Premier League Preview: Tottenham Vs West Ham

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White Hart Lane is set to witness Premier League match time with Tottenham due to host West Ham in match week 30 on Saturday, March 19, in the second game of a two-legged encounter.

The initial leg game, hosted by West Ham on September 25, 2010, ended 1- in the hosts' favour. The Upton Park squad began the season disastrously and a string of defeats saw the London club in the cellar on the points table. The win against Tottenham was the 1st of their Premiership campaign, extra than a month right after the season began.

The win confirmed that the Hammers were lastly on an upswing, coming as it did in the wake of a Carling Cup victory over Sunderland in mid-week, preceded, in turn, by a draw at Stoke. Frederick Piquionne gave the starved Hammers fans trigger for celebration, when on the half-hour, the striker scored what was to prove the match-winner. The aim itself was the culmination of a sequence of events that began with a run down the flank by West Ham's Dyer. A tackle by Hutton in the Tottenham back-line yielded a corner that Mark Noble took. As the ball drifted in, Piquionne beat Corluka in an aerial battle for the ball and the West Ham striker's header lodged itself in the left corner of the Tottenham net, past a hapless Cudicini.

Grant's men are finally out of the relegation mine and will want to stay out, and any points from the forthcoming second leg game will assist their cause.

Head to head, Tottenham have registered a 10-5 advantage in the last 20 league games played in between the sides, with the remaining 20 matches drawn.

In their last 10 league games, Tottenham have registered 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss West Ham have won 4 of their final 10, when losing 3 and drawing the remaining three. Of their 13 house games this season, Tottenham have won 7, drawn 5 and lost 1, although West Ham have won two of their 14 games on the road, though losing 6 and drawing the remaining 6.

In match week 29, Tottenham drew three-3 away against Wolves West Ham won 3- against Stoke at residence. On present form, Tottenham have an edge, owing to residence advantage.

Tottenham's beginning eleven against Wolves had the following players: Gomes, Hutton, Dawson, Gallas, Assou-Ekotto, Pienaar, Jenas, Sandro, Modric, Defoe and Pavlyuchenko. Bale, Lennon and Kranjcar were applied as substitutes.

West Ham had the following men in their beginning eleven against Stoke: Green, Tomkins, Upson, da Costa, Bridge, Noble, Parker, Hitzlsperger, Piquionne, Cole and Ba. Gabiddon, O'Neil and Obinna featured as substitutes.