Out of the first seven teams in the Premier League, four are rivals from London – Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham and West Ham. And while Chelsea is equipped for the Premier League crown and will chase the first place, other three clubs will fight each other for the fourth and last Champions League spot. Arsenal is currently in that position, with six points more than their greatest rivals Spurs, but Antonio Conte’s men are three matches behind, and if they manage to win all three of them, they will easily surpass the Gunners. And looking at their form, that should not be a problem.Spurs are undefeated on seven of their past nine Premier League visits to St Mary’s, including a 5-2 win last season. [BBC] pic.twitter.com/fRVEAHxM6W— The Spurs Web ⚪️ (@thespursweb) December 28, 2021 In the matches following Conte’s arival, Spurs sit fifth in the form table having picked up 14 points from a possible 18, while having up to three games in hand over some sides around them. The tally means Conte is just one point off former manager Santo’s count of 15, despite having overseen four games less than the Portuguese coach. The switch of system has significantly improved Spurs on the back end having conceded just three goals, while 12 have been scored going forward.Long list of casualties poses concerns for Leicester ahead of Liverpool clashBut, Southampton have lost just one of their last five and drew against Leicester and Brighton in their last two home matches in the Premier League.“To have only Monday to prepare for the game is not easy, but at the same time this situation is for all the teams. The players have to rest, to recover really well, then we have training to prepare for the game. I repeat, it won’t be easy, but we have the right confidence. Now, we have to enjoy that we got three points, a good performance against Palace, but at the same time, we have to know that in two days we have to recover to play very well, otherwise we will ruin what we are doing” said Conte, who is still undefeated in the Premier League.They might have lost the game, but the Hammers have won our hearts foreverIn the other part of London, West Ham are preparing for their duel with another London team, Watford. The Hammers had a great period when they won a lot of games, but after a surprise 3:2 win over Chelsea, everything went downhill. West Ham doesn’t have a win since that 4th December, and the Hammers managed to lose three and draw one since. What’s even worse, they will still be without their midfielder dynamo Declan Rice, and even the coach David Moyes admitted he is sorely missed.“He’s been a huge part of how we have played and what we’ve done, and when we look back to the last five games of last season, I don’t know how many we won, but we won a few without him. We lost a couple of big games without him, certainly, I can remember the Chelsea game he was not available. But I think when we didn’t have him for about five games last year, we did okay. He is really important, he is a big member of the team here and we always knew that he was only one booking away from suspension and it happened today” said the Scotsman.PREMIER LEAGUE – Round 20Tuesday18.00: (3.25) Watford (3.50) West Ham (2.30)18.00: (3.90) Southampton (3.50) Tottenham (2.05)18.00: (1.75) Crystal Palace (3.70) Norwich (5.40)23.00: (8.00) Leicester (5.10) Liverpool (1.42)Wednesday22.30: (1.43) Chelsea (4.60) Brighton (9.00)23.15: (15.0) Brentford (7.00) Man.City (1.22)Thursday22.30: (1.90) Everton (3.60) Newcastle (4.50)23.15: (1.40) Man.Utd. (4.90) Burnley (9.00)***odds are subject to change
