Hello and welcome to football.london‘s live coverage of West Ham vs Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League as both teams look to edge away from the basement of the table.
While a derby is on the menu at the London Stadium between two sides that have struggled in the league this season which would normally the be-all and end-all for both teams, Spurs have one eye on the second leg of their Europa League semi-final against Bodo/Glimt on Thursday in Norway and Ange Postecoglou has said that he will need to make plenty of changes with that in mind.
That means plenty of different faces will be in action looking to make an impression and try to earn themselves a place in the Australian’s starting line-up in Bodo in midweek for the huge semi-final clash. There is also plenty of pride at stake in this London clash between two sides who have made a mess of their Premier League seasons despite the odd promising moment.
Our Tottenham correspondent Alasdair Gold is at the London Stadium and you can follow his live updates from the Premier League derby below and he will then be at the post-match press conferences at Stratford.
15:29Alasdair Gold
Fullkrug heads over from a deep cross.
15:25Alasdair Gold
Mikey Moore replaces Richarlison.
15:14Alasdair Gold
Richarlison fires over after a knock-down from Kulusevski.
15:10Alasdair Gold
Good pass from Sarr into Tel’s run but the 20-year-old hits his shot straight at the keeper.
15:03Alasdair Gold
The second half is up and running.
14:48Alasdair Gold
Guglielmo Vicario 4
Archie Gray 6
Kevin Danso 6
Ben Davies 4
Djed Spence 5
Pape Matar Sarr 5
Yves Bissouma 6
Dejan Kulusevski 5
Wilson Odobert 6
Richarlison 5
Mathys Tel 7
14:41Alasdair Gold
Should have been a second goal for Spurs. Tel picks out Richarlison’s run with a lovely little ball but the Brazilian hits the ball across the face of goal rather than shooting. Odobert wasn’t expecting it.
14:34Alasdair Gold
Richarlison fires over with a shot on the run on to Spence’s low cross.
14:29KEY EVENT
Now it’s Spurs’ turn for some horrendous defending as Bowen is able to waltz down the right of their box, between Spence and Davies, and saunter inside before nutmegging Vicario. 1-1.
14:25Alasdair Gold
Mathys Tel curls a free-kick well over the West Ham crossbar.
14:16KEY EVENT
Horrendous defending from Kilman, who hits the ball against Tel and the Frenchman fires it across the box for Odobert, who takes a touch and slides the ball home.
14:09Alasdair Gold
A cross hits Bissouma’s hand but he didn’t know much about it and his arm was down.
14:00Alasdair Gold
We’re up and running here at the London Stadium.
13:54Alasdair Gold
We’re just six minutes from kick-off and the teams are about to emerge from the tunnel.
12:56Rob Guest
Here is today’s West Ham XI:
Confirmed West Ham XI: Areola; Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Cresswell, Emerson; Soucek, Paqueta; Kudus, Bowen, Fullkrug.
Substitutes: Fabianski, Coufal, Soler, Ward-Prowse, Mavropanos, Guilherme, Ings, Rodriguez, Ferguson.
12:48KEY EVENT
Here is the Tottenham team to face West Ham:
Confirmed Tottenham XI: Vicario; Gray, Danso, Davies, Spence; Sarr, Bissouma, Kulusevski; Odobert, Richarlison, Tel.
Substitutes: Kinsky, Porro, Udogie, Romero, Van de Ven, Bentancur, Ajayi, Moore, Johnson.
12:18Alasdair Gold
Mikey Moore could get another start for Tottenham Hotspur in their Europa League match against Elfsborg
Tottenham fans will be hoping to see Mikey Moore finally getting minutes while the lesser spotted Timo Werner could be involved as well with players like Son Heung-min, Lucas Bergvall and James Maddison all likely to miss the match among others.
11:55Alasdair Gold
Lucas Bergvall on crutches and wearing a protective boot ahead of the Europa League semi-final first leg between Tottenham Hotspur and Bodo/Glimt
The Tottenham boss had a lot to say about Lucas Bergvall and the leak inside the club that got the teenager’s medical information out into the public domain and you can find what he had to say right here.
11:36Alasdair Gold
Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou has been speaking ahead of the Premier League match at West Ham United
The Tottenham Hotspur boss had to answer plenty of questions on Friday afternoon at his pre-match press conference and you can find every single word he said in a full transcript by heading right here.
10:42Alasdair Gold
Ange Postecoglou is speaking to the media ahead of Tottenham Hotspur’s trip to West Ham United in the Premier League
You can find the Tottenham team that we reckon Postecoglou might go after he admitted he is going to make plenty of changes to his starting XI by heading right here.
10:41Alasdair Gold
West Ham need a win and Spurs need to rotate their players so this could certainly provide an interesting contest in Stratford this afternoon.
