Tottenham-West Ham is a match of the 15th day of the Premier League and is played on Thursday at 9:15 pm: TV, lineups, predictions.
Tottenham reacted as best they could to their first mini-crisis of the season by avoiding defeat at home to defending champions Manchester City.
In a match that spared neither emotion nor spectacle – in the end there was no shortage of controversy over the referee’s actions, now the order of the day in the Premier League – Spurs responded blow by blow to Pep Guardiola’s battleship, finding the goal of the final 3-3 in the 90′ with former Juventus man Kulusevski. It was a show of pride by Ange Postecoglou’s men, who had lost three matches in a row (Chelsea, Wolverhampton and Aston Villa) before the visit to Etihad Stadium. The point won in Manchester is also valuable because it came despite a squad decimated by injuries and disqualifications: in defense, for example, they were missing a mainstay like Romero, who is set to return in the derby with West Ham. There remain numerous absences, in any case, with which the Australian coach must deal: against the Hammers, Maddison, Bentancur, Solomon, Perisic, Phillips and van de Ven will be missing from the roll call. In doubt, however, the presence of Dier.
The Hammers are moving forward slowly
Spurs will take the field last in this midweek round, and in the meantime someone may have already caught up with or overtaken them in the standings.
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At the time of writing Tottenham is fifth in the standings, -2 from fourth-placed Aston Villa, which twenty-four hours earlier will be engaged with Manchester City. Further behind and far from the group that is fighting for Champions League placement is West Ham. The Hammers are ninth, six points behind Spurs. David Moyes’ team after four consecutive wins between the league and Europa League last Sunday did not go beyond a draw in the other derby with Crystal Palace (1-1): Kudus’ goal in the first half was answered by Edouard in the second half.
The prediction
Tottenham have prevailed in four of the last five previous meetings with West Ham, and the feeling is that they should succeed again this time. The Hammers, however, have found the back of the net as many as 10 times in their last 11 challenges with Spurs, which is why there should be no shortage of goals on London night.
The likely lineups for Tottenham-West Ham
TOTTENHAM (4-2-3-1): Vicario; Pedro Porro, Romero, Davies, Udogie; Bissouma, Lo Celso; Johnson, Kulusevski, Bryan Gil; Son.
WEST HAM (4-2-3-1): Areola; Coufal, Zouma, Aguerd, Emerson Palmieri; Alvarez, Ward-Prowse; Kudus, Soucek, Paqueta; Bowen.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1
