Chelsea 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings

How Tottenham Hotspur won it

An own goal by Mike Penders put Tottenham Hotspur ahead in the 77th minute. Mathys Tel made it 0-2 to Tottenham Hotspur in the 87th minute.

It was 0-0 at half-time, and the second half changed the result.

Cole Palmer of Chelsea was sent off in the 80th minute for a second yellow card. The referee, C. Kavanagh, showed 7 yellow cards: 3 to Chelsea and 4 to Tottenham Hotspur.

Chelsea: X. Alonso Olano, 4-2-3-1 · Tottenham Hotspur: R. De Zerbi, 4-2-3-1.

Moneyball's prediction against the result

Moneyball's Match Board pick, Tottenham Hotspur +0.75, was right: 0-2 bears it out.

The estimate's most likely result was a Chelsea win at 51%; a Tottenham Hotspur win, at 24%, is what happened. Its single most likely score was 1-1 (11%).

On goals the estimate was close: about 3.0 expected, 2 scored.

Over 2.5 goals had been put at 57%; with 2 goals the under came in, against the way the estimate leaned.

Both teams to score was 58%; they did not both score, against the estimate.

Computed before kick-off from both sides' season goals and expected goals as of 2026-10-24, through a Dixon-Coles score model, and left as it was.

Why it went this way

On the day the expected goals were 0.84 for Chelsea and 0.53 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Tottenham Hotspur made more of their chances than the xG suggests, by about 1.5 goals.

Chelsea had 4 shots on target, Tottenham Hotspur 4.

Tottenham Hotspur had 69% of the ball and turned it into the win.

A red card changed the shape of the match, and no pre-match model can see one coming.

Where the two sides stood before this match

Chelsea came into it with 10 Premier League matches played, scoring 1.9 and conceding 1.6 a match, with 1.39 expected goals for and 1.44 against, and had won 50% of their matches.

Tottenham Hotspur came into it with 10 Premier League matches played, scoring 1.0 and conceding 1.1 a match, with 1.34 expected goals for and 1.30 against, and had won 30% of their matches.

Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur: the match in numbers

Team statistics from Sportmonks.

Player ratings and man of the match

Man of the match: Mathys Tel (Tottenham Hotspur), rated 7.5 by Sportmonks, with 1 goal.

Chelsea

• Pedro Neto 6.9
• M. Caicedo 6.8
• Jordan Henderson 6.7
• Levi Colwill 6.7
• Maxence Lacroix 6.6

Tottenham Hotspur

• Mathys Tel 7.5 1 goal
• Antonín Kinský 7.4
• Jan Paul van Hecke 7.4
• Sandro Tonali 7.3
• Mohammed Kudus 7.2

The lowest-rated starter was Cole Palmer at 6.0. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.

What comes next

• Chelsea: Chelsea vs Leeds United Saturday 21 November 2026 · Premier League
• Tottenham Hotspur: Tottenham Hotspur vs Ipswich Town Saturday 21 November 2026 · Premier League

Each preview has Moneyball's estimate for the next match, published before kick-off and marked against the result afterwards, as this one is.

Questions about Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur

What was the score in Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur?

Chelsea 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur (half-time 0-0), Premier League, Saturday 24 October 2026.

Who scored in Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur?

Mathys Tel 87'.

Did Moneyball predict Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur correctly?

Moneyball's Match Board pick, Tottenham Hotspur +0.75, was right: 0-2 bears it out.

Who was man of the match in Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur?

Mathys Tel, rated 7.5 by Sportmonks.

Who refereed Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur?

C. Kavanagh.