West Ham vs Tottenham LIVE commentary: Spurs on poor run in London derby as Champions League race heats up – Kick-off time, team news and talkSPORT coverage

Tottenham will look to improve their recent London derby record to regain fourth place when they face West Ham this week.

Spurs greatly boosted their Champions League qualification hopes by coming from behind to seal a late 2-1 win over Luton Last weekend.

Son Heung-minWith a goal in the 86th minute, the club was three points behind fourth place. Aston Villa with a game in hand.

Tottenham can now take a leap Unai Emery's team with a win, but Spurs have lost three of their last five Premier League London derby games, including against West Ham in the first leg in December.

David Moyes'The Hammers will also be desperate to put in a performance in front of their own fans, after blowing a 3-1 lead against Newcastle.

western ham conceded three times in the last 13 minutes to lose 4-3 at St James' Park to remain seventh in the table.

West Ham vs Spurs: Derby day

Tottenham are winless in their last three Premier League away games against West Ham, losing twice and drawing the other.

This is Spurs' longest run without a win against the Hammers since a streak of six between 1995 and 2001.

Goals from Jarrod Bowen and James Ward-Prowse helped Moyes' men complete a 2-1 comeback in December's reverse fixture.

However, Christian RomeroThe first goal was one of 19 goals West Ham have conceded in their eight Premier League London derby matches this season.

The Irons' weak defensive line, which was on display on Tyneside, will now give Tottenham hope as they look to end their poor derby run.

• West Ham are looking to achieve the Premier League double against Tottenham for the third time, having already done so in 1998-99 and 2013-14.
• West Ham have conceded 19 goals in their eight Premier League London derby matches this season, suffering defeats of 5-0 (vs Fulham) and 6-0 (vs Arsenal) so far. Only Fulham in 2018-19 (2.7) have conceded more goals per game in London derbies in a single Premier League campaign than West Ham's 2.4 this season.
• Tottenham have lost three of their last five Premier League London derbies (W2), as many as in the previous 19 (W10 D6). In the history of the competition, Spurs have conceded 398 goals in these types of matches and could be the second team to concede 400 after West Ham.

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West Ham vs Spurs: team news

The locals will be left without a starting goalkeeper Alfonso Areola due to injury, with Lukasz Fabianski ready to substitute in goal.

West Ham expects a double physical improvement from Nayef Aguerd and michail antonio but Edson Álvarez remains out due to suspension.

Meanwhile, the Spurs are still missing several stars, with Ryan Sessegnon, Fraser Forster and Manor Solomon, all on the sidelines.

Elsewhere, richarlison and Micky van de Ven They will hope to make their first starts since returning from injury.

• West Ham's James Ward-Prowse has scored or assisted a goal in each of his last six Premier League games against Tottenham, scoring four and assisting three in this run. His 10 total goal involvements against Spurs (6 goals, 4 assists) are the most against a single opponent in the competition.
• Jarrod Bowen has scored 15 goals in the Premier League this season; Only Paolo Di Canio (16 in 1999-00) has scored more in a single campaign for West Ham United.
• West Ham's Michail Antonio is looking to score in three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since August 2021. The Jamaican has scored more goals against Tottenham in the competition than against any other opponent (6).

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West Ham vs Spurs: What was said?

talkSPORT presenter Gabby Agbonlahor has admitted that she “feels sorry” for Kalvin Phillips in the middle of their nightmare season.

“He seems very unconfident,” said the former Aston Villa captain. “In fact, I feel sorry for him now.

“He comes in, that happens and you can see it on his face, he's not really getting the ball like he should.

“And for the Barnes winner, he just spins Phillips too easily, and after Barnes spins him, Phillips just walks away. He must have so little confidence that it's really difficult.”

• Tottenham have gained 22 points after losing positions in the Premier League so far this season, the third most in a single campaign after 2010-11 (24) and 2012-13 (23).
• West Ham have conceded at least one goal in each of their last 10 Premier League games, with a total of 24 goals in this run. Their 54 goals conceded in total this season is just one less than they scored in all of last season, while only in 2010-11 (1.84) did they have a higher goals conceded per game average than 1.8 until now in 2023-24.
• Having failed to win any of their six midweek matches (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) in the Premier League last season (D2 L4), West Ham are unbeaten in their four such matches so far this season (W2 2E).

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West Ham vs Spurs: talkSPORT coverage

This Premier League clash will take place on Tuesday, April 2.

Kick-off at the London Stadium is scheduled for 8:15 p.m.

talkSPORT will have EXCLUSIVE live coverage of the action presented by Adrian Durham.

The comment will come from Sam Matterface and former England striker Darren Bent.