Callum Wilson struck in stoppage time as West Ham beat Tottenham 2-1 in the Premier League. The win ended West Ham's 10-match league run without victory and increased pressure on Spurs head coach Thomas Frank. Tottenham suffered another late setback, following defeat to Bournemouth by a 90th-minute goal.
Wilson, widely expected to leave West Ham, reacted fastest in the 93rd minute after a corner was not cleared. The forward stabbed a loose ball high into the net, sealing all three points. Spurs' defenders hesitated, and West Ham punished the lapse in concentration in dramatic fashion.
West Ham had already taken control early. In the 15th minute, Crysencio Summerville cut inside two challenges and shot goalwards. The effort beat Guglielmo Vicario
with help from a deflection off Micky van de Ven, leaving the Tottenham goalkeeper wrong-footed and giving West Ham a 1-0 advantage.
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Tottenham created chances before the interval but could not level. Wilson Odobert and Djed Spence were both denied from close range by Alphonse Areola. Nuno Espirito Santo's side might have doubled the lead instead, yet Taty Castellanos headed wide from two yards and Jarrod Bowen's finish was disallowed for offside.
Spurs responded after the break and increased the tempo. In the 64th minute, Cristian Romero met Pedro Porro's right-wing cross and powered a header past Areola. The West Ham goalkeeper later saved a volley from Xavi Simons, while Porro's sliding challenge stopped Wilson scoring on a dangerous counterattack.
West Ham vs Tottenham Premier League data debrief
This match continued a painful pattern for Tottenham. After the Bournemouth defeat, Spurs lost to a 90th-minute winning goal in consecutive Premier League games for the first time. Late lapses again proved costly, with Wilson's decisive strike arriving deep into added time.
West Ham also extended an unwanted defensive trend before winning. Romero's equaliser was the Hammers' league-high 12th headed goal conceded in this Premier League campaign, with only the 2010-11 season worse, when they let in 15 and were relegated. Tottenham, by contrast, remained strong in the air in attack.
| Team | Statistic | Number | Season detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Ham | Headed goals conceded | 12 | Most in Premier League 2025-26 so far |
| West Ham | Headed goals conceded | 15 | 2010-11 Premier League, relegated |
| Tottenham | Headed goals scored | 9 | Joint-most in league, alongside Arsenal |
Romero's header took Tottenham to nine headed league goals this season, level with rivals Arsenal for the highest total in the competition. Wilson's winner was only West Ham's second 90th-minute winning goal in an away London derby in the Premier League, after Paolo Di Canio's late strike at Fulham in October 2002.
West Ham gained a vital lift for the season, ending a long winless spell and succeeding in a tense London derby. Tottenham, meanwhile, faced renewed scrutiny of game management, with repeated late concessions and set-piece issues adding to the pressure on Thomas Frank in the Premier League campaign.
