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

Premier League · Sunday 7 May 2006

Result

West Ham United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 7 May 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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West Ham United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

West Ham United defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 7 May 2006. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Carl Fletcher opened the scoring in the 10th minute. West Ham United's goals came from Carl Fletcher (10') and Yossi Benayoun (80'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Jermain Defoe (35').

Discipline: West Ham United received 1 yellow card; Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards.

Going into the game West Ham United were 9th on 52 points from 37 and Tottenham Hotspur 4th on 65 points from 37. West Ham United went on to finish that season 9th with 55 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 5th with 65.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 West Ham United win, 3 draws and 3 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Carl FletcherWest Ham United · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Shaun NewtonWest Ham United
  • 80'Goal · Yossi BenayounWest Ham United · 2-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: West Ham United 1, draws 3, Tottenham Hotspur 3.

Team news

West Ham United line-up

Shaka Hislop, Paul Konchesky, Danny Gabbidon, Anton Ferdinand, Yossi Benayoun, Nigel Reo-Coker, Shaun Newton, Bobby Zamora, Lionel Scaloni, Carl Fletcher, Teddy Sheringham

Tottenham Hotspur line-up

Paul Robinson, Stephen Kelly, Young-Pyo Lee, Michael Dawson, Anthony Gardner, Michael Carrick, Edgar Davids, Teemu Tainio, R. Keane, Jermain Defoe, Aaron Lennon