London rivals West Ham and Tottenham face off tonight in a classic Premier League fixture.
The Hammers finally got their season up and running over the weekend as they edged past Aston Villa.
Conte's Tottenham are still unbeaten this season
David Moyes will need his side to build on that win and start moving up the table following their poor start to the campaign.
Spurs, meanwhile, are still unbeaten this season and saw off Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
Antonio Conte's men could go top of the Premier League table this evening depending on results elsewhere.
West Ham v Tottenham is always a feisty and entertaining affair with 21 goals scored in their last six league clashes.
West Ham v Tottenham: Date and how to follow
This Premier League derby will take place on Wednesday, August 31.
The game at the London Stadium is scheduled to kick off at 7:45pm.
It will be broadcast on BT Sport 2 with coverage starting at 7:15pm.
BT Sport customers can live stream this via the app using their mobile, tablet or computer devices.
Updates will also be live on talkSPORT throughout the evening.
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
Pablo Fornals gave West Ham their first points of the season on Sunday
West Ham v Tottenham: Team news
West Ham will check on Ben Johnson and Aaron Cresswell ahead of the visit of Tottenham.
Johnson came off with a quad injury at Villa on Sunday and fellow full-back Cresswell has a slight groin issue.
New signing Lucas Paqueta is available but unlikely to play as he has yet to train with his new team-mates.
Tottenham will wait for fitness reports on Cristian Romero and Oliver Skipp after the pair returned to training.
Defender Romero has missed Spurs' last two games due to an adductor issue, while midfielder Skipp has been out since pre-season with a foot injury.
Lucas Moura and Bryan Gil remain sidelined.
West Ham v Tottenham: What's been said?
Conte has urged Tottenham's players to be 'dreamers' in their pursuit of Premier League glory.
"My players understand my will, my desire to try to be competitive enough to win something - even Europe," he said.
"But you (the media) know very well and are not stupid and understand the situation.
"In front of us are two top teams who have been working with the same coach for 10 years and have continued to invest much more money than us.
"But for sure, we have to be dreamers and to work a lot to create something special around us and to have a great season.
"We need to do this in our minds. Also when we go to win, we have to ask ourselves for much more, much more, much more. This is the only way to push ourselves, to create the right atmosphere and to become a winner and get that into our mind.
"Our first target is to try to improve ourselves from last season. That is very important. You cannot build a big, big structure in only nine months - it's impossible."
Conte has urged Tottenham's players to be 'dreamers' in their pursuit of Premier League glory
West Ham v Tottenham: Match stats
- Tottenham striker Harry Kane has scored nine goals in 26 Premier League games played on Wednesdays. Having already scored 10+ on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, he could become just the second player to reach double figures on five different days of the week, after Alan Shearer.
- Tottenham's Son Heung-min has been involved in eight goals in his last eight Premier League games against West Ham (5 goals, 3 assists), though just two of these have come at West Ham's ground (1 goal, 1 assist in November 2019).
- Tottenham striker Harry Kane has been involved in seven goals in his last six Premier League games against West Ham, scoring four and assisting three. Overall, he's netted 11 goals against them in the competition, with only Wayne Rooney (14) and Michael Owen (13) scoring more against the Hammers.
- Only Carlton Cole (14) and Manuel Lanzini (13) have scored more Premier League goals for West Ham in Premier League London derbies than Michail Antonio (12) – half of these have come in 11 appearances against Tottenham, including netting once in each of his last three against them at the London Stadium.
- West Ham United have lost their last two home Premier League games, last losing three in a row in their final four at the London Stadium under Manuel Pellegrini in November/December 2019. The Hammers have never lost their opening three home league games in a season.
- West Ham have lost just one of their last seven Premier League matches played on Wednesday (W3 D3), going down 2-0 at Arsenal last December. They had lost six of their previous eight such Wednesday matches before this (W2).
- Tottenham have won 99 Premier League London derby matches and could be the third side to reach 100 victories after Chelsea and Arsenal. Meanwhile, West Ham (112) have lost more such matches than any other side.
- West Ham were one of only two sides to score in all 19 of their home Premier League games last season, along with Liverpool, but haven't scored in their opening two home games this season. They have never failed to score in their opening three home league games in a season before, last failing in three consecutive home Premier League games in general in December 2008 at Upton Park.
- Tottenham have won 25 of their 52 Premier League games against West Ham, only beating Everton (28) and Manchester City (27) more often in the competition.
- West Ham have won their last two Premier League home games against Tottenham, last winning more consecutively between February 1997 and August 1999 (4).
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