The visitors will field skipper John Terry despite the defender being charged on Wednesday with "a racially aggravated public order offence".
Villas-Boas will not be leaving Terry out, and insists he has the strength to cope.
"John has told me he is in the right frame of mind to play and showed fantastic commitment to the team," said Villas-Boas.
"His performances have been good and I don't doubt his integrity as a person.
"He represents this club to a maximum level and we're very grateful to have a player of his quality in our team, in what he represents in terms of history and achievements a the club.
"We know exactly his human values and personality, so we will support him whatever happens."
Tottenham line-up : Brad Friedel, Kyle Walker, William Gallas, Ledley King, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Gareth Bale, Sandro, Scott Parker, Luka Modric, Rafael Van der Vaart, Emmanuel Adebayor.
Substitutes: Heurelho Gomes; Sebastien Bassong; Younes Kaboul; Danny Rose; Jake Livermore; Niko Kranjcar; Roman Pavlyuchenko
Chelsea line-up: Petr Cech, Jose Bosingwa, Branislav Ivanovic, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Ramires, John Mikel Obi, Raul Meireles, Daniel Sturridge, Didier Drogba, Juan Mata
Substitutes: Ross Turnbull, Paulo Ferreira, Oriol Romeu, Frank Lampard, Florent Malouda, Salomon Kalou, Fernando Torres.
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