Barclays Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United
White Hart Lane
Saturday 11 April
3pm
Referee: Martin Atkinson
• West Ham United travel to face Harry Redknapp in the club's 16th away match of the 2008/09 Barclays Premier League season.
• West Ham have won four (Fulham, Sunderland, Portsmouth, Wigan Athletic), drawn six (Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Chelsea, Newcastle United, Arsenal and Blackburn Rovers) and lost five (Manchester City, West Bromwich Albion, Hull City, Manchester United and Bolton Wanderers) of their away matches this season.
• The Hammers go into Saturday's match unbeaten in their last five Premier League matches. A Jack Collison volley saw Manchester City beaten 1-0 at the Boleyn Ground on 1 March before Carlton Cole's fine finish earned victory by the same scoreline at Wigan Athletic on 4 March. West Ham drew 0-0 with West Bromwich Albion at the Boleyn Ground on 16 March and 1-1 at Blackburn Rovers on 21 March before returning from the international break to beat Sunderland 2-0 at home last Saturday.
• West Ham will hope to gain revenge for the 2-0 defeat they suffered in the reverse fixture at the Boleyn Ground on Monday 8 December. Spurs' goals were scored by Ledley King and Jamie O'Hara.
• Zola's side go into the match in seventh place in the Premier League table. A win could lift the Hammers within four points of sixth-placed Everton should the Toffeemen lose at Aston Villa on Sunday. Should the top-six remain the same, a seventh-place finish will be good enough to qualify for next season's inaugural UEFA Europa League.
• Tottenham go into the weekend eleventh in the Premier League table, six points behind West Ham and three points behind eighth-placed Wigan Athletic.
• This is the 114nd league meeting between the two sides. Tottenham have won 45, West Ham have won 39 and there have been 29 draws.
• West Ham have failed to win at White Hart Lane in their last eight visits to north London. The Hammers' last victory at Tottenham came in the shape of a 2-1 success on 24 April 1999. Then managed by current Spurs boss Harry Redknapp, West Ham would end the season in fifth, their record-high Premier League finish.
Referee
• Saturday's referee is 38-year-old Martin Atkinson.
• A referee since the age of 16, Atkinson was promoted to the Football League list of assistant referees in 1998. In 2000, Atkinson was promoted to the Select Group of assistant referees, allowing him to run the line in Premier League matches.
• Atkinson joined the National List of referees for the Football League at the start of the 2003/04 season before taking charge of his first Premier League fixture on 20 April 2005 when Manchester City entertained Birmingham City.
• Atkinson was the man in the middle at the 2006 FA Community Shield between Chelsea and Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. He also took charge of the 2008 FA Trophy final between Ebbsfleet United and Torquay United at Wembley Stadium.
• Atkinson has taken charge of 33 fixtures in all competitions this season, issuing 103 yellow cards and sending off nine players. He has refereed one West Ham game this season, the goalless draw with Portsmouth at the Boleyn Ground on 15 November. Atkinson has taken charge of three Tottenham matches this season, including the 4-4 draw at Arsenal on 29 October.
Last time out
Saturday 4 April 2009
Barclays Premier League
West Ham United 2-0 Sunderland
West Ham United: Green, Spector (Collins 73), Tomkins, Upson, Ilunga, Boa Morte, Neill, Noble, Stanislas (Lopez 90), Di Michele (Dyer 81), Tristan
Subs not used: Lastuvka, Payne, Savio, Sears
Booked: Ilunga
Goals: Stanislas 42, Tomkins 52
Saturday 4 April 2009
Barclays Premier League
Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur: Gomes, Corluka, Woodgate, King, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon (Zokora 83), Jenas, Palacios, Modric, Bent, Keane
Subs not used: Cudicini, Bentley, Huddlestone, Pavlyuchenko, Dawson, Chimbonda
Booked: Palacios
Sent-off: Palacios
Goal: Keane 30 (pen)
West Ham United
• West Ham go into Saturday's match aiming to extend their Premier League unbeaten run to six matches, having overcome Manchester City and Wigan Athletic 1-0, drawn 0-0 with West Brom and 1-1 with Blackburn and beaten Sunderland 2-0 in their last five league matches.
• West Ham's biggest ever away win at Tottenham came in First Division fixture played on 2 September 1981. Then, the Hammers won 4-0 at White Hart Lane with all four goals being scored by David Cross in front of a crowd of 41,200.
• Carlton Cole is West Ham's top scorer in the Premier League this season with nine goals. He has eleven in all competitions. However, Cole is ruled out of Saturday's game with a groin injury.
• Goalkeeper Robert Green is the only West Ham player to have played every minute of the club's 31 Premier League matches so far this season. Matthew Upson has started 30 games.
• Mark Noble, who signed a new contract with the club until the summer of 2013 in midweek, scored his first Premier League goal for West Ham in the 4-3 defeat by Spurs at the Boleyn Ground on 4 March 2007. Junior Stanislas and James Tomkins have also extended until 2013.
• Cole has been sent-off twice, more than any other West Ham player, while Noble and Scott Parker have each been shown the yellow card on seven occasions.
• Cole has unleashed more shots in total (74), on target (45) and off target (29) than any other West Ham player this season. Cole also has more assists (five) than any of his team-mates, and been caught offside (28) and committed the most fouls (62).
• Upson has made more defensive clearances (48) and blocks (27) than any of his team-mates.
Tottenham Hotspur
• Tottenham go into Saturday's match unbeaten at home in their last eight Premier League fixtures. Spurs' last defeat at White Hart Lane came in the shape of a 1-0 loss to Everton on 30 November.
• Tottenham's biggest-ever home win over West Ham came in the first meeting between the two clubs on 4 November 1899. Spurs won 7-0 against Thames Ironworks FC at White Hart Lane.
• Spurs' last home win over West Ham came in this fixture last season, on 9 March 2008. Tottenham won 4-0 with goals from Dimitar Berbatov (two), Gilberto and Darren Bent.
• Bent is Tottenham's top scorer in the Premier League this season with ten goals. Bent has 15 goals in all competitions, while Roman Pavlyuchenko has 13, but only four of them have come in league fixtures.
• None of Tottenham's players have started all 31 of their Premier League fixtures. Jonathan Woodgate has started 28 matches, Gomes and Luka Modric 27 each and Vedran Corluka 26.
• Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp made 175 appearances for West Ham between August 1965 and April 1972, scoring eight goals. Redknapp served as assistant manager under Billy Bonds before taking charge in August 1994. He remained as manager until May 2001, overseeing 327 matches.
• Roman Pavlyuchenko has committed more fouls without receiving a yellow or red card (27) than any other Premier League player.
• David Bentley has had more shots in total (61) and more shots on target (41) than any other Tottenham player this season. Bentley has also unleashed more crosses (100) than any of his team-mates.
• Modric has made more goals (seven) than any other Tottenham player this season.
• Woodgate has made more defensive clearances (33) and blocks (13) than any other Tottenham player this term.
• Tottenham have had five players sent-off this season, the joint highest number in the Premier League alongside Stoke City, Newcastle United and Manchester United.
• There have been just 25 goals in 15 Premier League fixtures at White Hart Lane this season - the lowest in the country.
Team news
• West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola will hope to welcome back midfielder Radoslav Kovac from a thigh injury. England midfielder Scott Parker is working hard to recover from a groin injury in time for Saturday's game.
• Wales defender James Collins has trained all week after recovering from a hamstring injury suffered at Bolton on 21 February and appearing as a second-half substitute in last Saturday's 2-0 win over Sunderland.
• England Under-20 winger Junior Stanislas will be eager to keep his starting place after scoring on his full debut against Sunderland on Saturday. The 19-year-old impressed on the left-wing against the Black Cats and has earned praise from manager Zola.
• Germany Under-20 international Savio will be pushing for a start after recovering from a knock to his kneecap and taking his place among the substitutes in last Saturday's victory.
• England forward Kieron Dyer has trained well with the first-team squad this week and will be eager to be involved again after appearing as a substitute against Blackburn and Sunderland.
• Zola will be without midfielders Valon Behrami and Jack Collison. Switzerland international Behrami will be out of action for around six months after suffering a anterior cruciate ligament injury in his knee, while Collison is expected to be sidelined until the end of April with a dislocated kneecap.
• Reserve team captain Bondz 'Gala is pushing hard for a place in the matchday 18 after travelling with the first-team squad to the recent fixtures against Wigan, West Brom and Blackburn. The 19-year-old central defender has been in good form for Alex Dyer's reserve team this season.
• United States defender Jonathan Spector has been ruled out of action for a fortnight after suffering concussion during a second-half collision with Sunderland defender Tal Ben Haim.
• Wales defender Danny Gabbidon is continuing his recovery from back and stomach injuries by working with the club's medical staff at Chadwell Heath. He is now running.
• Tottenham will be without former West Ham striker Jermain Defoe, who has been ruled out for the remainder of the season with a broken foot.
• Honduran midfielder Wilson Palacios is serving the first game of a two-match suspension after being sent-off at Blackburn last Saturday.
Last meeting
• The teams met at the Boleyn Ground on Monday 8 December. Second half goals from Ledley King and Jamie O'Hara were enough to see Tottenham record a 2-0 victory in east London.
• The lineups were:
West Ham United: Green, Neill, Collins, Upson, Ilunga, Behrami, Mullins (Di Michele 73), Parker (Tristan 83), Faubert (Noble 58), Cole, Bellamy
Subs not used: Lastuvka, Boa Morte, Davenport, Collison
Tottenham Hotspur: Gomes, Corluka, Woodgate, King, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Zokora, Jenas, Bentley (O'Hara 81), Modric, Pavlyuchenko (Bent 54)
Subs not used: Cesar, Bale, Huddlestone, Dawson, Boateng
Goals: King 68, O'Hara 90
Attendance: 34,277
Old boys
• West Ham defender Calum Davenport, who is on loan at Sunderland, made 20 appearances for Tottenham between August 2004 and January 2007, scoring one goal.
• Among the other players who have represented both clubs are Ilie Dumitrescu, Dave Dunmore, Matty Etherington, Les Ferdinand, Jimmy Greaves, Fred Griffiths, Pat Holland, Chris Hughton, Bill Joyce, Bill Kaine, Frederic Kanoute, Kenny McKay, Fred Massey, Fred Milnes, John Moncur, Jimmy Neighbour, Tony Parks, Martin Peters, Sergei Rebrov, Mark Robson, Peter Shearing, Teddy Sheringham, Mauricio Taricco, Mitchell Thomas and Bobby Zamora.
Head to head
Last six meetings (Premier League unless stated)
8 December 2008 - West Ham United 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
9 March 2008 - Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 West Ham United
25 November 2007 - West Ham United 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
4 March 2008 - West Ham United 3-4 Tottenham Hotspur
22 October 2006 - Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 West Ham United
7 May 2006 - West Ham United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Overall record v Tottenham Hotspur (all competitions) W 43 D 54 L 34
Next up
• West Ham will travel to Aston Villa for a Barclays Premier League fixture on Saturday 11 April, with kick-off at 3pm
• Tottenham Hotspur will make the trip to Newcastle United in the Barclays Premier League on Sunday 19 April, with kick-off at 1.30pm
General information
• For ticket information, click here
• Extensive engineering works are being carried out on National Express East Anglia over the Easter weekend. Mainline rail services will be replaced by coaches between Romford and Newbury Park, where customers can change and connect with London Underground Central line services for journey to/from Liverpool Street. Southend Victoria and Southminster services will be replaced by coaches between Romford and Newbury Park where customers can change and connect with London Underground Central Line services for journeys to/from Liverpool Street. Metro services from Shenfield will terminate at Ilford, with a coach service running to Newbury Park where customers can change and connect with London Underground Central Line services for journeys to / from Liverpool Street. Additional train services from Liverpool Street have been arranged to stop at White Hart Lane and Northumberland Park before and after the match.
• The weather forecast for London this Saturday is for light rain showers with a maximum daytime temperature of 14C.