Under-fire Thomas Frank aims to ease pressure against struggling West Ham

Tottenham Hotspur welcomes West Ham United to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the Premier League London derby clash on Saturday afternoon.

Thomas Frank’s side crashed out in the third round of the FA Cup after last weekend’s 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa for the first time since the 2013/14 campaign.

Spurs fell to a late 3-2 defeat at Bournemouth in their last Premier League outing and are currently languishing in 14th place in the PL standings.

West Ham secured a 2-1 extra-time victory over Queens Park Rangers to progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup.

However, Nuno Espirito Santo’s side are currently in 18th place on the Premier League table and fell to a disappointing 2-1 home defeat to 17th-placed Nottingham Forest last time out in the Premier League.

Match preview

Following their 3-0 win at the London Stadium in September, Tottenham are looking to complete the league double over West Ham for the first time since 2019/20.

West Ham have won just one of their last eight league games against Spurs (D3 L4), beating them 2-1 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in December 2023.

The Hammers have lost all six of their Premier League London derbies this season. Only two sides in English top-flight history have ever lost 7+ consecutive all-London matches.

The Lilywhites have won just four of their last 24 Premier League home games (D6 L14), while their two home wins this season are their lowest ever after 10 games in a league campaign.

Six of Tottenham’s seven Premier League victories this season have been to nil – they’ve only won one of their last 21 league games when conceding at least once (D6 L14), beating Leeds United 2-1 in October.

West Ham are winless in their last 10 Premier League games (D4 L6). It’s their longest run without a win since a run of 11 between December 2006 and March 2007, losing 4-3 against Spurs in their 11th game back then.

This will be West Ham boss Nuno Espírito Santo’s third successive Premier League game against a side he’s previously managed in the competition (0-3 v Wolves, 1-2 v Nottingham Forest); he’s set to become the third manager to do so in the competition after Roy Hodgson in May/August 2018 (against West Brom, Fulham and Liverpool at Crystal Palace) and Sam Allardyce in March 2021 (against Everton, Newcastle and Crystal Palace at West Brom).

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur

Richarlison, Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Mohammed Kudus and Rodrigo Bentancur are sidelined with injuries.

While Pape Sarr is away on international duty with Senegal at the Africa Cup of Nations.

However, Thomas Frank’s side have bolstered their squad with the £34.7 million January signing of Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid.

West Ham United

Konstantinos Mavropanos, Lukasz Fabianski and Mateus Fernandes will miss the short trip to North London with injuries.

El Hadji Malick Diouf is away with Senegal at the AFCON.

Predicted line-ups

Tottenham Hotspur: Guglielmo Vicario, Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Djed Spence, João Palhinha, Archie Grey, Xavi Simons, Wilson Odobert, Mathys Tel, Randal Kolo Muani.

West Ham United: Alphonse Areola, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Jean-Clair Todibo, Max Kilman, Ollie Scarles, Tomás Soucek, Freddie Potts, Lucas Paquetá, Jarrod Bowen, Crysencio Summerville, Valentín Castellanos.