Premier League · 2023Thu, 7 Dec 2023, 20:15 UTCFull timeHistorical match

Tottenham Hotspur

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1–2Historical match

West Ham United

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A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Tottenham Hotspur	West Ham United
Shots	23 shots/match▲	11 shots/match
Shots on target	7 shots/match▲	5 shots/match
Expected goals	1.79 xG/match	2.23 xG/match▲
Possession	75%●	25%
Corners	8 corners/match●	4 corners/match
Fouls	11 fouls/match	12 fouls/match

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Each team attacks towards its own end of the pitch.

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Tottenham Hotspur: 23 shots, 6 on target, 1.79 xG. West Ham United: 11 shots, 5 on target, 2.44 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Tottenham Hotspur 1.79 xG · West Ham United 2.44 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Tottenham Hotspur's last-five goals scored average is below their season average. A second useful context is: Tottenham Hotspur's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines. Limitation: The fixture is outside the configured active season.

Tottenham Hotspur's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Tottenham Hotspur's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

1.4 goals/match▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.93 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1.4 goals/match	1.93 goals/match	1.47 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Tottenham Hotspur show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

Tottenham Hotspur's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

16.1 shots/match▲ShotsTottenham Hotspur · West Ham United11.7 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Tottenham Hotspur	West Ham United	Baseline
Shots	16.1 shots/match	11.7 shots/match	13.6 shots/match
Shots against	13.6 shots/match	16.2 shots/match	13.2 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

The teams have contrasting possession records

strong

Tottenham Hotspur have recorded the higher season possession share.

60.2%●PossessionTottenham Hotspur · West Ham United41.9%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 18.3 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Tottenham Hotspur	West Ham United	Baseline
Possession	60.2%	41.9%	50.4%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

2Tottenham Hotspur

1Draws

1West Ham United

19 Feb 2023Tottenham Hotspur — West Ham United · Premier League2–0

31 Aug 2022West Ham United — Tottenham Hotspur · Premier League1–1

20 Mar 2022Tottenham Hotspur — West Ham United · Premier League3–1

24 Oct 2021West Ham United — Tottenham Hotspur · Premier League1–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Tottenham Hotspur favored in 10 of 13 directional metrics · West Ham United in 0 · 3 too close

1.93 goals/match▲Goals scoredseason · 15/151.73 goals/match

1.47 goals/match▲Goals allowedseason · 15/151.67 goals/match

1.6 xG/match▲Expected goalsseason · 15/151.47 xG/match

1.7 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 15/151.78 xG/match

16.1 shots/match▲Shotsseason · 15/1511.7 shots/match

13.6 shots/match▲Shots allowedseason · 15/1516.2 shots/match

5.87 shots/match▲Shots on targetseason · 15/154.2 shots/match

4.53 shots/match▲Shots on target allowedseason · 15/155.4 shots/match

60.2%●Possessionseason · 15/1541.9%

5.8 corners/match●Cornersseason · 15/154.67 corners/match

6.33 corners/match▲Corners allowedseason · 15/156.87 corners/match

—Cardsseason · 0/0—

11.7 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 15/1511.1 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

27%▲Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 15/157%

100%▲Scoring frequencyseason · 15/1593%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Tottenham Hotspur82.5

West Ham United22.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Tottenham Hotspur80.8

West Ham United43.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Tottenham Hotspur47.5

West Ham United26.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Tottenham Hotspur52.5

West Ham United62.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Tottenham Hotspur72.5

West Ham United42.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Tottenham Hotspur67.5

West Ham United30

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Tottenham Hotspur78.8

West Ham United35.6

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Tottenham Hotspur15 matchesWest Ham United15 matches

1.93 goals/match▲Goals scored15/151.73 goals/match

1.47 goals/match▲Goals allowed15/151.67 goals/match

1.6 xG/match▲Expected goals15/151.47 xG/match

16.1 shots/match▲Shots15/1511.7 shots/match

5.87 shots/match▲Shots on target15/154.2 shots/match

60.2%●Possession15/1541.9%

5.8 corners/match●Corners15/154.67 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

11.7 fouls/matchFouls15/1511.1 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Tottenham Hotspur7 matchesWest Ham United8 matches

1.57 goals/matchGoals scored7/8▲1.75 goals/match

1.43 goals/match▲Goals allowed7/81.88 goals/match

1.81 xG/match▲Expected goals7/81.56 xG/match

19 shots/match▲Shots7/812 shots/match

7 shots/match▲Shots on target7/83.88 shots/match

60.4%●Possession7/839.1%

7.43 corners/match●Corners7/84.63 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

11 fouls/matchFouls7/812.1 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

4.16 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/14.26 days

2 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/12 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidencelimited

Season samples15 / 15home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Fri, 8 Dec 2023, 00:15 UTC · analysis-v4