Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Monday 28 December 2009

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 West Ham United

Premier League · Monday 28 December 2009, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 West Ham United: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated West Ham United 2-0 in the Premier League on Monday 28 December 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Luka Modric opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Luka Modric (11') and Jermain Defoe (81'). West Ham United did not score.

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards; West Ham United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 5th on 34 points from 19 and West Ham United 17th on 18 points from 19. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 70 points, and West Ham United 17th with 35.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Ham United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 2 draws and 2 for West Ham United.

Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read D-W-W-L-D and West Ham United's W-D-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Luka ModricTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Guillermo Franco FarquarsonWest Ham United
  • 66'Yellow card · Alessandro DiamantiWest Ham United
  • 67'Yellow card · Vedran ĆorlukaTottenham Hotspur
  • 72'Yellow card · R. KováčWest Ham United
  • 81'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 83'Yellow card · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 6, draws 2, West Ham United 2.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Heurelho Gomes, Michael Dawson, Vedran Ćorluka, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Tom Huddlestone, Wilson Palacios, Luka Modrić, Peter Crouch, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe

West Ham United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Green, Matthew Upson, James Collins, Julien Faubert, Luis Jiménez, Carlton Cole, Junior Stanislas, Mark Noble, Scott Parker, Jack Collison