London Stadium forms the backdrop for an all-capital midweek Premier League showdown between West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur.
Coming into this mouth-watering Wednesday fixture, David Moyes’ side overcame Aston Villa 1-0 on the road, courtesy of Pablo Fornals’ late winner, to put first Premier League points on the board.
West Ham could not have timed their maiden top-flight win of the season any better, helping to ease some pressure off Moyes’ shoulders after the team’s underwhelming three-game losing start to the new league season.
However, there is no room for complacency in the Hammers camp, especially considering Fornals’ fortuitous goal at Villa Park remains their solitary Premier League strike in 2022/23.
Motivation should not be in short supply among the West Ham players as they will take the field looking to avenge consecutive H2H defeats across all competitions.
Despite being on the wrong side of a 1-0 scoreline on their last Premier League visit to the London Stadium, Tottenham will show up in a confident mood.
Spurs are not only unbeaten in their opening four league matches this term (W3, D1) but claimed a hard-earned 2-0 victory at Nottingham Forest at the weekend thanks to Harry Kane’s first double this season.
After helping Tottenham return to the Champions League last season, manager Antonio Conte has raised the bar as he aims to navigate them to an elusive first Premier League title this year.
Match Preview
West Ham United
West Ham finished the 2021/22 Premier League season as one of only two sides to find the net in all 19 league outings at home but have failed to score in both opening top-flight matches this term (L2).
While waiting for Gianluca Scamacca to open his Premier League account, the Hammers faithful can find some comfort in the historical facts concerning West Ham fixtures in midweek top-flight action.
Only once in their last seven Premier League games held on Wednesday have Moyes’ side ended up losing (W3, D3), though that solitary failure came at the hands of fellow London rivals Arsenal in December 2021.
Tottenham Hotspur
There’s a piece of history up for grabs as Spurs could become only the third team to register 100+ victories in the Premier League London derbies after Arsenal and Chelsea.
One of the most noteworthy takeaways from the recent away Tottenham fixtures is that Conte’s men are unbeaten on their last seven Premier League travels (W4, D3).
With Kane putting his scoring shoes back on, this promises to be another successful top-flight round for the Lillywhites, who will be out to arrest a two-game losing league streak at the London Stadium.
West Ham United vs Tottenham Hotspur Potential Line-ups
West Ham United (3-4-2-1): Lucasz Fabianski; Thilo Kehrer, Kurt Zouma, Angelo Ogbonna; Vladimir Coufal, Thomas Soucek, Declan Rice, Emerson Palmieri; Pablo Fornals, Jarrod Bowen; Gianluca Scamacca.
Tottenham Hotspur (3-4-3): Hugo Lloris; Cristian Romero, Eric Dier, Ben Davies; Emerson Royal, Rodrigo Bentancur, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Ivan Perisic; Dejan Kulusevski, Harry Kane, Son Heung-min.
How to Watch?
West Ham vs Spurs, alongside all other Tottenham fixtures in England’s top flight, is available to watch online via Tottenham Hotspur live streams.
West Ham United vs Tottenham Hotspur Prediction
Wednesday’s match has all the makings of a high-octane contest with plenty of goals on both ends of the field.
It’s time for West Ham to indulge their demanding home crowd after producing four uneventful, low-scoring Premier League games.
We’d go for an action-packed draw.
West Ham United 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
