Antonio Conte will be looking to get one over on his old side Chelsea and finally add a second Tottenham Hotspur league win at Stamford Bridge in 30 years.
The Italian will be loath to tinker with a winning team on Sunday as Spurs look to make up for four dismal defeats to Chelsea last season with an improved performance at Stamford Bridge this time around. Tottenham will be without Clement Lenglet and Oliver Skipp through injury but will otherwise have a full strength, much improved squad to choose from.
The only change Conte might be tempted to make is bringing in the experienced big game player Ivan Perisic for the derby, but the impressive goalscoring performance of Ryan Sessegnon in the victory against Southampton means he will be expecting to get the nod again. He is also fitter and sharper than Perisic at the moment and Conte might be reluctant to throw the Croatian into such a big, high tempo game in the heat for his full debut.
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Elsewhere the team picks itself with Emerson Royal's performance on the right likely to see him keep his place on that flank and the Tottenham bench is stronger in terms of the attacking options with the addition of another Brazilian in Richarlison, as the 25-year-old summer signing returns from his suspension.
Here is the team we reckon Conte will select: 3-4-3: Lloris; Romero, Dier, Davies; Emerson, Bentancur, Hojbjerg, Sessegnon; Kulusevski, Kane, Son.
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