West Ham United vs Tottenham Hotspur live stream, Wednesday 31 August, 7.30pm
Tottenham will be looking to continue their impressive start to the Premier League season when they take on West Ham on Wednesday.
Antonio Conte’s side have accumulated 10 points from a possible 12 so far in 2022/23. They ran out 2-0 winners against Nottingham Forest at the weekend, as Harry Kane’s brace put the game beyond Steve Cooper’s men.
Spurs were clinical in attack and incisive on the break, while Conte will have been delighted with a second consecutive clean sheet. Even so, there is still room for improvement as far as performances are concerned, but Tottenham are at least finding ways to win even when they are not at their best.
West Ham are finally off and running after a 1-0 triumph over Aston Villa at the weekend. Pablo Fornals’ deflected strike in the second half settled the match in the Hammers’ favour, lifting David Moyes’ side out of the bottom three. West Ham will now be looking to build on that win against a team they beat 1-0 at the London Stadium last term.
Spurs will have to make do without Lucas Moura, Oliver Skipp and Bryan Gil for this London derby. Rodrigo Bentancur will need to undergo a late fitness test, with Yves Bissouma set to replace him in the starting XI if the Argentine is unavailable.
Cristian Romero will also need to be assessed in the run-up to kick-off as he seeks to make his comeback from an abductor injury. Further forward, Richarlison could replace Son Heung-min in the line-up after the South Korean’s slow start to the season.
West Ham will be unable to call upon the services of Nayef Aguerd, Craig Dawson and Ben Johnson. Aaron Cresswell is expected to be available after a minor groin strain, but new signing Lucas Paqueta is unlikely to feature after completing his move from Lyon earlier this week.
Kick-off is at 7.45pm BST on Wednesday 31 August and is being shown on BT Sport 2. See below for international broadcast options.
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VPN guide
Use a VPN to watch Premier League football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a round of Premier League fixtures, then annoyingly your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!). You'll be blocked from watching it, which is not ideal if you’ve paid up for a subscription and still want to catch the action without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
But assistance is on hand. To get around that, all you have to do is get a Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs. A VPN creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and won't automatically block the service you've paid for. All the info going between is entirely encrypted – and that's a result.
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UK TV rights
How to watch Premier League live streams for UK subscribers
Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
US TV rights
How to watch Premier League live streams for US subscribers
NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season, with other matches split between NBCSN channel, CNBC and the over-the-air NBC broadcast channel. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
Head back to our VPN advice so you can take advantage when you're out of the country.
Canada TV rights
How to watch Premier League live streams for Canadian subscribers
Based in Canada? The way to watch Premier League football in 2022/23 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
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Australia TV rights
How to watch Premier League live streams for Australian subscribers
Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box and other friendly streaming devices.
To take advantage while you're not Down Under, follow the VPN advice towards the top of this page.
New Zealand TV rights
How to watch a Premier League live stream for New Zealand subscribers
Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
It's also available via web browsers, Apple/Android devices, Google Chromecast and some Samsung TVs, and Apple TV and Smart TV compatibility new for this season.
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