Spurs vs West Ham | PL | 17.1.26 | Predictions and Match Thread
Posted: 16 Jan 2026, 14:34
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Match Centre:
Head to Head Stats:
Odds:
WHU: 4/1
Draw: 3/1
Spurs: 3/4
Pre-Match Press Conference:
Official Site
Match Preview:
Analytics United
Watch-along:
Hammers Chat
Streams:
Sport+
If there above doesn't work go look for a Stream from the sites listed here!
https://champagne.pages.dev/docs/gettin ... ive-sports
(With all live streams be mindful they can carry viruses etc. Don't click on any ads and use a VPN).
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Well in what could be the last one of these for a while, we head to catchily names 'Tottenham Hotspur Stadium' this weekend for a clash between two sides who are, on form, pretty much the shittest in the league.
Thomas Frank, a manager that very few West Ham fans would have turned their nose up at any time post-Moyes is almost universally derided in North London, where his transformational overhaul at Spurs has seen them continue to concede just as many chances as they create (something Ange also managed), but has seen the frequency of those chances drop off a cliff. Pretty it isn't.
Meanwhile at the toilet bowl, the saga involving Lucas Paqueta's desire to return to Brazil having been royally fucked over by English football in general, has once again reared it's ugly head...in some ways a refreshing distraction from the plight the Club is in, but in others, just another example of the disarray we find ourselves in. It's also given the chance for the Club's most 'Senior Source' to start up with his social media 'reveals' again via the usual suspects (Whetstone/Ex/Gonzo/et al).
Take your pick what you believe, but he's either training on his own, gone on strike, nursing a back injury, or ready to stick one up the Cockerels. Regardless it looks like he's off to Brazil in the not too distant future (frankly, who can blame him) and we'll now doubt 'soften the blow' with the exciting announcement of Adama Traore (Sullivan will need to spend the Paqueta dosh just to keep the lad in baby oil).
So back to this game. It's their dull, low block drudgery up against out dull, low block drudgery. Maybe the new first team coach Paco Jemez can inspure Nuno to unshackle the beast, with tales of his relegation-cheating escapades at Rayo Vallecano (well, until they succombed in 2016). I doubt it though. What is almost universally certain however, is that Spurs only fit-to-start frontman Kolo Muani will break his Spurs duck this weekend. Lump on!
Predicted line-up:
I expect Paqueta at best to be on the bench despite Nuno's protestations, meaning the decision will have to come down to whether to start both strikers, or stick one of the young CDMs in and push Fernandes higher up the pitch. I suspect the latter. The other decision...stick with T-Rex after a close-to-competent Cup performance, or welcome back Flapping Fonzi for some more 'punch their lights out' action. My guess...the latter.
Well we have a bench full of negativity, a dug out lacking in adventure, and a team that barely limped past the might of QPR (in extra time no less). They are drudgery personified. But given our form predicting a 0:0 feels impossible.
Spurs 1 - 1 West Ham (Kolo Muani, Soucek)
COYI
Match Centre:
Head to Head Stats:
Odds:
WHU: 4/1
Draw: 3/1
Spurs: 3/4
Pre-Match Press Conference:
Official Site
Match Preview:
Analytics United
Watch-along:
Hammers Chat
Streams:
Sport+
If there above doesn't work go look for a Stream from the sites listed here!
https://champagne.pages.dev/docs/gettin ... ive-sports
(With all live streams be mindful they can carry viruses etc. Don't click on any ads and use a VPN).
----------------------------------------------------------
Well in what could be the last one of these for a while, we head to catchily names 'Tottenham Hotspur Stadium' this weekend for a clash between two sides who are, on form, pretty much the shittest in the league.
Thomas Frank, a manager that very few West Ham fans would have turned their nose up at any time post-Moyes is almost universally derided in North London, where his transformational overhaul at Spurs has seen them continue to concede just as many chances as they create (something Ange also managed), but has seen the frequency of those chances drop off a cliff. Pretty it isn't.
Meanwhile at the toilet bowl, the saga involving Lucas Paqueta's desire to return to Brazil having been royally fucked over by English football in general, has once again reared it's ugly head...in some ways a refreshing distraction from the plight the Club is in, but in others, just another example of the disarray we find ourselves in. It's also given the chance for the Club's most 'Senior Source' to start up with his social media 'reveals' again via the usual suspects (Whetstone/Ex/Gonzo/et al).
Take your pick what you believe, but he's either training on his own, gone on strike, nursing a back injury, or ready to stick one up the Cockerels. Regardless it looks like he's off to Brazil in the not too distant future (frankly, who can blame him) and we'll now doubt 'soften the blow' with the exciting announcement of Adama Traore (Sullivan will need to spend the Paqueta dosh just to keep the lad in baby oil).
So back to this game. It's their dull, low block drudgery up against out dull, low block drudgery. Maybe the new first team coach Paco Jemez can inspure Nuno to unshackle the beast, with tales of his relegation-cheating escapades at Rayo Vallecano (well, until they succombed in 2016). I doubt it though. What is almost universally certain however, is that Spurs only fit-to-start frontman Kolo Muani will break his Spurs duck this weekend. Lump on!
Predicted line-up:
I expect Paqueta at best to be on the bench despite Nuno's protestations, meaning the decision will have to come down to whether to start both strikers, or stick one of the young CDMs in and push Fernandes higher up the pitch. I suspect the latter. The other decision...stick with T-Rex after a close-to-competent Cup performance, or welcome back Flapping Fonzi for some more 'punch their lights out' action. My guess...the latter.
Areola
Wan Bissaka Mavropanos Todibo Scarles
Soucek Potts
Bowen Fernandes Summerville
Taty
Subs: Hermansen, KWP, Mayers, Casey, Magassa, Rodriguez, Kante, Irving & Pablo.
Predicted Score:Wan Bissaka Mavropanos Todibo Scarles
Soucek Potts
Bowen Fernandes Summerville
Taty
Subs: Hermansen, KWP, Mayers, Casey, Magassa, Rodriguez, Kante, Irving & Pablo.
Well we have a bench full of negativity, a dug out lacking in adventure, and a team that barely limped past the might of QPR (in extra time no less). They are drudgery personified. But given our form predicting a 0:0 feels impossible.
Spurs 1 - 1 West Ham (Kolo Muani, Soucek)
COYI
Not that I rate Romero much as a player anyway, although still better than what we've got.