London derby stats are finely balanced

West Ham avoided defeat in both Premier League meetings with Spurs last season (won one, drawn one) – they haven’t managed three league games without defeat against their London rivals since May 2006.

Spurs have won three of their last four visits to the London Stadium in the Premier League, though they did lose this fixture 2-1 last season.

Tottenham have lost each of their last four Premier League London derbies, as many as they had in their previous 17 such games combined (won seven, drawn six). Spurs haven’t lost more consecutive league derbies since a run of six between March 2003 and January 2004.

In 50 games in the Premier League era between the pair, West Ham have won 16 and Spurs 24 with 10 draws.

The Hammers have scored 60 goals in those games while keeping 12 clean clean sheets, while Spurs have scored 73 goals and kept 15 clean sheets.

Let’s hope West Ham can record their 17th win against their North London rivals in the top flight this afternoon.