Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 25 November 2012

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 West Ham United

Premier League · Sunday 25 November 2012, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 West Ham United: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated West Ham United 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 25 November 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Jermain Defoe (44'), Gareth Bale (58') and Jermain Defoe (64'). West Ham United scored through Andy Carroll (82').

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

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 9th on 17 points from 12 and West Ham United 7th on 19 points from 12. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 72 points, and West Ham United 8th with 47.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and West Ham United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 2 draws and 1 for West Ham United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Joey O'BrienWest Ham United
  • 29'Yellow card · Mark NobleWest Ham United
  • 33'Yellow card · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur
  • 33'Yellow card · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur
  • 44'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 58'Goal · Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 64'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 3-0
  • 82'Goal · Andy CarrollWest Ham United · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 7, draws 2, West Ham United 1.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jan Vertonghen, Clint Dempsey, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe, Michael Dawson, Hugo Lloris, Sandro, Kyle Walker, Steven Caulker, Tom Huddlestone, Gareth Bale

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Kevin Nolan, Mark Noble, Winston Reid, James Tomkins, George McCartney, Mohamed Diamé, Matt Jarvis, Yossi Benayoun, Andy Carroll