West Ham United vs Tottenham Hotspur predictions: will the Hammers build on their first win?

West Ham United vs Tottenham Hotspur: Key Stats

• Tottenham Hotspur were slightly better against West Ham United.Opta supercomputerEarned a 41.8% pre-race simulation.
• Thomas Frank is hoping to become the third Tottenham manager to win his first two top-flight away games.
• Jarrod Bowen has scored nine Premier League goals in his last nine games.

Graham Potter will be desperate for another result to quell his critics when West Ham United host rivals Tottenham Hotspur in Saturday's London derby.

West Ham United picked up their first win of the new season ahead of the international break after a surprise 3-0 victory away to Nottingham Forest. Jarrod Bowen,Lucas P.15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomystupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo)and Callum Wilson's late goal after the 83rd minute - both finished the job at the City Ground.

Bowen has scored nine Premier League goals in his last nine games (six goals, three assists). Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (15) is the only player to have been involved in more goals in the top flight than Bowen (13 - 9 goals, 4 assists) since his first game under Potter in early February.

However, Potter will know his side will have to back up their encouraging performance. They have won back-to-back Premier League games just once since David Moyes left the club in February.

His opponent Thomas Frank needs to respond at the London Stadium. Bournemouth suffered his first defeat in charge of Tottenham Hotspur when they lost 1-0 at home last time out.

Tottenham beat Burnley 3-0 on opening day but have lost 23 of their last 17 Premier League games to non-promoted teams (W3 D3). Curiously, two of their last four such wins came away to Manchester City in November 2024 and last month.

Frank will be looking to become only the third Tottenham manager to win his first two top-flight away games in charge after winning 2025-26 in the second leg of a 2-0 season at the Etihad Stadium.Ossie Ardiles in 1993-94 and Tim Sherwood in 2013-14 are the others to have achieved the feat, although Frank would have had to overcome an abysmal Derby Day record to join them.

Tottenham have lost 16 of their last 10 Premier League games to London sides (W3 and 3). They have managed just one clean sheet in their last 21 league derbies, which came in a 2-0 away win at Brentford in February - then coached by Frank.

In team news, George Ursey could be fit for West Ham United, but Luis Guilherme is out with a shoulder problem, while striker Nicolas Fellkrug will be out until late September with a calf strain.

Dominic Solanke and Yves Bissouma could return for Spurs, but James Maddison, Radu Dragussin and Dejan Kulusevski remain long-term absentees. Frank could hand debuts to Harvey Simmons and Randall Kolo Mouani as they joined late in the transfer window, while Mohamed Koudous is expected to play against his old club.

West Ham United vs Tottenham Hotspur Head-to-Head

The last three Premier League meetings between the pair at the London Stadium have ended 1-1, after Bowen cancelled out Wilson Odobert's opener in this match in May.

That leaves Tottenham without a win away to West Ham United (D3 L2) in five league matches since winning 3-2 in November 2019, a victory for former boss Jose Mourinho during his tenure.

Despite Tottenham's poor showing at the London Stadium, West Ham United have won just one of their last seven Premier League games (D3 L3).

The 2-1 away win in December 2023 was West Ham United's last league victory over Tottenham Hotspur after goals from Bowen and James Ward-Prowse overturned Cristian Romero's opener.

West Ham United vs Tottenham Hotspur Predictions

The Opta supercomputer had a hard time separating the two, although Tottenham narrowly won the title by topping the table with 10,000% in 41.8 pre-match simulations.

West Ham United still have a 32.7% chance of taking all three points and making it back to back wins under Potter.

Meanwhile, the likelihood of these two teams drawing their fourth consecutive Premier League match at the London Stadium is 25.5%.