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West Ham v Spurs team news: Simons debut, Richarlison a sub

13 September 2025 541 comments
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Wake up! There are two more Premier League matches to come today.

The goal-starved 3pm kick-offs may have been a good advert for a Saturday afternoon trip to the garden centre but the penultimate game of the day will, hopefully, be a bit spicier.

It’s West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur at the London Stadium, where kick-off is at 5.30pm BST.

TEAM NEWS

No side’s games have seen more goals than those involving West Ham United this season (12).

Their boss, Graham Potter, makes one change to the side that beat Nottingham Forest 3-0 in Gameweek 3.

It’s seemingly enforced, as Niclas Fullkrug was a doubt for this match with a calf issue and drops to the bench.

Crysencio Summerville comes in for a start.

As for Spurs, Thomas Frank hands a debut to Xavi Simons following his recent move.

Mathys Tel and Lucas Bergvall also start as Rodrigo Bentancur, Richarlison and Brennan Johnson make way. International exertions may have played a part in those decisions.

LINE-UPS

West Ham United XI: Hermansen, Diouf, Kilman, Mavropanos, Walker-Peters, Ward-Prowse, Soucek, Fernandes, Paqueta, Bowen, Summerville.

Subs: Areola, Julio, Wilson, Fullkrug, Guilherme, Magassa, Wan-Bissaka, Potts, Irving.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Vicario, Spence, Van de Ven, Romero, Porro, Sarr, Palhinha, Bergvall, Simons, Tel, Kudus.

Subs: Kinsky, Danso, Richarlison, Udogie, Johnson, Odobert, Bentancur, Davies, Kolo Muani.

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  1. F4L
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 16 days ago

    fackkkkk off ref

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  2. F4L
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 16 days ago

    wtffff thats a goal

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  3. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 16 days ago

    Games gone to sssshit

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  4. Quality Quality Qualit
    • 16 Years
    3 months, 16 days ago

    Ridiculous, obvs goal

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  5. F4L
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 16 days ago

    fpl is so fcking pointless with stuff like this.

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  6. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    3 months, 16 days ago

    Non-contact sport

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  7. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 16 days ago

    Thats ridiculous, that should've stood

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  8. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    3 months, 16 days ago

    The game has completely gone

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  9. Vinyl78LP
    • 15 Years
    3 months, 16 days ago

    What the actual, Keeper pushed VDV into the other players ?

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  10. pundit of punts
    • 12 Years
    3 months, 16 days ago

    Need a defender for 4.6 m or lower this gw

    Shortlist -

    Senesi
    VdV
    Richards

    Any other picks worth considering?

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    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 16 days ago

      Andersen VDB and some 4.0

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    2. z13
        3 months, 16 days ago

        Senesi all day

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      • Moon Dog
          3 months, 16 days ago

          Senesi is great long-term but if you need them for next week I'd go Anderson for sure. BRE v NEW

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      • Moon Dog
          3 months, 16 days ago

          It's so stressful watching games you have zero players in 😆

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        • denial
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          3 months, 16 days ago

          VdV was being held back. Ffs. Nothing wrong with that goal.

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        • ☈☾
          • 8 Years
          3 months, 16 days ago

          Diouf looks electric

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          1. RICICLE
            • 3 Years
            3 months, 16 days ago

            I need to stop benching him haha

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          2. lilmessipran
            • 13 Years
            3 months, 16 days ago

            I think what makes him stand out is that his crosses on average are quite good, not just this game but this season and even in pre-season.

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          3. My heart goes Salalalalah
            • 9 Years
            3 months, 16 days ago

            Shocking. Sold for Lacroix

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        • keefy59
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 16 days ago

          So inconsistent
          What about the Man Utd goal v Fulham that was allowed under similar circumstances .

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        • Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 16 days ago

          Was that Kudus corner? Well got both Kudus and Romero ... this game is really luck 🙁

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        • AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 16 days ago

          The problem with backing the ref is when you've got idiots like Gillot refing.

          He's a menace in VAR and on the pitch.

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        • F4L
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 16 days ago

          10 million players, have of those teams picked by computers/sheep. you cant do well anymore if you dont get luck/rub of the green, so frustrating

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          1. Nomar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            3 months, 16 days ago

            So, how is this different from any other year?

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            1. F4L
              • 11 Years
              3 months, 16 days ago

              its getting worse year by year at the moment.

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            2. F4L
              • 11 Years
              3 months, 16 days ago

              fun factor of fpl is slowly draining away. the small margins matter more than ever

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              1. F4L
                • 11 Years
                3 months, 16 days ago

                * and those small margins are obviously out of your control.

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                1. Mr. O'Connell
                  • 13 Years
                  3 months, 16 days ago

                  That's hardly an elite mindset

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                  1. F4L
                    • 11 Years
                    3 months, 16 days ago

                    elite mindset would be to stop putting time into something you get little reward from due to absolute bs

                    will always love football, but might stop fpl soon not sure

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                    1. Mr. O'Connell
                      • 13 Years
                      3 months, 16 days ago

                      Right you are. Set and forget every 4 weeks is the way to play these days. Far less time wasted week to week.

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                    2. Travel Notes
                      • 3 Years
                      3 months, 16 days ago

                      Just make a better team, then you'll enjoy it.

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          2. My heart goes Salalalalah
            • 9 Years
            3 months, 16 days ago

            Chin up mate. Beat the AI

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        • AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 16 days ago

          That's the worse decision in the Premier League I've seen in at least 2 weeks.

          What an idiot

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          1. My heart goes Salalalalah
            • 9 Years
            3 months, 16 days ago

            Who almost assisted and scored there?

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            1. AC/DC AFC
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              3 months, 16 days ago

              Romero scored from a corner

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              1. My heart goes Salalalalah
                • 9 Years
                3 months, 16 days ago

                I almost had 20 from 8 then 😆

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              2. ITS AMAD WORLD
                • 2 Years
                3 months, 16 days ago

                Who took the corner?

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          2. Royal5
            • 14 Years
            3 months, 16 days ago

            Awful

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        • lilmessipran
          • 13 Years
          3 months, 16 days ago

          Arsenal going to score like 5 corner goals vs WHam in Gw7, Gabriel essential

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        • Manani
          • 14 Years
          3 months, 16 days ago

          is it madness to keep Watkins for 1/2 more week? (will WC in GW6/7)

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          1. KT
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            3 months, 16 days ago

            Wrestling with this myself...Watkins owner. I'm going to keep and hope Emery sorts out his supply line.

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          2. ITS AMAD WORLD
            • 2 Years
            3 months, 16 days ago

            May as well keep him since Gyokeres has a tough fixture up next

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        • lilmessipran
          • 13 Years
          3 months, 16 days ago

          VAR just seems like a waste of resources, so superficial and spineless.

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        • ☈☾
          • 8 Years
          3 months, 16 days ago

          Did I make the right call by playing Gudmundsson instead of Reinildo and Konsa?

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          1. g40steve
            • 7 Years
            3 months, 16 days ago

            No this week benched here 😉

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          2. Manani
            • 14 Years
            3 months, 16 days ago

            honestly just unlucky, Leeds looked the most solid according to the xGC at least

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            1. Moon Dog
                3 months, 16 days ago

                Yeah, think I'm playing Rodon (wol) over Senesi (NEW) next week. Strong underlying defensive numbers.

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          3. Tonyawesome69
            • 7 Years
            3 months, 16 days ago

            The referee’s call of no goal was checked and confirmed by VAR – with it deemed that van de Ven pushed Walker-Peters in the back and impacted his ability to play the ball.

            https://x.com/PLMatchCentre/status/1966908562929529143?t=2eYCqXikSQlOQBwF-N40lg&s=19

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            1. Mr. O'Connell
              • 13 Years
              3 months, 16 days ago

              Rightly so. He could have been killed.

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            2. Albrightondknight
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              3 months, 16 days ago

              And who pushed vdv to start it all a hammers player. Joke decision again

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          4. g40steve
            • 7 Years
            3 months, 16 days ago

            Xavi passing to that player no one wtf

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            1. Moon Dog
                3 months, 16 days ago

                Muscle memory from his previous club probably. He's probably used to having a player overlapping during that phase of play.

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                1. g40steve
                  • 7 Years
                  3 months, 16 days ago

                  Like Werner?

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                  1. Moon Dog
                      3 months, 16 days ago

                      Like Raum. Attacking LB.

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              • lilmessipran
                • 13 Years
                3 months, 16 days ago

                Xavi taking right corners over Porro

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              • Nomar
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 16 Years
                3 months, 16 days ago

                Porro doing nothing as usual?

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                1. Royal5
                  • 14 Years
                  3 months, 16 days ago

                  Yep

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              • g40steve
                • 7 Years
                3 months, 16 days ago

                So hugging & throwing to the floor goes unpunished again

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                1. JBG
                  • 7 Years
                  3 months, 16 days ago

                  Expected a pen there... but PL refs and consistency don't go together

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              • g40steve
                • 7 Years
                3 months, 16 days ago

                Kudus is a baller

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                1. Mr. O'Connell
                  • 13 Years
                  3 months, 16 days ago

                  Don't get FPL points for that unfortunately

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              • Quality Quality Qualit
                • 16 Years
                3 months, 16 days ago

                Spence looks useful

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              • Pedersen
                • 7 Years
                3 months, 16 days ago

                It is so refreshing to see Thomas Frank actually doing proper manager work, instead of many other PL managers in fancy suits busy yelling at players and letting staff do all the leg work

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