Tottenham predicted team vs West Ham - Conor Gallagher decision with Joao Palhinha worry

Here's the Tottenham team we reckon Thomas Frank will select to face West Ham United in a big London derby in the Premier League on Saturday

Thomas Frank has some decisions to make as Tottenham host West Ham in a big derby in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.

Both clubs need the points and the Hammers arrive in N17 as the only London side currently faring worse than 14th-placed Spurs this season, sitting in the drop zone with 14 points to their name and just three wins. However, Frank's side have won just twice in their past 13 matches, and with their woeful home record in the Premier League need to put on an exciting performance in front of their fans.

Frank has a new player to call upon in Conor Gallagher after his £34.7million move from Atletico Madrid and the 25-year-old can be played in either a number eight role or as an energetic 10. The England international has played just about enough football in recent weeks at Atletico that he should be able to come straight into Frank's starting XI.

The team and crowd will certainly need his energy to feed off and he also can't play against Borussia Dortmund in midweek so will need the minutes.

Gallagher's arrival is well timed after Spurs lost Rodrigo Bentancur for three months following hamstring surgery. Joao Palhinha could not be seen in training footage from recent days and there has been some social media worry that the Portuguese has a small knock that could see him not risked as he could need to play against Dortmund.

That could mean Archie Gray continuing to get game time in the centre of the park alongside Gallagher while Lucas Bergvall has been back in training after returning from injury so should also feature during the encounter.

The team's attack pretty much picks itself because of injuries, with all three front men who played in the second half of the defeat to Villa likely to start with Dominic Solanke hopefully playing a bigger role off the bench this time as he gets his fitness back.

Ben Davies or Djed Spence could start at left-back until Destiny Udogie is deemed ready to get back into the action from the off, which might come against Dortmund. Davies will bring more natural width down the flank while Spence would bring the pace.

Here's the team we reckon Frank could select to face the Hammers:

(4-2-3-1) Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Davies; Gallagher, Gray; Odobert, Xavi, Tel; Kolo Muani.