Tottenham return to the venue where their Premier League title aspirations began to unravel last season, with West Ham looking to continue their good record against their London rivals.
The Hammers have recorded 14 wins over Spurs since the inception of the Premier League in 1992 – their highest tally of wins against a single opponent.
Only four of those victories came at White Hart Lane, meaning it is when the east Londoners host the fixture that most of the damage has been done.
Manuel Lanzini slots in the winner from close range to all but end Tottenham’s faint title hopes
Yossi Benayoun scored against Spurs during the game known as ‘Lasagne-gate’ in May 2006
The handsome win at home to Bolton in the Carabao Cup was the perfect way for Slaven Bilic’s men to gear up for Saturday’s lunchtime cracker against one of the club’s fiercest rivals.
Spurs are seemingly going through the same teething problems at Wembley as West Ham experienced last year, meaning points are perhaps easier to come by on the road.
But Mauricio Pochettino took his side to the London Stadium towards the end of last season and a Manuel Lanzini strike consigned them to defeat to all but end their title hopes.
West Ham struggled at their new home ground last term, but the fans managed to recreate the atmosphere of the old Boleyn Ground as Bilic’s men produced the best performance of their campaign to seal a famous 1-0 win.
Spurs’ Hugo Lloris is beaten in the opening seven minutes of West Ham’s win in March 2016
Michail Antonio celebrates with Dimitri Payet after scoring the opener at a bouncing Boleyn
Having recalled positive memories from previous encounters against Tottenham, they will look to claim a third straight home win over them having also come out on top in the final league clash at Upton Park.
Michail Antonio’s early goal was enough to secure victory at the Boleyn Ground in March 2016 and Bilic, whose side have one win from five games, is hoping for another partisan atmosphere this weekend.
‘Everyone involved talks for months (about those games) and we still remember the game in May and the one at Upton Park, so those are the patterns we want to repeat on Saturday,’ Bilic told the club’s website.
‘We ended their hopes of winning the league but it gives us no psychological advantage. But the advantage comes when you remember good memories and good patterns to repeat what we have actually already done against that team,’ he added.
Winston Reid scored the opening goal in a 3-0 win at White Hart Lane in October 2013
Stewart Downing scores against Spurs in May 2014 as West Ham went on to record a 2-0 win
Pochettino, whose Tottenham side are fifth in the standings on eight points from five games, said the West Ham clash is massive for both the team and the fans.
‘A derby, just like when we play Arsenal or Chelsea, is not only a game. It’s more than a football game. It’s emotional, you play for your pride and we understand what it means for our fans – we share the same feelings,’ he told Tottenham’s website.
Pochettino also said midfielder Mousa Dembele, who played in the midweek Carabao Cup win over Barnsley, would see limited action as he continued to recover from foot surgery.
West Ham are looking for their second win of the season. They began the campaign with three straight losses, before beating Huddersfield 2-0 and drawing with West Bromwich Albion last week.