EPL: Tottenham Hotspur vs. West Ham Betting Preview, Odds and Prediction

The Spurs need to forget the game against Manchester United and concentrate on the upcoming clash with West Ham. This should be a high-intensity battle, because these two sides have a long history of matches, due to their local rivalry. But even without this background, things on the field should be nasty. Tottenham’s international appearance is on the table, while on the other side is West Ham’s Premiership status.

Preview

Tottenham (-166) played 1-1 with Manchester United in its opening game after the COVID-19 hiatus. Mourinho’s boys had a lead for quite some time against United, but Eric Dier’s mistake ten minutes before the end erased all the good things they’ve done throughout that event. And there weren’t many, truth to be told.

The Spurs are 8th in the standings with 42 points, four fewer than Untied in the place which leads to the Champions League, and for them, each game from now on is a finale. They don’t have any room for making mistakes, and simply have to be in the best possible shape. By the way, Tottenham has seven straight games in which they didn’t win, and in seven out of the last ten, we saw both sides scoring.

West Ham (+400) is slipping towards the relegation zone. The Hammers have the same number of points as Bournemouth, who is currently below the relegation line. All the alarms are on at the London Stadium because this squad has just one win in the previous 11 matches.

It is the main reason why they fell down in the standings, and apparently, nothing changed even after the pause. Moyes’ team lost at home to Wolves last weekend, 0-2, conceding both goals in the late stage of the match. What is, in general, a massive problem for this team is scoring. Three of the most recent five games this side played ended with them not scoring a single goal.

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Dele Alli is still suspended, and Mourinho is steaming because of that. Foyth, Parrott, and Tanganga are all out because of injuries. Lucas Moura is questionable, but it appears that he won’t be available for this contest.

On the other side, the Hammers are coming without Ogbonna and Zabaleta. Sebastian Haller and Masuaku and Snodgrass are all out.

Head to head games

The Spurs have 97 wins throughout the entire history against the Hammers, who posted 64 victories, and 57 of their clashes finished without winners. The first match of the campaign took place at West Ham’s stadium, and the result was 2-3 for the guests. Son and Moura scored in the first halftime, with Kane adding another goal shortly after the start of the second half. Antonio and Ogbonna decreased the gap in the end.

Prediction

For us, there is no dilemma, and betting on Tottenham is our choice. The Spurs are a better team, playing at home, and have very weak and struggling opponent across the field. The moneyline is at -166, which isn’t that great, but still, from our perspective, Tottenham shouldn’t have any troubles.