West Ham vs Tottenham Hotspur preview
Posted on | December 7, 2008 | No Comments
Game : West Ham United ( 15th- 18 points) vs Tottenham Hotspur (17th- 15 points)
Competition : English Premiership
Venue : Upton Park, London
Date : Monday, December 8, 2008
Time : 20.00 GMT
Tottenham Hotspur will make the short 12 mile travel to neighbours West Ham on Sunday, hoping to get the better of their London rivals. Spurs boss Harry Redknapp was a former West Ham manager, and has won all his games at Upton Park after leaving the Hammers in 2001.
West Ham have been struggling to score goals, having found the back of the net only thrice in their last eight games. Gianfranco Zola will have to do without the services of midfielder Kieron Dyer, defenders Jonathan Spector and Danny Gabbidon and striker Dean Ashton, all of whom are injured.
West Ham form- last five games ( most recent first- West Ham scorers in brackets)
Liverpool 0-0 West Ham
Sunderland 0-1 West Ham ( Valon Behrami)
West Ham 0-0 Portsmouth
West Ham 1-3 Everton ( Jack Collison)
Middlesbrough 1-1 West Ham ( Hayden Mullins)
West Ham home form- last five games ( most recent first)
West Ham 0-0 Portsmouth
West Ham 1-3 Everton ( Jack Collison)
West Ham 0-2 Arsenal
West Ham 1-3 Bolton ( Carlton Cole)
West Ham 3-1 Newcastle ( David Di Michele*2, Matt Etherington)
Tottenham lost 1-0 to Everton last week- Redknapp’s second defeat as Spurs manager. Midfield playmaker Luka Modric is a doubt, but defender Alan Hutton and forward Giovani Dos Santos are definitely out. Redknapp will want all three points from this fixture, especially with Spurs having Manchester United up next.
Tottenham Hotspur- last five games- all competitions( Most recent first- scorers indicated in brackets)
Watford 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur ( Roman Pavlyuchenko, Darren Bent)
Tottenham 0-1 Everton
NEC 0-1 Tottenham ( Jamie O’Hara)
Tottenham 1-0 Blackburn Rovers ( Roman Pavyluchenko)
Fulham 2-1 Tottenham (Fraizer Campbell)
Tottenham Hotspur- last five away games
Watford 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur ( Roman Pavlyuchenko, Darren Bent)
NEC 0-1 Tottenham ( Jamie O’Hara)
Fulham 2-1 Tottenham (Fraizer Campbell)
Man City 1-2 Tottenham ( Darren Bent*2)
Arsenal 4-4 Tottenham Hotspur ( David Bentley, Darren Bent,Jermaine Jenas, Aaron Lennon)
Corresponding fixture- last season
West Ham 1-1 Tottenham ( Carlton Cole, Michael Dawson)
West Ham seem a bit goal shy these days, and it has been a while since their strikers got their act together. While the defence kept clean sheets against Portsmouth, Sunderland and Liverpool, I think this one will produce a goal or two. West Ham 1-2 Spurs, with Bent, Pavlyuchenko and Cole scoring.
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