TEAM NEWS: Gareth Bale and William Gallas start for Tottenham as Demba Ba returns for West Ham

Tottenham welcome West Ham to White Hart Lane for Saturday’s early Premier League kick-off and have made four changes from the side that drew 3-3 in their last league match at Wolves.

At the back, Vedran Corluka has come in at right-back for Alan Hutton, who had a very poor match against Wolves and has also been the subject of rumours that he had a row with manager Harry Redknapp.

William Gallas has also been passed fit to start the match after a hamstring complaint was cleared.

In midfield, Aaron Lennon, Gareth Bale and Rafael van der Vaart have come in for Steven Pienaar, Jermaine Jenas and Roman Pavlyuchenko, respectively, with the latter two dropping to the bench.

West Ham on the other hand have made just two changes from the side that beat Stoke 3-0 in the League two weeks ago, with James Tomkins dropping to the bench and Lars Jacobsen replacing him.

The Hammers’ only other change sees Frederic Piquionne replaced by Gary O’Neill.
 
Tottenham: Gomes; Corluka, Dawson, Gallas, Assou-Ekotto; Lennon, Sandro, Modric, Bale; Van der Vaart; Defoe. Subs: Pletikosa, Hutton, Bassong, Kranjcar, Jenas, Crouch, Pavlyuchenko.

West Ham: Green; Jacobsen, Da Costa, Upson, Bridge; O’Neil, Noble, Parker, Hitzlsperger; Cole, Ba. Subs: Boffin, Tomkins, Gabbidon, Boa Morte, Obinna, Sears, Hines.