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Last Six Premiership results:-
Spurs
Liverpool 2 1 Spurs
Spurs 0 0 Chelsea
S'dland 2 0 Spurs
Arsenal 3 0 Spurs
Spurs 2 0 Leeds
B'mingham 1 1 Spurs
West Brom
Chelsea 2 0 West Brom
West Brom 1 2 Man City
Bolton 1 1 West Brom
West Brom 0 0 Aston Villa
Everton 1 0 West Brom
West Brom 1 0 Middlesbrough
Pos P W D L F-A GD Pts
8 Spurs 16 7 3 6 20-22 -2 24
17 West Brom 16 4 3 9 11-22 -11 15
West Bromwich Albion return to White Hart Lane for the first time since March 1986, when they got a 5-0 pasting. Despite their lowly position, such a scoreline is highly unlikely this week-end, as they have ground out some useful results, and have rarely been soundly beaten all season. However, they have scored just 11 goals, and in my view will struggle to increase that tally this week at White Hart Lane.
Due to time constraints, and the excellence of Brian's article, I have very little to add, except I think Spurs will win 2-0, and I also think that Simon Davies should automatically be recalled after his one-match suspension. Goran Bunjevcevic faces such an absence for this game, having now reached the five bookings mark.
Here are some stats relating to this game, which I hope you find interesting:-
Spurs 24 points
* Not lost at home since 28/9, v Boro 0-3
* We have 24 points after 16 games, exactly the same after 16 games
last season
* 1 win in last 7 league and cup games
* Won 3 of the last 8 Premiership games
* Failed to score in 5 of the last 10 league games
* 4 Premiership clean sheets
* Kasey Keller has started every game
* Bunjy had appeared in every game this season.
* Thatcher could make his 250th career club appearance
* Sir Les was 36 this week
* Not had a red card (Davies card was rescinded). One of only 3 clubs
not to have had a man sent off. Soton & West Ham.
West Brom 15 points (17th before the weekend)
* Prior to last weeks 1-0 win at home to Boro, hadn't won since 1-0
win v Soton on 14/9
* All 4 of their wins this season has been 1-0. They won 1-0 15
times last season
* Only scored 2 goals once this season in 5-2 loss at Arsenal on 27/8
* They lost their opening 3 games then won the next 3, Fulham H, West
Ham A, Soton H
* Failed to score in 6 Premiership games this season
* Kept 5 clean sheets
* Only won away win of the season, 1-0 at West Ham on 11/9 Jason
Roberts goal.
* 1 win in last 11 league and cup games
* failed to score in 5 of last 11 contests.
* Prem away form. P8 W1 D1 L6 F5 A14 (draw was 1-1 at Bolton on 9/11)
* 2 red cards this season.
* Igor Balis could make his 50th appearance for WBA
* Russel Hoult could make his 300th club start
* Michael Appleton, 27 last Wednesday
* 6 away defeats this season, joint most with Bolton and Boro
Game
* Last league game was @ WHL 16 years ago.8/3/86 5-0 Mabbutt, Falco2,
Galvin, Waddle
* Total League P106 W38 D22 L46 @WHL P53 W25 D14 L14
* First Premiership meeting
* West Brom have won 4 of their last 6 league meetings at WHL
* We played them in the semi final of the league cup over 2 legs in
1981-82. We won 1-0 home (Hazard) in the 2nd leg in front of over 47,000
after drawing 0-0 away in the 1st leg.
* Our biggest win in this fixture was 5-0 in the last league game here
in March 86
* Their biggest win is 1-3 in 13/3/1909
* Last hat trick between these 2 sides was Tony Brown at the Hawthorns
12/12/70 (3-1)
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Ref
* Alan Wiley 9 Prem games this season 28 yellows and 2 reds
* Did Charlton 0 Spurs 1 on 24/8
* Phil Sharp (world cup final lino) and Ceri Richards are linos
Graham Martin is 4th official
