Overview
- Kick-off is 3pm GMT on Saturday, 17 January, at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with no live UK TV coverage due to the 3pm blackout.
- West Ham travel third from bottom, seven points from safety, and without a league win since early November.
- Chairman David Sullivan recently resisted advisers’ calls to sack Nuno Espirito Santo, backing him despite just two wins in 16 matches and none in the last 10.
- Tottenham completed a £34m move for Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid, while West Ham spent about £47.8m on strikers Taty Castellanos and Pablo Felipe; Castellanos scored the FA Cup extra-time winner against QPR.
- Nuno says Lucas Paqueta’s future needs resolving after the player expressed interest in returning to Flamengo, and further supporter protests against West Ham’s ownership are planned for the next home game.