West Ham United take on the visitors Tottenham Hotspur at the Olympic Stadium in the 1/8-finals fixture of the EFL Cup. The match will be played in London on Wednesday, October 31st.
West Ham United have been struggling constantly in the start of the new Premier League season. They are really far from the higher places in the table at the moment. Thereby the Hammers are really motivated to show good performances in the EFL Cup right now. They have showed their ambitions for this tournament in the previous rounds already. Before getting to the 1/8-finals fixture of the EFL Cup the team of Manuel Pellegrini had beaten Wimbledon on the away field and Macclesfield in front of their home crowd scoring eight goals against them. Even though the Irons have been unstable overall they have managed to beat Manchester United and to draw against Chelsea this Premier League season. Furthermore, they have already had a match against exactly Tottenham Hotspur recently in the league. The Academy of Football created a lot of goal attempts in that game but lost in the end. It`s worth noting that West Ham United have been playing confidently in the defense lately. They conceded only seven goals overall in their last nine fixtures. It could easily happen that the Irons will manage to keep their goal safe in their upcoming game against Tottenham Hotspur in the EFL Cup. In their last three matches West Ham United drew against Leicester City with a 1-1 score, lost to Tottenham Hotspur with a 0-1 score and to Brighton & Hove Albion with the same 0-1 score.
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In the 1/16-finals fixture of the EFL Cup Tottenham Hotspur struggled a lot against Watford. They managed to get to the next round of the tournament though despite of them losing in the course of that game. It`s worth noting that the manager of the team Mauricio Pochettino used a lot of his reserve players in that match. There is no reason for him not to do the same thing in the upcoming fixture against West Ham United. The two main goals for the Spurs right now are to improve their table position in the Premier League and to beat PSV in their Round 4 fixture of the UEFA Champions League group stage on their home field. They have a crazy schedule ahead of them in November and December so the team is unlikely to have a big motivation for their EFL Cup fixtures. Overall, the Lilywhites have managed to win only seven of their fourteen games they have already had this season. In their last three matches Tottenham Hotspur lost to Manchester City with a 0-1 score, drew against PSV with a 2-2 score in their UEFA Champions League group stage fixture and beat West Ham United with a 1-0 score.
Tottenham Hotspur always have a fully reserve starting eleven for their EFL Cup fixtures. Last season they failed to beat such teams as Rochdale and Newport on the away fields exactly because of this factor in the tournament. Furthermore, they were knocked out exactly by West Ham United in the 1/8-finals of the cup last year. As noted, the main competitions for the Spurs right now are the Premier League and the Champions League. The manager of the team Mauricio Pochettino will use his reserve players on Wednesday almost for sure so West Ham United should not lose at least in the upcoming game.
Prediction for the match: West Ham United to win with 0 handicap.
