Chelsea V Tottenham

Chelsea V Tottenham

Nothing really appealed to me over the weekend as i would rather to let another round or two passing before having a better idea of what level some teams are at.
However there is a huge gulf in class here as i feel Chelsea have the better players in almost every area on the field. Drogba is still out for Chelsea and Ballack and Essien are rated as 50/50 shots. These players are big losses to the team no doubt but Deco has settled into life here very well and should be able to dictate the play around the middle. Two wins from two with 5 goals scored and none conceded is the perfect start that Scolari was looking for. Also they are unbeaten at Stamford bridge for an astonishing 84 games now.
Spurs have been on the end of two 2 - 1 defeats now and theres already talks of a crisis albeit very early in the season for that kind of talk. Selling Keane was a strange move as he scored so often for them yet at the money they got you could hardly blame them. It will be interesting to see how new £14 million signing Roman Pavlyuchenko fits in to things as the season progresses. New signings Luka Modric, David Bentley, Heurelho Gomes and Giovani Dos Santos will all be keen to impress too.

Verdict
To date there have been two very different styles of play evident and i think that Chelsea have too much for Spurs today. It should be a decent game with plenty of goal chances for both sides but i think Chelsea have the better firepower and will take advantage of the chances they are given

PICK
Chelsea - 1 (1.69 @ pinnacle) 5 points