Tottenham’s upcoming Premier League clash against Chelsea will be rescheduled after the Blues booked their place in the FA Cup final.
Tottenham Hotspur’s Premier League fixture against Chelsea will need to be rearranged after the Blues defeated Leeds United 1-0 in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Sunday, with Enzo Fernández’s winning goal booking Chelsea’s place in the final against Manchester City on May 16.
The FA Cup final date creates a direct scheduling conflict with Tottenham’s previously planned trip to Stamford Bridge, which had been set for the same weekend. The Premier League will now need to find a new date for the fixture, and the available window is extremely narrow given both clubs’ commitments in the final weeks of the season.
A series of overlapping fixtures complicate the logistics. Chelsea face Nottingham Forest on Monday, May 4, then travel to Liverpool on Saturday, May 9. Tottenham host Leeds United on Monday, May 11. Those commitments effectively rule out any midweek slot between May 4 and 10 for the rearranged fixture, as both clubs are already in action across that period. The FA Cup final on May 16 then removes that weekend entirely.
The game could be played between May 17 and 21
The most likely outcome is a midweek fixture in the week following the FA Cup final, slotting the Chelsea clash between May 17 and 21, before both clubs conclude their seasons on the final day of May 24. For Tottenham that would mean a midweek game against Chelsea followed immediately by the final day trip to Everton, a brutal and potentially decisive sequence in what remains a genuine relegation battle.
The implications for Spurs are significant. Chelsea, whatever their own league position, will arrive as formidable opponents regardless of when the fixture is played. For a Tottenham side still fighting for survival, the scheduling of that game could prove enormously consequential. Playing Chelsea in a midweek fixture with everything on the line, then travelling to Everton on the final day, is the kind of run-in that tests squads and managers to their absolute limit.
De Zerbi and his players cannot control the fixture schedule. What they can control is ensuring that by the time the Chelsea game arrives, their Premier League status is already secured. Four games remain. The urgency has never been greater.