Premier League: West Ham vs Tottenham – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Premier League round 4 match between West Ham and Tottenham and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

West Ham hope to live up to their early billing as the Premier League title favourites this coming Saturday when they welcome Tottenham over to the London Stadium for a round 4 match.

A look at the Premier League standings shows that three points and 12 places currently separate the two teams.

Form: West Ham vs Tottenham

West Ham Form

West Ham suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches, as they were run over by Chelsea in a 1-5 defeat. Wolverhampton also proved too hard to handle, as they won 3-2, before West Ham were able to strike back last time out in a 0-3 win against Nottingham Forest. West Ham are without a win in their last six Premier League matches on home soil, which produced a record of three draws and three defeats, in which they conceded 12 and scored six goals.

Tottenham Form

Tottenham won twice in their last three matches as Burnley were defeated by 3-0, before they beat Manchester City 0-2. Bournemouth proved too strong, though, and a 0-1 defeat followed. Tottenham managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew one as well as losing four, while scoring 13 time and letting in six.

Betting stats for West Ham and Tottenham

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between West Ham and Tottenham. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players on top: West Ham vs Tottenham

As the new Premier League campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for West Ham and Tottenham this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

Popular betting markets: West Ham vs Tottenham

Full-time result

West Ham claimed all three points two times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing four along the way. They endured defeat in four of the games in this run. Tottenham won four of their last 10 games away, while drawing three and losing three in this series of matches. Tottenham have not lost to West Ham in 3 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

West Ham scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Tottenham scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 5 consecutive home games West Ham played. Tottenham will feel optimistic about scoring on Saturday with West Ham managing a measly two clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The latter fought their way to five clean sheets in their previous 10 games. West Ham have scored in 5 consecutive league meetings with Tottenham.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for West Ham, who scored an average of 1.8 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Tottenham’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.3 goals in these matches. West Ham’s last 5 matches had more than three goals.