It is a very significant day at the bottom of the Premier League where the battle to avoid relegation now looks like a two-way scrap between West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur.

Nottingham Forest are eight points clear of the bottom three after their eye-catching 5-0 victory at Sunderland on Friday night. 

Spurs’ trip to relegated Wolves this afternoon is simply a must-win for Roberto De Zerbi and his players. There were signs of competency in performances against Sunderland and Brighton, but they could only claim one point from a possible six.

If Spurs fall four or five points behind West Ham, who host Everton, relegation would go from a perilous possibility to a near certainty.

Wolves have taken points off Aston Villa, Arsenal and Liverpool at Molineux this calendar year, so they can be slippery opponents, and Spurs are winless in the league in 2026.

“I don’t want to put pressure but we have to know the situation, we can’t forget the table and that we need to win, and maybe what we have ​done until now is not enough,” said De Zerbi said ‌at his pre-match news conference.

“Even if we win at Wolves it’s not finished yet anyway, there are four more games. But right now I think we deserve to win a game. We played a very good game against Brighton and were unlucky.”

At the London Stadium, David Moyes returns to face his former club knowing that Everton can climb above Chelsea and Bournemouth with a win.

West Ham have lost just two of their last six in the league, though they may have been frustrated by their failure to convert first-half dominance into goals in their draw at Crystal Palace last time out.

Nuno Espirito Santo is well aware of the threat Everton offer and says Moyes’s familiarity with the West Ham squad poses a challenge.

“(Former team) managers have the advantage of knowing the players, sometimes the routines,” said Nuno.

The third three o’clock game is Liverpool vs Crystal Palace, with Champions League qualification now looking more comfortable for last season’s champions than it did a few weeks ago.

Full team news on the way shortly.