In a weekend match on Sun Feb 7th, in week 23, Tottenham Hotspur plays host to West Bromwich Albion in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. 8th placed Tottenham Hotspur is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Chelsea. Jorginho scored the first goal for Chelsea in the 24th minute on a penalty shot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Tottenham Hotspur couldn’t manage to score, and Chelsea took the shutout win. Tottenham Hotspur is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 19th placed West Bromwich Albion is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Sheffield United. Matt Phillips scored the first goal for West Bromwich Albion in the 41st minute, but Jayden Bogle got the equalizer for Sheffield United in the 56th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 73rd minute on a goal by Billy Sharp. West Bromwich Albion looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches.
West Bromwich Albion and Tottenham Hotspur last played eachother at the The Hawthorns on the 8th of November. Tottenham Hotspur was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of an empty stadium. Harry Kane struck first for Tottenham Hotspur in the 88th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, West Bromwich Albion was frustrated by Tottenham Hotspur’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Tottenham Hotspur ended the match with the shutout victory.
West Bromwich Albion is fortunate enough to have Matheus Pereira in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals. Tanguy Ndombélé has been the most prolific scorer on Tottenham Hotspur in his last 5 matches with three goals
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho’s squad will be without Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Giovani Lo Celso and Reguilón, while Conor Townsend, Matt Phillips, Karlan Grant and Grady Diangana are unavailable to play for Sam Allardyce’s team.