Tottenham Hotspur 2-4 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2012

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-4 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2012, 11:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-4 Chelsea: match report

Tottenham Hotspur lost to Chelsea 2-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 October 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Gary Cahill opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from William Gallas (47') and Jermain Defoe (54'). Chelsea scored through Gary Cahill (17'), Juan Mata (66'), Juan Mata (69') and Daniel Sturridge (90+1').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 5th on 14 points from 7 and Chelsea 1st on 19 points from 7. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 72 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 74.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 5 draws and 3 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Gary CahillChelsea · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Branislav IvanovićChelsea
  • 37'Yellow card · T. HuddlestoneTottenham Hotspur
  • 40'Yellow card · William GallasTottenham Hotspur
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Kyle WalkerTottenham Hotspur
  • 45+4'Yellow card · RamiresChelsea
  • 47'Goal · William GallasTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 54'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 66'Goal · Juan MataChelsea · 2-2
  • 69'Goal · Juan MataChelsea · 2-3
  • 90+1'Goal · Daniel SturridgeChelsea · 2-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 2, draws 5, Chelsea 3.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jan Vertonghen, William Gallas, Kyle Walker, Steven Caulker, Tom Huddlestone, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Clint Dempsey, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe, Brad Friedel, Sandro

Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)

Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, David Luiz, Ramires, Juan Mata, Oscar, John Mikel Obi, Fernando Torres, Eden Hazard, Gary Cahill