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dimanche 15 avril 2012

Tottenham v Chelsea 15-04-2012

Chelsea defenders John Terry and Ashley Cole have been passed fit for Sunday's FA Cup semi-final tie with Tottenham Hotspur.


Tottenham v Chelsea Terry (cracked ribs) and Cole (ankle) were both doubts but have trained this week. Right-back Branislav Ivanovic misses the game as he begins a three-match suspension.
Ryan Bertrand (calf) and Oriol Romeu (illness) are also out, while Younes Kaboul's knee injury means Spurs manager Harry Redknapp only has two fully fit first-team centre-backs.
Ledley King's chronic knee problems could rule him out as he struggles to play more than once a week and he started the 2-1 defeat by Norwich City on Monday, while Michael Dawson is sidelined for the season with ankle ligament damage.
Midfielder Scott Parker is likely to be available after he missed the loss to the Canaries, but playmaker Niko Kranjcar has picked up a knee injury that rules him out of the trip to Wembley.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
These clubs are facing each other for the 146th time.
Chelsea have won 60 of the previous 145; Tottenham are looking for their 50th win.
This season's Premier League meetings were both drawn; 1-1 at White Hart Lane, 0-0 at Stamford Bridge.
  This is the ninth time they have been paired together in the FA Cup, with honours even at four wins a piece.
The most recent clash was in a quarter-final replay in March 2007, which Chelsea won 2-1 at the Lane.
They have never met in the semi-finals, but Tottenham were 2-1 victors when the pair clashed for the one and only time in the final in 1967.
Tottenham Hotspur
It is 21 years since Tottenham won the FA Cup for the eighth time in their history. Only Manchester United (11) and Arsenal (10) have won the silverware more often.
Spurs have won half of their 18 previous semi-final appearances, but have been unsuccessful in the most recent five - included the season before last.
The only major piece of silverware of Harry Redknapp's managerial career was the 2008 FA Cup, with Portsmouth.
  Jermain Defoe is Tottenham's top FA Cup scorer so far this season, with three goals.
Chelsea
  Chelsea still have the chance to become only the second club to complete the double of FA Cup and Europe's premier club competition, following Manchester United's Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup treble achievement in 1999.
The six-times FA Cup winners, who have lifted the cup in three of the last six seasons, have lost only two of the last 32 FA Cup matches - one of those being on penalties.
This will be their 20th appearance in a FA Cup semi-final. They have progressed from the last four to the end-of-season showpiece on 10 of the previous 19 occasions.
  Caretaker manager Roberto di Matteo has two FA Cup winners' medals with Chelsea; 1997 and 2000. Under Di Matteo, Chelsea have won eight, drawn two and lost one in all competitions.
Juan Mata is Chelsea's top scorer in the FA Cup, with three goals..

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