the ball near the top of the box and he’s wide open to fire a shot that goes off Eric Dier and past Tottenham ‘keeper Hugo Lloris. It’s a cruel deflection, but Chelsea has dominated the opening of this second half.

53rd min.: Nearly a second for Chelsea! Cesar Azpilicueta gets the ball in the box and Marcos Alonso (yes, left winger Alonso!) in the center of the box puts the ball on net and Tottenham’s Eric Dier clears off the line.

49th min.: Goal Chelsea! Thiago Silva heads home a Marcos Alonso corner and he outjumps Tottenham’s Delle Alli for that ball. What timing for the Chelsea breakthrough four minutes after the break.

47th min.: What a chance for Chelsea! Long ball from Thiago Silva for Marcos Alonso, who sends a volley on goal in stride and Hugo Lloris has to parry for a corner.

46th min.: Second half is underway. Chelsea bring on N’Golo Kante for Mason Mount. Now it’s Jorginho with Kovacic and Kante on either side of him.

Halftime: Tottenham 0, Chelsea 0

Halftime: Tottenham had its chance. Spurs had Chelsea on the ropes in the opening 10-15 minutes, but then the Tottenham pressure eased as the first half progressed and Chelsea had longer periods of possession. But Chelsea could not do much with that possession and the Blues were most dangerous in moments they could counter and run at the Spurs back line. While Mason Mount and Jorginho have had the best ideas on the ball for Chelsea, Kai Havertz has been poor. That could be the first sub for manager Thomas Tuchel, in addition to bringing on N’Golo Kante. Tottenham will be happy with that first half, but we haven’t seen much from the two big stars so far: Harry Kane (Tottenham) and Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea).

45th min.: It hasn’t helped this game that Tanguy Ndombele has a contact lens issue which brought the game to a halt.

43rd min.: The match is fizzling out as it nears halftime with neither team wanting to take much of a risk before the break.

35th min.: When Tottenham is sitting back waiting for Chelsea, Spurs are defensively solid. And they look dangerous when they break through the likes of Son Heung-min. They move quickly when they win the ball back. It’s unclear how Chelsea is going to find a way through. The visitors have looked best when operating on the counter.

33rd min.: Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa comes off his line to stuff Son Heung-min who latches onto a pass into the box. It looked like it could have been offside. Kepa and Son spend some time on the ground after the collision.

26th min.: Chelsea center back Andreas Christensen shows off some fancy footwork outside the box, but his shot is off the target. Still scoreless here. Tottenham still pressing hard, but Chelsea putting more sustained attacks together.

21st min.: Tottenham break through left back Sergio Reguilon, who makes it into the box but can’t find Giovani Lo Celso. It’s an excellent play by Antonio Rudiger to snuff out the danger.

20th min.: After a strong game in midweek, Tanguy Ndombele is off to a good start, pulling off some nice possession-saving moves.

15th min.: What a break by Chelsea. Lukaku holds up the ball, brings Mount into it and it launches a 3-v-2. Mount gets the final shot in the box and it’s blocked.

11th min.: What a whiff by Kai Havertz! Azpilicueta serves up the perfect ball for the volley in the box, but Havertz doesn’t make contact.

10th min.: Chelsea has yet to get settled in this match so far. Tottenham are chasing and pressing and making life tough on Chelsea. Nuno Espirito Santo promised Spurs would make it tough on the European champs.

5th min.: Harry Kane takes a free kick just outside the box and it goes off the wall for a corner. It doesn’t amount to anything.

3rd min.: Tottenham with an early flurry of chances! Giovano Lo Celso incredibly misses redirecting the ball right in front of goal. And Chelsea finally clears the danger.

1st min.: We’re off. Tottenham Hotspur kick it off.

11:31 a.m.: The tribute at Tottenham Hotspur stadium for Jimmy Greaves:

11:30 a.m.: Unloved under Jose Mourinho. Irreplaceable with Nuno Espirito Santo.

10:48 a.m.: Harry Kane talked about the passing of Spurs and England legend Jimmy Greaves:

8:12 a.m.: Chelsea is heading to a stadium where it has been victorious before:

Tottenham vs. Chelsea starting lineups

Tottenham starters Giovani Lo Celso , Cristian Romero and Davinson Sanchez  are available after spending quarantine in Croatia following their return from South American World Cup qualifiers. Romero makes his first Premier League start. 

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Son Heung-min and Eric Dier  reportedly didn’t train all week, but they’re both starting, while the knocks that forced Steven Bergwijn and Lucas Moura out of Thursday’s Conference League match are enough to keep both of them out vs. Chelsea. Spurs are already without suspended defender Japhet Tanganga and Ryan Sessegnon , who’s still battling a hamstring issue.

Tottenham starting lineup (4-3-3, left to right): 1-Hugo Lloris-GK — 3-Sergio Reguilon, 15-Eric Dier, 4-Cristian Romero, 12-Emerson Royal — 18-Giovani Lo Celso, 5-Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, 28-Tanguy Ndombele — 20-Delle Alli, 10-Harry Kane, 7-Son Heung-min

Tottenham subs (9): 22-Pierluigi Gollini-GK, 2-Matt Doherty, 6-Davinson Sanchez, 14-Joe Rodon, 33-Ben Davies, 29-Oliver Skipp, 8-Harry Winks, 11-Bryan Gil, 44-Dane Scarlett

By comparison, Chelsea is fairly healthy heading into this game with American Christian Pulisic being the only injury absence due to the ankle knock picked up with the U.S. national team. More bad news for Tottenham: All-terrain midfielder N’Golo Kante is back on the bench for the defending European champions. Starting goalkeeper Edouard Mendy will miss the match after sustaining an injury late against FC Zenit in the Champions League.

“Edu got a huge hit [in the last minute vs. FC Zenit] and we tried everything in the last days, but he wasn’t comfortable. Yesterday in training, we decided that if a miracle didn’t happen overnight that Kepa would play,” Tuchel said prior to the match. 

Chelsea starting lineup (3-4-3, left to right): 1-Kepa Arrizabalaga-GK — 2-Antonio Rudiger, 6-Thiago Silva, 4-Andreas Christensen — 3-Marcos Alonso, 8-Mateo Kovacic, 5-Jorginho, 28-Cesar Azpilicueta — 19-Mason Mount, 9-Romelu Lukaku, 29-Kai Havertz

Chelsea subs (9): 13-Marcus Bettinelli-GK, 14-Trevoh Chalobah, 21-Ben Chilwell, 24-Reece James, 17-Saul Niguez, 7-N’Golo Kante, 20-Callum Hudson-Odoi, 22-Hakim Ziyech, 11-Timo Werner

How to watch Tottenham vs. Chelsea

• Date: Sunday, Sept. 19
• Time: 11:30 a.m. ET
• TV channel: none
• Spanish-language TV: none
• Live stream: Peacock

The match will only be available to fans in the USA via NBC’s Peacock streaming platform.