Tottenham Hotspur vs West Ham United

Optus Stadium is the venue as West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur go head-to-head in an all-London pre-season friendly.

West Ham’s pre-season has been plain sailing thus far as they followed a 4-1 demolition of English lower-league outfit Boreham Wood with an overwhelming 6-2 victory over A-League side Perth Glory last time out. Despite losing their captain and headline performer Declan Rice to Arsenal, David Moyes’ men seem to be on the right track as they come into this round having won five of their last six outings (L1), including a historic 2-1 triumph over Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League showpiece. However, the recent H2H stakes cast doubt on West Ham’s prospects in this fixture as they’re winless in their last four meetings with Tottenham (D1, L3), conceding multiple goals in each defeat.

In the meantime, Tottenham Hotspur’s pre-season tour gets underway amid growing speculation linking their best player Harry Kane with a move to Bayern Munich. Tuesday’s encounter will mark Ange Postecoglou’s touchline debut. After missing out on European qualification for the first time in over a decade, ‘Spurs’ embark on a new chapter on the back of a 4- 1 thumping of Leeds United on the final day of last season’s Premier League. That result has extended Tottenham’s run without a draw to five matches (W2, L3), with three of those five results (wins/losses) seeing the winner score at least three goals. Worryingly for Postecoglou, his men have failed to keep a clean sheet in 11 of their last 12 outings.