West Brom v Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League – live!

7.44am EST 07:44

44 min Bartley is booked for taking a shortcut through the back of Harry Kane.

7.43am EST 07:43

43 min “Not a Spurs fan but admire the remarkable consistency of Son and Kane,” says Niall O’Keeffe. “Both in the top 10 in the EPL in my opinion. Fancy Jose to guide them to the Premiership this season.”

I think that will be beyond them, even if Son and Kane stay fit, but they do have an outside chance. And I think they’ll win one of the cups.

7.42am EST 07:42

42 min This is a decent spell of pressure for Spurs, probably their best of the half.

7.40am EST 07:40

40 min Ndombele’s excellent cross from the right is cleared by Bartley at the near post. Kane went down under challenge from Livermore, but I don’t think there was anything in it.

Updated at 7.41am EST

7.38am EST 07:38

38 min A few of the Spurs players, and Jose Mourinho, are unhappy with West Brom’s physicality. Reguilon goes down holding his face after an aerial challenge with Furlong. The referee saw nothing wrong.

7.37am EST 07:37

38 min “Hey Rob,” says J.R. in Illinois. “It’s all happening this weekend, eh?. It started badly Friday with the crushing blow of Ireland getting knocked out of the World Cup (of Darts). Then we had a Saturday that is the beginning of the end of a very long four years (don’t get me wrong though, we’re still in deep doo doo), And today my Baggies get a chance to ruin the dastardly Jose Mourinho’s day. What a time to be alive.”

7.37am EST 07:37

37 min Johnstone comes for the corner and doesn’t get there, but he gets away with it.

7.36am EST 07:36

36 min Ndombele plays a return pass to Reguilon, who hares towards the area and is very well tackled by Ajayi. Corner to Spurs on the left…

7.35am EST 07:35

35 min Gareth Bale has been very quiet, although you could say the same about Kane and Son. West Brom could do with scoring now while they are on top, because the second half surely won’t be as comfortable.

7.34am EST 07:34

34 min After nice play from Robinson, who has been excellent, Livermore sprays a drive over the bar from 25 yards.

7.33am EST 07:33

33 min West Brom are the better team at the moment; on the touchline, Jose Mourinho has the face on.

7.30am EST 07:30

30 min Krovinovic’s deep free-kick is headed over the bar by Bartley. He was trying to nod it back towards the far post but got too much on the ball.

7.29am EST 07:29

28 min Spurs have been poor so far. West Brom are squeezing the game very effectively.

7.27am EST 07:27

26 min: Fine defending from Dier! Robinson breaks into space down the left, reaching the byline before flipping a lovely cross over Lloris. Grant, at the far post, is about to head the ball into the net from a yard when Dier leaps to flick it away.

Dier heads the ball off his goal line Photograph: Mark Cosgrove/News Images/REX/Shutterstock

Updated at 7.40am EST

7.24am EST 07:24

24 min Slaven Bilic will be pretty happy with how the match has gone so far. Spurs have been a bit sluggish and have only created that one clear chance for Son.

7.23am EST 07:23

22 min Kane’s lofted pass is just too heavy for Reguilon, who would have been through on goal.

7.20am EST 07:20

20 min Ndombele is fouled just outside the D by Gallagher, but the referee waves play on. Jose Mourinho is not thrilled.

Kane and Bale argue with Referee Andy Madley Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/AP

Updated at 7.33am EST

7.19am EST 07:19

20 min This is a good spell for West Brom, who look sprightly on the counter-attack. Furlong breaks into the area and is well tackled by Reguilon.

7.19am EST 07:19

18 min: Good chance for West Brom! Furlong’s terrific cross from the right is headed well wide by the stretching Grant. I think he mistimed his jump; either way the ball skimmed off his head and went out for a throw-in.

7.17am EST 07:17

17 min Bale concedes a corner on the West Brom left. Krovinovic’s corner leads to another, this time on the right. Hojbjerg heads it away.

7.14am EST 07:14

13 min Robinson cuts the ball towards Gallagher, whose shot is blocked by Reguilon. Spurs break dangerously and 10 seconds later Son misses a great chance. Kane and Ndombele combined neatly to find him in a criminal amount of space 10 yards from goal. Son almost had too much time – he waited an age before hitting a left-footed shot that was blocked by Ajayi.

Son’s shot on goal is blocked Photograph: Mark Cosgrove/News Images/REX/Shutterstock

Updated at 7.19am EST

7.10am EST 07:10

10 min West Brom are working really hard defensively, and so far have kept Spurs at arm’s length. It hasn’t been the greatest start to the game.

7.07am EST 07:07

7 min Doherty’s low cross is put behind by Townsend for the first corner of the match. Son’s delivery is poor and Gallagher heads clear.

7.05am EST 07:05

5 min Lots of early possession for Spurs, as you’d expect. So far it has all been in front of the West Brom defence.

7.02am EST 07:02

2 min Lloris makes a comfortable save from Robinson’s low drive.

7.00am EST 07:00

1 min Peep peep! After both sets of players stand for a Remembrance Sunday tribute, Spurs get the game underway. They’re wearing their yellow change strip; West Brom are in blue and white.

6.55am EST 06:55

West Brom are looking for their first win in the league this season. They’ve played well enough in some games, especially the 3-3 draw with Chelsea, but they were dismal in the 2-0 defeat at Fulham on Monday.

Slaven Bilic with Jose Mourinho before the match Photograph: Peter Powell/Reuters

Updated at 7.02am EST

6.04am EST 06:04

Team news

West Brom are without Matheus Pereira and Branislav Ivanovic, who have both tested positive for Covid-19, while Grady Diangana has been dropped to the bench. Gareth Bale, who scored the winner against Brighton last weekend, starts his first Premier League game since returning to Spurs.

West Brom (3-5-2) Johnstone; Bartley, O’Shea, Ajayi; Furlong, Gallagher Livermore, Krovinovic, Townsend; Grant, Robinson.Substitutes: Button, Gibbs, Peltier, Phillips, Diangana, Sawyers, Edwards.

Tottenham Hotspur (4-2-3-1) Lloris; Doherty, Alderweireld, Dier, Reguilon; Sissoko, Hojbjerg; Bale, Ndombele, Son; Kane.Substitutes: Hart, Rodon, Aurier, Davies, Lo Celso, Lucas Moura, Vinicius.

Referee Andy Madley.

Updated at 6.17am EST

5.38am EST 05:38

Preamble

Morning. Jose Mourinho’s second home used to be 1 Premier League. He spent most of his time there, looking down at the unspecial ones going about their mundane business. In the last few years, he has become one of them. Since winning the title with Chelsea in 2014-15, Mourinho has only been top of the Premier League for a few weeks, at the start of his first two seasons with Manchester United. But if Spurs win at struggling West Brom today, he will return to his old residence.

It might only be for a few hours, but it would support the growing feeling that Spurs could make a surprise title challenge this season. They need Harry Kane and Son Heung-min to stay fit and maintain their spectacular form, but a Spurs challenge is much more conceivable than when they started the season with that dismal defeat at home to Everton.

Let’s be honest, most of us thought Mourinho’s days of challenging for the biggest trophies were over. If he does win the Premier League for the fourth time, there will be quite an acceptance speech.

Kick off 12pm.

Updated at 5.50am EST