- Oct 17, 2006
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WEST HAM 2-1 SPURS
Antonio, Lingard Lucas
Spurs: Lloris (C), Tanganga (Doherty), Sanchez, Dier, Reguilón (Dele), Højbjerg, Ndombele, Lamela (Bale), Lucas, Son, Kane.Antonio, Lingard Lucas
Subs: Hart, Alderweireld, Davies,Winks, Sissoko,Vinicius.
West Ham: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Diop, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Bowen, Lingard, Antonio.
Subs: Randolph, Martin, Johnson, Balbuena, Alves, Noble, Lanzini, Benrahma, Odubeko.
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Seven changes to the team that started against Wolfsberger in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday night.
Harry Kane starts after being rested for the midweek trip to Hungary. Sergio Reguilon is also back after missing our last seven matches in all competitions. He comes in for Ben Davies, who has started and completed 480 minutes in our last five matches in 14 days. Japhet Tanganga, Davinson Sanchez, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Tanguy Ndombele and Lucas Moura also return in place of Matt Doherty, Toby Alderweireld, Moussa Sissoko, Harry Winks and Gareth Bale.
REFEREE: ----- Craig Pawson ???????
TEAM FORM:--WEST HAM - LWDLW-----SPURS - LWLLW ------(All Competitions)
We will be looking to close the gap on West Ham United and our other top-four rivals when we head to the London Stadium on Sunday afternoon. We have lost four of our last five Premier League matches - as many as in our previous 28 - and enter this game six points behind West Ham with a game in hand to play.
The Europa League can often prove a distraction for teams in our position, but Jose will hope that Thursday's win over Wolfsberger can kickstart our side's season. We saw off Austrian side Wolfsberger 4-1 in Budapest thanks to goals from Son, Bale, Lucas and Vinicius. Jose fielded a mixed XI at the Puskas Arena and our side are now as good as through to the last 16 of the Europa League, with an EFL Cup final also fast approaching. In the Premier League at the time of writing, we are down in ninth place and are six points adrift of the top four, albeit with a game in hand still to play on most of the sides above us. Defeat to Manchester City last time out was our seventh of the season in the Premier League - only in 2015-16 with Chelsea (nine) has Mourinho lost more in a single campaign.
While we have struggled for consistency this term, West Ham are enjoying their best top-flight campaign at this stage of a season since 1985-86. The Hammers beat bottom side Sheffield United 3-0 in midweek to make it 42 points from 24 matches, which is already three more points that they accrued in the whole of 2019-20.
However, West Ham have lost each of their last three home league games against us - their longest losing run at home against us in their league history. Moyes also has a poor record against Mourinho, having faced him on more occasions in all competitions without winning (15) than he has against any other manager. That is something Moyes will be looking to put right this weekend to strengthen United's top-four hopes and all but end ours in the process
Antonio has missed West Ham's last two matches and remains a fitness doubt for Sunday's clash, but Moyes will give his only senior striker every chance of being available. Masuaka, Yarmolenko and Ogbonna will definitely play no part for West Ham, while Randolph and Balbuena and are to be assessed. With a big question mark over Antonio's availability, Moyes may well stick with the same side that eased past Sheffield United, which would mean Bowen leading the attack.
As for us, Aurier has been ruled out and fellow full-back Reguilon is also a major fitness doubt, having now missed more than a month. Lo Celso is our only other confirmed injury or suspension absentee, with Mourinho having plenty of other options to choose from in that position. After being rested against Wolfsberger on Thursday, the likes of Kane, Ndombele, and Hojbjerg are expected to return to the starting lineup here. Kane has scored 11 goals in 15 Premier League games against West Ham - only against Leicester City (14) has he scored more.
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