West Ham - Tottenham Football prediction

West Ham and Tottenham meet at Olympic Stadium in a 9th round match of the Barclays Premier League. The history of recent direct clashes between these two teams indicates total balance as there have been 2 draws and 3 wins for each team in the last 8 games. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 04-01-2018, ended with a draw for (1-1).

Analysis of West Ham
After 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses, the home team is in 15th place, having won 7 points. In the last match, they lost with Brighton & Hove Albion away (1-0), having won 3-1 at home against Manchester United in the previous game. In the last 4 home games for the league, West Ham has won 1, 1 draw and 2 defeats, having won 4 points out of 12. The team conceded goals to their opponents in 7 of their last 8 games in this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively.

West Ham enter this unmotivated round after a 1-0 away away defeat at the Brighton field. The home club tends to play 4-3-3, favoring a style of constant transition, where the three most advanced men are Felipe Anderson, Yarmolenko and Arnautovic. One of the weaknesses of the team visited is in the standing ball defenses. Coach Manuel Pellegrini will not count on Reid, Lanzini, Wilshere, Carlos Sanchez and Carroll for being injured.
Confirmed lineup: Ł. Fabiański, F. Balbuena, P. Zabaleta, I. Diop, A. Cresswell, Felipe Anderson, R. Snodgrass, D. Rice, M. Noble, M. Arnautović, A. Yarmolenko.

Tottenham Review
After 6 wins and 2 losses, the visiting team is in 5th place, having won 18 points. In the last match, they won at Cardiff City at home (1-0), after their previous match had won away in a game against Huddersfield Town, by (0-2). In the last 5 away games for the league Tottenham has 4 wins and 1 defeat, having won 12 points in 15 possible. His attack has marked with great regularity, since he has always scored at least one goal in the last 8 games in this competition. This is a team that scores often first: opened the scoring in 7 of their last 8 games for the Barclays Premier League, of these 7 reached the break in lead in 5 and managed to maintain the lead until the end of the 90 'in 6.

Tottenham go into this motivated round after a 1-0 win at Cardiff. It is worth mentioning that the visitors won the last 3 games played in this championship. The London club usually plays in a 4-2-3-1 where the three men responsible for creating dangerous moves on the defensive are Son, Lucas Moura and Harry Kane. Thus, and even away from home, Tottenham is expected to adopt a more offensive stance, bearing in mind that it presents more individual and collective quality. For this game the visiting coach will not rely on Janssen, Dembélé, Vertonghen, Eriksen and Alli, all with physical problems.
Confirmed lineup: H. Lloris, T. Alderweireld, K. Trippier, D. Sánchez, B. Davies, E. Lamela, M. Sissoko, Lucas Moura, H. Winks, E. Dier, H. Kane.
Technical: M. Pochettino.