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Tottenham secured arguably the standout result of the opening weekend, blowing Southampton away 4-1 and justifying why many are predicting that they will be the team most likely to challenge Liverpool and Manchester City for the Premier League title this season.

Those predictions come on the back of a heavy summer of investment where the club backed Antonio Conte with over £90million to land key summer targets.

He’s now assembled a side who look ready to compete not only domestically but in Europe too with the club again back in the Champions League after two-year hiatus.

This weekend though, Conte’s new look Spurs face their first big test of the campaign as they take on London rivals Chelsea. The Blues boast a strong historical record against their North London neighbours, avoiding defeat in each of the last seven head-to-head meetings.

Spurs haven’t actually managed to score in their last three visits to Stamford Bridge and perhaps more ominously, couldn’t win a single London derby away from home in the league last term (D1, L4). That included a 2-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge in January.

Securing a win this weekend would represent a real statement of intent and lay down a marker to the league rivals, however, achieving the same will be no easy feat. Thomas Tuchel’s men finished ‘best of the rest’ last season, and have too spent heavily in the market, splurging over £160m on players such as Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly and Marc Cucurella.

They navigated through a tough away