West Ham teen terrorises both Arsenal and Tottenham; 20 G/A for Andre Dike

In matches against Fulham, Crystal Palace, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, he has recorded a highly-impressive seven goal contributions.

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In fact, Andre Dike reached 20 goal contributions for 2025/26 when setting up Chuk Obi during West Ham United’s 2-1 victory over Spurs on Tuesday lunchtime at Hotspur Way.

Another scalp added to the collection.

Andre Dike helps West Ham United beat Arsenal and Tottenham

There are shades of Jarrod Bowen in 17-year-old Dike. Many of his 16 goals for the reserves this term have come about in a very familiar manner; cutting inside from the right onto his left boot and curling the ball past a despairing goalkeeper.

In particular, Dike’s December stunner against Crystal Palace was extremely Bowen-esque.

But as the Under-18s took on Arsenal and Spurs in the space of four days – they would see off both, by the way – Dike put the Hammers ahead with a rare headed finish during a thrilling win at the Gunners’ young Guns on Saturday.

While Callum Wilson popped up to break Everton hearts, Dike scored a stoppage-time winner of his own some 30 miles north west at the Sobha Realty Training Centre. A composed penalty the seventh goal in a 4-3 victory.

Tottenham then found themselves in the teenager’s crosshairs and, like Arsenal, again found no answer to his threat from the right-hand flank.

That assist to Obi en route to a 2-1 victory takes Dike’s personal tally up to 16 goals and four assists in 28 matches across the U18s and the Under-21s.

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Dike will play a big part with the Hammers’ Under-21s next season

An assistant coach to Greg Lincoln at Under-21 level, Zavon Hines is confident that Dike will have more chances to make his mark in the second-string if he maintains his rapid rate progress in the age group just below.

“The idea is always to expose our Under-18s to the demands of the higher age groups,” Hines told the club’s official website in February, after Dike scored his first-ever Premier League 2 goal in a 1-1 draw with Leicester.

“Andre has been one of our top players in the Under-18s and we want to give him more opportunities at Under-21s level. It was good for him to start and make an impact by scoring.

“He deserves more opportunities.”

He will get them, too. Dike has surely outgrown the Under-18 pool, ready to wade into choppier waters.