Tottenham Hotspur could confirm their spot in next year’s Premier League — and trigger West Ham’s relegation — if they can earn an historic away win Tuesday at a Chelsea.<\/p>\n
After a miserable winless run of 2 1\/2 months, Spurs (9-16-11, 38 points) have taken eight points in five league games since the March 31 appointment of manager Roberto De Zerbi. They are unbeaten in their last four matches.<\/p>\n
Six different players have scored during those four matches — away wins at Wolverhampton and Aston Villa, and home draws to Brighton and Leeds. Tottenham has climbed back above the West Ham (36 points) with a match in hand.<\/p>\n
An conceded penalty kept Mathys Tel’s 50th-minute strike from being a match winner in a 1-1 draw with Leeds. De Zerbi believes his side will carry confidence into the match at Chelsea, where they were last victorious in 2018.<\/p>\n
“In the last four we made eight points,” De Zerbi said. “And if you analyze the performance, I think we could make more points than eight, and for that we have to be confident, be positive.”<\/p>\n
Former Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher was one of those six goal scorers, contributing the opener in a 2-1 win against Aston Villa on May 3. He’ll be making his first appearance at Chelsea since moving to Atletico Madrid for the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n
The Blues (13-13-10, 49 points) come in off Saturday’s 1-0 FA Cup Final defeat to Manchester City, followed by Sunday’s promising announcement that legendary former Liverpool and Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso will take over as permanent manager next season.<\/p>\n
The loss to Manchester City, which was decided by Antoine Semenyo’s brilliant back-heel goal, prevented Chelsea from directly qualifying for a European place. But they could still pull even on points with Brentford for eighth place and a Europa Conference league berth with a victory to set up a dramatic final day.<\/p>\n
Center back Levi Colwill’s recovery from an August ACL surgery has helped steady a back line that has only conceded twice in two matches, drawing at Liverpool 1-1 in the Blues’ last league fixture on May 9.<\/p>\n
But interim manager Calum McFarlane admits he will think carefully about whether to give the 23-year-old England international a second appearance in four days.<\/p>\n
“We need to be careful with Levi,” McFarlane said. “He’s obviously off the back of a very serious injury and has performed well in those two games. We’ll see how he looks today, how he reports, and we’ll make a decision on that.” <\/p>\n
–Field Level Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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