Venue: Upton Park Date: Monday, 8 December Kick-off: 2000 GMT
Coverage: Full commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live and updates on BBC Sport website
West Ham midfielder Lee Bowyer is attempting to shake off a knock ahead of Monday's London derby.
Striker Dean Ashton is still out with an ankle injury.
Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric will have his groin injury assessed and Ledley King could return if he shakes off a knee problem.
Jermaine Jenas is fit following a toe injury but defender Alan Hutton (foot) and Giovani dos Santos (ankle) are out of action.
News conference - West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola
West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola:
"It's a vital game, this is very important for us, for the meaning for supporters and the players.
"Turning the corner might be after this match so we need to be focused and carry on doing what we are doing. I have a good record against Spurs and hopefully it will be the same.
"We will see, we are going through a good spell here and we are confident. We were conceding too much and we tried to improve it from the back and make us better defensively."
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp:
News conference - Spurs boss harry Redknapp
"West Ham is always a tough place to go. Monday night at Upton Park under lights means a great atmosphere and great support.
"It's games galore. We're involved in too many competitions in all honesty. We've got the FA Cup to come too.
"You need a squad and I feel this squad is a little bit short. If we could get one or two loans for people who can play at this level to thicken the squad up then that would be ideal."
West Ham (from): Green, Neill, Collins, Upson, Ilunga, Faubert, Boa Morte, Parker, Mullins, Behrami, Bellamy, Cole, Noble, Lastuvka, Tristan, Davenport, Collison, Di Michele, Bowyer.
Tottenham (from): Gomes, Cesar, Alnwick, Bale, Gunter, Dawson, Assou-Ekotto, Woodgate, King, Corluka, Zokora, Bentley, Huddlestone, Jenas, O'Hara, Bostock, Lennon, Jenas, Boateng, Bent, Campbell, Pavlyuchenko, Modric.
Harry Redknapp takes his new Tottenham charges to West Ham, hoping they will retain a 100% record for him. The 61 year old has won every Premier League game at Upton Park as an opposing manager since leaving the Hammers, where he was in charge for seven years from August 1994 to May 2001. Portsmouth won there 2-4 in March 2006, 1-2 on Boxing Day 2006 and 0-1 on 8 April this year.
Spurs, who are on course to retain the Carling Cup, need a victory to draw level with West Ham on points, but they're yet to win a London Premier League derby this season.
Gianfranco Zola's Hammers have followed a six-match winless run, with five points out of nine, a three game spell in which as many clean sheets have been kept.
They're seldon short on goals when these clubs meet. Spurs won 4-0 at White Hart Lane last March, and who could forget their dramatic clash at Upton Park 12 months earlier. The Hammers were leading 2-0 at half time and 3-2 with five minutes remaining, but contrived to lose by the odd goal in seven.
Both clubs need a confidence boosting performance, as each have a tough fixture after this; West Ham are away to Chelsea and Spurs, home to Manchester United.
Distance between the clubs: 12 miles (19 kilometres)
Tottenham are making the shortest journey of any Premier League club in this round of matches.
WEST HAM UNITED
Going into the weekend: 13th 18 points
1. Won one of the last nine Premier League matches; 0-1, away to Sunderland on 23 November.
2. Not conceded in 273 minutes (four hours 33 minutes) of Premier League football since Louis Saha wrapped up a 3-1 home win for Everton on 8 November.
3. Failed to score in five of eight top-flight matches, and netted just one goal in each of the other three games.
4. On the longest current run of any Premier League side of nine matches since scoring more than one goal in a game; the 1-2 away win over Fulham on 27 September being the most recent.
5. Four points down on this same stage last season, when they were in the top-half.
6. Picked up just one point out of 12 at home since beating Newcastle 3-1 on 20 September; the point came from a goalless draw with Portsmouth in the most recent fixture at Upton Park on 15 November.
7. Gained points from only one of their last four London Premier League derbies, two of which were this season; those points courtesy of the 1-2 victory at Craven Cottage nine weeks ago.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Going into the weekend: 16th 15 points
1. Won eight of 11 matches since Harry Redknapp first took his place in the dig out.
2. Won four of the last seven Premier League outings, but lost two of the most recent three.
3. Last Sunday's 0-1 home defeat to Everton was the first time in eight league games in which they failed to score.
4. Averaging a point a game, but three points up on this same stage last season.
5. Conceded the opening goal in an unmatched 11 Premier League games, but won just two of those matches (home to Liverpool, and away to Manchester City).
6. Drawn two and lost one of their three London Premier League derbies this season, and only won one of the last six; the victory being 4-0, home to West Ham on 9 March.
7. Not won in seven away capital clashes; drawn four and lost three since winning 0-2 against Charlton at the Valley on 7 May 2007 - their only maximum in nine such matches.
WEST HAM UNITED
Robert GREEN is the only remaining player to have been on the field for every minute of every one of West Ham's Premier League matches this season.
Valon BEHRAMI's winner against Sunderland on 23 November is West Ham's only goal in three games.
Lee BOWYER is a double shy of 50 career Premier League goals (Leeds, Newcastle and West Ham).
If selected:-
Calum DAVENPORT will be facing a former club. The 25 year old defender made 20 appearances (15 in the league) and scored one league goal for Spurs between August 2004 and his move to Upton Park in January 2007.
Matthew ETHERINGTON will also be facing former team mates. The 27 year old midfielder made 51 appearances (45 in the league) and scored two goals (one league) for Tottenham between December 1999 and August 2003.
If on the field from the outset:-
Matthew UPSON will be making his 200th career league start (Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace, Reading, Birmingham and West Ham).
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Heurelho GOMES is the only remaining player to have been on the field for every minute of every one of Tottenham's Premier League matches this season.
If on the field from the outset:-
Ledley KING will be making his 250th club career start - all in a Tottenham jersey.
Vedran CORLUKA will be making his 50th Premier League start (Manchester City and Tottenham).
Tottenham are unbeaten in four Premier League matches against West Ham; they've won three and drawn one since the Hammers' 2-1 home win on 7 May 2006 when Carl Fletcher and Yossi Benayoun ensured a winning end to the campaign for the Upton Park club.
There's only been two goalless draws in the last 88 league meetings between these clubs.
Home and away
League (inc PL): West Ham 39 wins, Spurs 44, Draws 29
Prem: West Ham 9 wins, Spurs 11, Draws 6
at West Ham only
League (inc PL): West Ham 25 wins, Spurs 16, Draws 15
Prem: West Ham 6 wins, Spurs 4, Draws 3
West Ham United 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
24 November 2007 - Ref: Mike Riley
West Ham scorer: Cole 20
Spurs scorer: Dawson 67
Chris Foy (St Helens, Merseyside)
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