West Ham vs. Tottenham Hotspur: Lineups and match thread

Happy Spursday, Spursland. Today, Tottenham Hotspur take on West Ham United in a London Derby. Of course, this is not 'THE' London Derby, that comes on Sunday. Spurs have a chance to jump up into third place with a win tonight, thanks to Rafa Benitez and his merry band of derptastic derpers.

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Here are the lineups.

#THFC team tonight: Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Caulker, Vertonghen, Parker, Dembele, Lennon, Bale, Holtby & Adebayor #COYS

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 25, 2013

West Ham team - Jaaskelainen, Reid, Nolan, Jarvis, Carroll, O'Brien, Collins, Demel, Diame, J.Cole, O'Neil

— West Ham United FC (@whufc_official) February 25, 2013

Johnny Verts at left back is interesting. Benoit Assou-Ekotto is on the bench, so this must be a tactical or fitness-related move, as opposed to one that has to do with an injury. Everything else is as expected. Kickoff is at 8 pm local, 3 pm ET. You can catch the game on Sky Sports 1/Sky Go in the UK and ESPN2/Watch ESPN in the States.