Sam Allardyce and his West Ham team will be looking for a repeat of the Premier League match which saw them grab a 3-0 win at White Hart Lane earlier this season. Tottenham are in a delicate period after manager Andre Villas-Boas was sacked on Monday. The Portuguese manager left White Hart Lane by mutual consent on Monday after Sunday's humiliating 5-0 home defeat at the hands of Liverpool and technical co-ordinator Tim Sherwood has been placed in temporary charge.
West Ham have already won once this season at White Hart Lane when Winston Reid, Ricardo Vaz Te and Ravel Morrison scored in a shocking 3-0 Premier League fixture in October. Spurs will be without midfielder Paulinho who will start a three-match ban after his red card against Liverpool, while Michael Dawson will also be suspended after picking up his fifth booking of the campaign. Sandro is in doubt after suffering a calf injury at the weekend, but Danny Rose (foot) and Vlad Chiriches (knee) could make their return.
Sam Allardyce's men secured a point from a goalless draw against bottom-of-the-table Sunderland on Saturday. "Now, we're in a position where we have to see what we've got available for Wednesday night but there won't be any young players in there that's for sure. But there will be players who haven't played as much in the first team," Allardyce said. Kevin Nolan is banned while the injury list is quite long: Stewart Downing (leg wound), Reid (ankle), Andy Carroll (foot), Mladen Petric (calf), and Vaz Te (shoulder).
Here are the odds for Wednesday's match at Bet365:
Tottenham win - 1/2
Draw - 7/2
West Ham win - 13/2
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