Chelsea vs Tottenham - as it happened! Antonio Conte's men reach the FA Cup final

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Willian's sublime free-kick handed Chelsea an early lead (Getty)

Chelsea have not lost back-to-back matches for over a year, but a defeat to Spurs could prove to be far more damaging than just crashing of the FA Cup. A win for Tottenham would ramp up the pressure ahead of difficult fixtures against Southampton and Everton in the league next week and could well impact the eventual outcome of the Premier League.

The Blues were thoroughly outplayed by a weakened Manchester United team on the weekend and Antonio Conte will be desperate to turn around his team’s fortunes against their North London rivals.

Tottenham Hotspur’s season in recent weeks has been one of improvement and pure optimism. Spurs have not won a noteworthy prize since the Carling Cup in 2008, but Mauricio Pochettino’s men have their eyes on the realistic chance of winning both the FA Cup and the Premier League this season.

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What time is kick-off?

The match will start at 5.15pm on Saturday.

Where can I watch it?

BBC One. Coverage starts at 4.50pm.

It’s a big match for…

Asmir Begovic: The Chelsea second choice keeper has missed three Wembley FA cup ties in his career (twice at Portsmouth and once at Stoke) and it looks as if he will finally get his chance despite it being mostly due to the injury of Thibaut Courtois. Begovic will be hoping for a dream Wembley FA Cup debut as well as a chance to make up for the Manchester United nightmare.

Remember when…

The Chelsea dressing room celebrated a dramatic 2-1 win over Liverpool at a packed out Wembley stadium in 2012.

Player to watch…

Dele Alli. The 21-year-old has scored 16 Premier League goals for Tottenham this season, and just 12 months after picking up the PFA young player of the year award, Alli is once again the favourite to win the prize this year. Alli has a knack of scoring in big games and with the likely absence of Son Heung-Min it will be down to him and Harry Kane to take up the primary goal scoring roles.

Form…

Chelsea: LWWLWW

Tottenham: WWWWWW

Kane's Tottenham side are bang in form (Getty) (Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty I)

Odds…

Chelsea to win: 17/10

Draw: 11/5

Tottenham to win: 9/5

[22 April 2017 17:17 · Joe Miles]

KICK OFF

Spurs kick off to get the first half under way. Game on!

[22 April 2017 17:18 · Joe Miles]

2 MINS

Kane wins an early corner for his side, with Ake blocking the striker's attempted cross.

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3 MINS

Yellow card: Alderweireld hacks down Pedro outside of his own penalty area, following a promising Chelsea break, started at the back by Ake.

[22 April 2017 17:22 · Joe Miles]

5 MINS

GOAL

CHELSEA 1 - 0 TOTTENHAM

Willian scores directly from the set piece with a tremendous strike into the far corner of the net. Lloris should have had that one covered, but nonetheless, it's a superb free kick. 

[22 April 2017 17:24 · Joe Miles]

7 MINS

Eriksen delivers a Tottenham corner into the danger zone, but it's headed away firmly by Ake. 

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Conte's choice to replace Hazard with Willian proves to be the right decision following his early opener.

[22 April 2017 17:27 · Joe Miles]

10 MINS

Wanyama spreads it wide to Trippier, but his attempted cross into the box is easily collected by Courtois. 

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12 MINS

An aeroplane flies over Wembley, with a banner trailing behind it reading 'Antonio! Antoni!'. 

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14 MINS

Alli breaks through towards the Chelsea goal, with a sea of Chelsea shirts on his tail. He overcooks his final touch and the ball runs out of play. 

[22 April 2017 17:33 · Joe Miles]

16 MINS

Ake fouls Kane outside of the Chelsea area, which will give Spurs an opportunity to level the scoring from the set piece.