Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 April 2010

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 17 April 2010, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Chelsea: match report

Tottenham Hotspur won against Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 April 2010. The half-time score was 2-0.

Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Jermain Defoe (15', penalty) and Gareth Bale (44'). Chelsea scored through Frank Lampard (90').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 5th on 61 points from 33 and Chelsea 1st on 77 points from 34. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 70 points, and Chelsea 1st with 86.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 2 draws and 6 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Chelsea's W-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Penalty goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 15'Yellow card · AlexChelsea
  • 44'Goal · Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 54'Yellow card · DecoChelsea
  • 56'Yellow card · T. HuddlestoneTottenham Hotspur
  • 64'Yellow card · John TerryChelsea
  • 67'Second yellow · John TerryChelsea
  • 80'Yellow card · Yury ZhirkovChelsea
  • 86'Yellow card · Roman PavlyuchenkoTottenham Hotspur
  • 90'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 2, draws 2, Chelsea 6.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Heurelho Gomes, Younès Kaboul, Sebastien Bassong, Michael Dawson, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Daniel Bentley, Tom Huddlestone, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Jermain Defoe

Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, John Terry, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, Alex, Florent Malouda, John Mikel Obi, Michael Essien, Michael Ballack, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba