West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League, London Stadium, Sunday 4 May 2025, 2pm BST
West Ham United will be eager to bounce back to winning ways and spark a strong finish to 2024/25 when they welcome Tottenham Hotspur to London Stadium for their final derby of the campaign on Sunday.
The Hammers are winless in seven, following last weekend's narrow defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion, and currently sit 17th in the table with just four fixtures to go until the summer break.
While Graham Potter's men remain 15 points clear of already-relegated 18th-place side Ipswich Town, they know that a string of good results over the coming weeks could yield a run up the standings, with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 13th just five points ahead.
Just one place and one point above the Irons in 16th, Tottenham have endured a difficult season of their own, and in the league have lost five of their last six, including a 5-1 thrashing at champions Liverpool on their most recent outing.
Things have been better for Ange Postecoglou's men on the continent, and while they will arrive in the east of the capital halfway through their two-legged UEFA Europa League semi-final against Bodø/Glimt, they will be hoping to build momentum back on the domestic front, as well.
All signs point to an enticing match-up, then, with both teams firmly focused on securing all three points to boost their season run-in.
Read on for everything you need to know ahead of the match...
Tickets…
Tickets for this sold-out game are still available on the Ticket Exchange, with Season Ticket Holders who cannot attend this fixture relisting their seats for other supporters to buy.
Click HERE to check availability or relist.
Supporters are urged to arrive early at London Stadium on Sunday as security and ticket checks will be in place at all entry points.
Travel…
There are no planned disruptions to TfL Underground services on the Central and Jubilee lines, though there are set to be issues on the Bakerloo, Circle, District and Waterloo & City lines, Elizabeth line services, the Docklands Light Railway and the Lioness, Suffragette and Windrush lines on the London Overground. Supporters using these services are highly recommended to check their routes before departure.
Similarly, there are planned disruptions on Greater Anglia and c2c mainline services, as well as the Southeastern network that serves Stratford International.
Stratford and Stratford City Bus Stations are located in close proximity to Stratford station. Buses that run to these stations are numbers: 25, 86, 97, 104, 108, 158, 241, 257, 262, 276, 308, 425, 473, D8.
Supporters using public transport are advised to check their journeys before they travel, using resources such as TfL’s Journey Planner and the TfL Go app. Supporters may also wish to visit the National Rail website if travelling on the rail network.
There is no parking available at London Stadium. Restrictions will be in place and enforced in the local area.
How To Follow…
Sunday’s 2pm kick-off will NOT be broadcast live in the UK, but will be shown across the world by the Premier League’s international broadcast partners.
If you live outside the UK, click HERE for details of Premier League listings in your territory.
You can follow the action via our live blog on whufc.com and our app, and across our social media channels. We will also have highlights and exclusive reaction for you after the final whistle on our website and social media.
Live audio commentary will be available in the UK on BBC Radio London, and worldwide on our official website and app.
We Are West Ham. United...
As West Ham United prepares for our home Premier League fixture against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, the Club is proud to stand in support of football as a game for everyone.
West Ham United has a zero-tolerance approach to any form of discrimination. Equality, equity, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of the Club and we are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcome to attend our fixtures in a safe environment.
Any form of discriminatory chanting, including antisemitic chanting, is unacceptable behaviour that has no place in football and has criminal consequences. West Ham United will take the strongest possible action against any individual found to be engaging in such behaviour, including potential lifetime bans and referral to the police.
The Club can also face disciplinary action if any of its supporters are found to have engaged in this behaviour, which is not representative of the West Ham United fanbase and will not be tolerated by the Club.
West Ham United provides a number of support mechanisms on matchday to ensure that supporters can report any incidents discreetly and in confidence. To report any incidents during Sunday’s match, you can speak with the nearest steward or Supporter Liaison Officer, or text the word SUPPORT, followed by your message, to 83121.
You can also contact West Ham United at [email protected]. Please provide as much information as possible, including the stand, row, seat number, description of the offender and incident.
We are proud of the diverse and inclusive values that our Club and community stand for. We ask all Hammers supporters attending Sunday’s match to reflect those values – and to back the team with passion, pride, and respect.
Official Programme…
Following the historic, combined men's and women's issue for the Premier League and Barclays Women's Super League games against Southampton and Manchester United respectively, the Club has once again produced a bumper 132-page programme for the men's team's upcoming visit of Ange Postecoglou's Spurs, complete with a bespoke cover illustration and an additional eight-page pullout, featuring an eye-catching poster, a brainteasing quiz and plenty of games for our younger Hammers.
The largest publication in English football, this weekend's Official Programme is still priced at just £4, representing remarkable value for money for supporters of all ages wanting exclusive interviews, attention-grabbing opinions and eye-catching photographs, plus the regular news, columns and statistics and insightful content from across all areas of the Club.
The Official Programme is the definitive Claret and Blue publication for West Ham fans.
Click HERE for more information, and HERE to purchase your copy!
Blesma, The Limbless Veterans...
Sunday marks Charity Partner Blesma’s annual Awareness Day at London Stadium.
Based in Chelmsford, Blesma is a UK Armed Forces charity dedicated to supporting serving and ex-Service men and women who have experienced life-changing limb loss, or the loss of use of limbs, eyes or sight.
The charity offers lifelong support to those who have served our country, providing a range of services including prosthetic and mobility assistance, grants, benefits advice and a variety of activities designed to enhance wellbeing. Since the First World War, Blesma has supported over 61,000 limbless veterans.
To find out more about Blesma and how to support their vital work, please click HERE.
Team News…
Graham Potter will hold his pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon. However, we do know that long-term absentees Michail Antonio and Crysencio Summerville will miss the game, with the latter having recently undergone surgery on his hamstring injury.
Evan Ferguson will be fighting for selection again, having been ineligible to face his parent club Brighton & Hove Albion last time out, while Edson Álvarez will be assessed after missing the last two matches.
Tottenham captain Son Heung-min is a doubt for this weekend's clash, having missed their last three Premier League fixtures through injury, and defender Radu Drăgușin remains out.
Opposition…
At the start of April last year, everything looked good at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Australian head coach Ange Postecoglou had kicked off his reign with a ten-match unbeaten run that saw Spurs storm to the top of the Premier League table. And although results had been less consistent for the next few months, Tottenham still went into the final seven matches of the 2024/25 campaign in the top four and on course for UEFA Champions League qualification.
However, the north Londoners would lose five of those seven matches, all to clubs rivalling them for a top-four finish, and ultimately slip to a fifth-place finish and settle for a place in the UEFA Europa League.
While fifth in his first season in charge was, on paper, a decent return for Postecoglou, that late-season downturn in results continued into the current campaign, leaving the aforementioned Europa League as Tottenham’s only hope of returning to continental competition in 2025/26.
Ahead of this weekend's action, Spurs have won just eleven of their 34 Premier League games and sit in the bottom third of the table, albeit with a bizarre positive goal difference generated by a series of emphatic early-season victories.
Those pre-Christmas wins over the likes of Everton, Brentford, Manchester United, West Ham United, Aston Villa, Manchester City and Southampton seem like a lifetime, rather than a few months, ago.
Since thumping reigning champions Manchester City 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium on 23 November, Tottenham have won five and lost 14 of the 22 Premier League matches they have played and dropped from sixth to 16th in the table.
The Carabao Cup offered some respite, with early-round wins over both Manchester clubs and a semi-final first-leg victory over Liverpool raising hopes of a first trophy win since 2008, only for the Reds to thump Spurs 4-0 in the second leg at Anfield.
An FA Cup fourth-round exit at Aston Villa ended that chance of silverware, leaving the Europa League as the only route open to Postecoglou, who said last September ‘I always win things in my second year’.
To be fair, Tottenham have done well in Europe, finishing fourth in the new Europa League league phase, then defeating West Ham’s recent European opponents AZ of the Netherlands and Eintracht Frankfurt of Germany in the knockout stages to set up a two-legged semi-final with Norwegian champions Bodø/Glimt, the first of which will be played in north London on Thursday evening.
Victory over Bodø/Glimt and either Manchester United or Athletic Club of Bilbao in the final would secure Spurs a place in next season’s Champions League, prove Postecoglou right and end 17 years without a major trophy.
Previous Meetings…
West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur have met 57 times in the Premier League, with Spurs winning 27 to the Hammers’ 18, while 12 matches have been drawn.
The Irons are unbeaten in the sides’ last four matches at London Stadium. Before 1-1 draws in April 2024 and August 2022, Michail Antonio scored the winner in October 2021 and was also on the scoresheet alongside Jesse Lingard in a 2-1 triumph over Jose Mourinho’s team behind closed doors in February of that year.
Tottenham did beat West Ham three times on the trot at home in all competitions between December 2021 and February 2023, until Jarrod Bowen and James Ward-Prowse strikes powered David Moyes’ men to a 2-1 win in north London in early December 2023.
Spurs did triumph in the teams' most recent meeting, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, however, with Dejan Kulusevski, Yves Bissouma and Son Heung-min strikes, and an Alphonse Areola own-goal, powering Ange Postecoglou's men to a 4-1 win in October 2024.
This particular match-up also has a reputation for a wonderstrike or two. Manuel Lanzini rescued a point with a 30-yard screamer as the Hammers overturned a three-goal deficit to draw 3-3 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2020, while two years earlier Pedro Obiang stunned Wembley Stadium with an unstoppable long-range rocket in a game that finished 1-1.
Match Officials…
Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistant Referees: Stuart Burt and James Mainwaring
Fourth Official: Ruebyn Ricardo
VAR: Darren England
Assistant VAR: Peter Wright
Michael Oliver will referee a West Ham United fixture for the 45th time in his illustrious career on Sunday.
Born in Ashington, Northumberland, 40-year-old Oliver was introduced to refereeing by his father, Clive, at the age of 14 and became the youngest referee to officiate at Wembley Stadium when he took charge of the 2007 Conference National play-off final, aged just 22.
He had already become the youngest Football League assistant referee and referee when he became the youngest Premier League referee when he took charge of Birmingham City’s 2-1 win over Blackburn Rovers on 21 August 2010, aged 25.
Since that historic day, Oliver has refereed two FA Cup finals, in 2018 and 2021, the EFL Cup final in 2016, UEFA Super Cup final in 2022 and EFL Championship Play-Off final in 2023.
He is five short of 400 Premier League appointments and has passed 750 matches at all levels, including 39 in the UEFA Champions League.
Included in those 755 games were three at UEFA Euro 2020, three at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2024, in addition to Nations League ties and international friendlies.
For more information about the officials, click HERE.
