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

Premier League · Monday 8 December 2008

Result

West Ham United 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Monday 8 December 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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West Ham United 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

West Ham United lost to Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 in the Premier League on Monday 8 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

Ledley King opened the scoring in the 68th minute. West Ham United did not score. Tottenham Hotspur scored through Ledley King (68') and Jamie O'Hara (90').

Discipline: West Ham United received 2 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards.

Going into the game West Ham United were 15th on 18 points from 15 and Tottenham Hotspur 17th on 15 points from 15. West Ham United went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 8th with 51.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 West Ham United wins, 3 draws and 5 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 68'Goal · Ledley KingTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Valon BehramiWest Ham United
  • 90'Goal · Jamie O'HaraTottenham Hotspur · 0-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Mark NobleWest Ham United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: West Ham United 2, draws 3, Tottenham Hotspur 5.

Team news

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

Robert Green, George McCartney, Lucas Neill, James Tomkins, Joseph Paintsil, Julien Faubert, Bobby Zamora, Dean Ashton, Scott Parker, Mark Noble

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

Heurelho Gomes, Vedran Ćorluka, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Didier Zokora, Daniel Bentley, Jermaine Jenas, Luka Modrić, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Aaron Lennon, Jonathan Woodgate