Tottenham vs West Ham LIVE: Premier League workforce information and line-ups as Son Heung-min returns for London derby

Ange Postecoglou spoke to TNT Sports activities about his workforce bouncing again from their defeat to Brighton. He mentioned: “The proof might be within the pudding. It will be significant that we mirror on that recreation in the best way we should always. It’s not prefer it’s out of our attain if we replicate what we did within the first half.

“It’s a nice motivator as we all know what a win will do 4 our followers. We want them behind us and we will get their vitality going if we get a optimistic consequence right now.”

Aaron Cresswell may make his five hundredth league look this afternoon however Julen Lopetegui has tended to make use of him as an influence substitute this season.

If he reaches the landmark, count on it to be from the bench.

Brennan Johnson has scored in seven consecutive matches for membership and nation.

West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui spoke to TNT Sports activities saying: “We select one line-up pondering from the final match. Thankfully we’ve got many gamers who can keep within the line-up and right now we’ve got chosen this line-up.

“The previous is the previous. We play towards a giant workforce with large high quality at residence. Now we have to be prepared with a superb reply. It all the time means extra in case you get three factors.

“We all know this concerning the followers, however we put our deal with the pitch.”

West Ham are undefeated in three away London derbies, profitable one and drawing two. The Hammers are trying to win consecutive top-flight fixtures for the primary time since March.

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Talking about West Ham’s victory over Ipswich earlier than the worldwide break, Max Kilman mentioned: “It was a dominant win, a very good efficiency, and it was good to get our first residence win of the season. It’s given us lots of confidence as a workforce, as gamers, and to the supporters too.

“A win like that may actually assist us construct momentum. The Premier League is the hardest league on this planet, and each workforce may be very aggressive whether or not it’s residence or away, so it’s vital to attempt to win as many video games as doable and be as constant as we will.

“There’s been ups and downs all through the early season, however we’ve acquired a brand new supervisor, a brand new squad, and it’s going to take time, however we’re in a superb place now and are getting stronger every week.

“We’re in a superb place now and have been working actually laborious, and the understanding [of how the manager wants them to play] is getting there, so it’s a good time to go and play this weekend towards Tottenham.”

West Ham are vying to win back-to-back league matches at Spurs for the primary time since 1966.

They’ve received right here on the final two visits with Jarrod Bowen and James Ward-Prowse overturning Cristian Romero’s opener in a 1-2 victory final December.

Earlier than that the Hammers received 2-3 in July 2023 with Gianluca Scamacca netting the winner within the 78th minute.

Tottenham have received 4 of the final six residence conferences in all competitions, drawing one and shedding the opposite.

Ange Postecoglou makes two adjustments to the workforce that had been defeated 3-2 by Brighton earlier than the worldwide break. Timo Werner and Rodrigo Bentancur are dropped with Son Heung-min and Yves Bissouma introduced in.

For West Ham, Julen Lopetegui names the identical beginning XI that defeated Ipswich 4-1 final day trip.