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West Ham 2-1 Tottenham - April 20, 1987 / Division 1 1986/1987

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Division 1 1986/1987 - Round 38

Boleyn Ground - London - England

April 20, 1987

West Ham

2 - 1

Tottenham

Frank McAvennie

45'

(penalty) Tony Cottee

90'

Clive Allen

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45' - Goal Frank McAvennie45

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46' - Substitution Tony Galvinis substituted by Nico Claesen

90' - Goal Tony Cottee90

90' - Goal Clive Allen

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

West Ham

2 - 1

Tottenham

West Ham Tottenham

Team line-ups

West Ham

McAlister

Thomas McAlister

Scotland

B.date10/12/1952

Age34 years

positionGoalkeeper

Strodder

Gary Strodder

England

B.date01/04/1965

Age22 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Gale

Tony Gale

England

B.date19/11/1959

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Bonds

Billy Bonds

England

B.date17/09/1946

Age40 years

positionDefender

McQueen

Tommy McQueen

Scotland

B.date01/04/1963

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Robson

Stewart Robson

England

B.date06/11/1964

Age22 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ward

Mark Ward

England

B.date10/10/1962

Age24 years

H1m68

positionRight Midfielder

Devonshire

Alan Devonshire

England

B.date13/04/1956

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Brady

Liam Brady

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/02/1956

Age31 years

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

McAvennie45

Frank McAvennie

Scotland

B.date22/11/1959

Age27 years

H1m78

positionForward

Cottee90

Tony Cottee

England

B.date11/07/1965

Age21 years

H1m70

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Thomas McAlister		34	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Strodder		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Gale		27	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Bonds		40	566	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy McQueen		24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Robson		22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Ward		24	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Devonshire		31	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Liam Brady		31	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank McAvennie	45	27	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Cottee	90	21	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

117

Tottenham

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age38 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Gough

Richard Gough

Scotland

B.date05/04/1962

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Polston

John Polston

England

B.date10/06/1968

Age18 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Hughton

Chris Hughton

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/12/1958

Age28 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Thomas

Mitchell Thomas

England

B.date02/10/1964

Age22 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Hodge

Steve Hodge

England

B.date25/10/1962

Age24 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Hoddle

Glenn Hoddle

England

B.date27/10/1957

Age29 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

Galvin46

Tony Galvin

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/07/1956

Age30 years

positionLeft Winger

Paul Allen

England

B.date28/08/1962

Age24 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

Waddle

Chris Waddle

England

B.date14/12/1960

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft Winger

Clive Allen90

Clive Allen

England

B.date20/05/1961

Age25 years

H1m79

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		38	318	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Gough		25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Polston		18	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Hughton		28	351	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mitchell Thomas		22	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Hodge		24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glenn Hoddle		29	444	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tony Galvin	46	30	275	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Allen		24	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Waddle		26	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clive Allen	90	25	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

164

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Nico Claesen	46	24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alan Devonshire

Georges Parris

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John Polston

Neil Ruddock

OUT

Tony Galvin

Nico Claesen

OUT

Chris Waddle

Osvaldo Ardiles

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Lyall

669

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Lyall vs Tottenham

9 victories

7 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 1987

Lyall vs Pleat

6 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 1987

Manager

Age

Match num

David Pleat

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Pleat vs West Ham

7 victories

5 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 1987

Pleat vs Lyall

7 victories

5 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on April 20, 1987

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Key figures

End of streak for Tottenham after 5 consecutive matches without a loss (since 04/04/1987).

David Pleat has registered 50 goal(s) conceded since the 16/05/1986 as the manager of Tottenham next after this match..

No Tottenham manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before David Pleat has done less than 1 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Ham 4-0 Sheffield United09/02/1987

LWest Ham 0-2 Norwich City14/03/1987

LWest Ham 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday24/03/1987

VWest Ham 1-0 Watford28/03/1987

VWest Ham 3-1 Arsenal08/04/1987

DWest Ham 0-0 Manchester United14/04/1987

Overall

LWest Ham 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday24/03/1987

VWest Ham 1-0 Watford28/03/1987

VWest Ham 3-1 Arsenal08/04/1987

LEverton 4-0 West Ham11/04/1987

DWest Ham 0-0 Manchester United14/04/1987

LLeicester 2-0 West Ham18/04/1987

Current form

Away

VArsenal 0-1 Tottenham08/02/1987

VWimbledon FC 0-2 Tottenham15/03/1987

DNewcastle United 1-1 Tottenham25/03/1987

LLuton Town 3-1 Tottenham28/03/1987

VSheffield Wednesday 0-1 Tottenham07/04/1987

DManchester City 1-1 Tottenham15/04/1987

Overall

LLuton Town 3-1 Tottenham28/03/1987

VTottenham 3-0 Norwich City04/04/1987

VSheffield Wednesday 0-1 Tottenham07/04/1987

VTottenham 4-1 Watford11/04/1987

DManchester City 1-1 Tottenham15/04/1987

VTottenham 1-0 Charlton18/04/1987

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	14	35
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

37	Number of games (Competition total)	35
18	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
12	Victories (Competition total)	19
8	Victories (Home / Away)	7
9	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
16	Losses (Competition total)	9
7	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

47	Goals scored (Competition total)	58
28	Goals scored (Home / Away)	25
60	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
26	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.27	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.66
1.56	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.56
1.62	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.97
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.31

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	18
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (2 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Tony Cottee	21 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	31 goals	Clive Allen
Tony Cottee	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	14 goals	Clive Allen
Ray Stewart	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Clive Allen
Tony Cottee	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Tony Cottee	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 4 matches	Clive Allen

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

21 v

14 d

12 l

74 gf

64 ga

Away

47 matches

11 v

14 d

22 l

68 gf

95 ga

Total

94 matches

32 v

28 d

34 l

142 gf

159 ga

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

22 v

14 d

11 l

95 gf

68 ga

Away

47 matches

12 v

14 d

21 l

64 gf

74 ga

Total

94 matches

34 v

28 d

32 l

159 gf

142 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 02, 1981
Home	4 - 0	February 08, 1964

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 02, 1987
Away	6 - 1	August 25, 1962

Latest head to head

February 02, 1987 - League Cup 1986/1987

Tottenham

5 - 0

West Ham

January 27, 1987 - League Cup 1986/1987

West Ham

1 - 1

Tottenham

December 26, 1986 - Division 1 1986/1987

Tottenham

4 - 0

West Ham

March 31, 1986 - Division 1 1985/1986

West Ham

2 - 1

Tottenham

December 26, 1985 - Division 1 1985/1986

Tottenham

1 - 0

West Ham

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

John Byrne	9 goals	1964 - 1966
Geoff Hurst	6 goals	1964 - 1970
Trevor Brooking	6 goals	1972 - 1983
John Sissons	4 goals	1964 - 1967
David Cross	4 goals	1981 - 1981
Tony Cottee	4 goals	1983 - 1986

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against West Ham

Jimmy Greaves	12 goals	1962 - 1969
Clive Allen	6 goals	1986 - 1987
Alan Gilzean	6 goals	1966 - 1970
Terry Dyson	4 goals	1960 - 1965
John Duncan	4 goals	1975 - 1977
Dave Mackay	4 goals	1962 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

Bobby Moore	26 matches	1960 - 1973
Billy Bonds	20 matches	1967 - 1983
Trevor Brooking	20 matches	1967 - 1983
Frank Lampard	18 matches	1967 - 1982
Geoff Hurst	16 matches	1964 - 1971
Ronnie Boyce	15 matches	1962 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

Steve Perryman	27 matches	1969 - 1985
Pat Jennings	26 matches	1964 - 1977
Cyril Knowles	24 matches	1964 - 1975
Phil Beal	17 matches	1964 - 1974
Jimmy Greaves	17 matches	1962 - 1969
Alan Gilzean	16 matches	1965 - 1973