Confirmed Officials: Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur | Premier League

The officials have been confirmed for Chelsea’s Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon.

Chelsea opened up their 2022/23 season with a narrow 1-0 away win at Everton last weekend to get the season off to a positive start.

A Jorginho penalty on the stroke of half-time was enough for the Blues to seal all three points against Frank Lampard’s Toffees.

Chelsea's Jorginho (left) celebrates scoring their side's first goal of the game during the Premier League match at Goodison Park, Liverpool. (Alamy)

​​Now the officials for the league meeting have been revealed by the Premier League ahead of the encounter.

Referee

The Premier League confirmed that Anthony Taylor will take charge of the meeting in matchweek 2.

Assistants

Anthony Taylor will be supported by Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn on the touchline.

Fourth Official

Peter Bankes has been named as the Fourth Official for Saturday's match, with the referee overseeing conduct within the two dugouts, and the behaviour of managers Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte.

VAR/Assistant VAR

Overviewing proceedings from Stockley Park on Saturday evening will be Mike Dean, who has been named as the Video Assistant Referee, with the Assistant Video Assistant Referee being Mark Scholes.

Thomas Tuchel will be hoping to get another three points against their London rivals on Sunday, but will be keen for more goals in attack after the one goal on Merseyside.

New signing Raheem Sterling, who was positive and bright against Everton, is hoped to be the catalyst to help the Chelsea forwards.

Tuchel said: “I think Raheem will lift Kai (Havertz), Mason (Mount) and (Christian) Pulisic up.

"Our formation is a deep formation because the centre of the formation is in the three centre backs and the two number 6s, so it is a deep formation in which you rely heavily on the two wing-backs."

Ben Chilwell was not 100 per cent fit, while Marc Cucurella made his Blues debut and is likely to get more minutes against Spurs.

An update was also provided on Reece James, with Tuchel admitted: “Reece struggles also at the moment to have full, full fitness so on the right we didn’t have enough from the wing backs to create a bit more freedom for the inner players."