Tottenham Hotspur vs West Bromwich Albion – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Sreya

Tottenham Hotspur vs West Bromwich Albion – Tottenham Hotspur hosts West Bromwich Albion at the Wembley on 25th November, Saturday in an English Premier League fixture.

Tottenham Hotspur are fourth in league standings with twenty-three points. Although Mauricio Pochettino’s side lost against Arsenal in their last league game, their impressive away win over Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League in midweek has restored stability.

West Bromwich Albion are firmly embroiled relegation battle as they are placed seventeenth with ten points, having lost their last four games on the trot, including a 4-0 loss to Chelsea last week.

Team News

Victor Wanyama, Toby Alderweireld and Erik Lamela are Spurs’ primary injury concerns. West Bromwich Albion will be without the injured Craig Dawson, James Morrison and Nacer Chadli.

Tottenham Hotspur Possible Starting Lineup: Hugo Lloris, Davinson Sanchez, Eric Dier, Jan Vertonghen, Kieran Trippier, Harry Winks, Dele Alli, Ben Davies, Christian Eriksen, Son Heung-Min, Harry Kane.

West Bromwich Albion Possible Starting Lineup: Ben Foster, Allan Nyom, Gareth McAuley, Ahmed Negazi, Jonny Evans, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Gareth Barry, Jake Livermore, Matt Phillips, Jay Rodriguez, Chris Brunt.

“It’s true we’ve struggled a little bit with teams that come to Wembley and play deeper. We need to improve our positional game in (the) last third in the opposition half. Sometimes we need show more patience to build our options to create chances.”

– Mauricio Pocchetino, Tottenham Hotspur.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Tottenham Hotspur vs West Bromwich Albion H2H Stats, the last five matches between these two clubs have resulted in two wins for Tottenham Hotspur and three draws. In fact, West Bromwich Albion has won only one of their previous fifteen Premier league encounters with Tottenham.

There have been under 2.5 goals scored in Tottenham’s last three Premier Leauge games. In spite of their stumble last week, Tottenham are the favorites tomorrow and are likely to win 2-0.