Football betting preview: West Ham United with moderate expectations before welcoming Arsenal

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 16.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: London Stadium (66000 seats)

Both West Ham United and Arsenal are itching for points in this game, even with the away team holding a 43 point advantage so far.

Insights:
  • West Ham United have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Premier League
  • Arsenal have the most matches over the total-line (20) in Premier League

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

These are busy days for the host team, as they had a game only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Gent.

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West Ham United form and stats

West Ham United have collected 21 points from their Premier League home games so far after 6-3-6.

The West Ham manager Moyes and his players return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Gent in the Europa Conference League. Midfield player Rice got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, the max score being 10. Rice dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 40 successful passes (of 46 total).

Before that match, a Premier League win away at Fulham.

The match schedule is unforgiving for West Ham United as they have a new game in only four days, a Europa Conference League match thankfully also at home. Gent are visiting.

West Ham United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 15 games. West Ham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Arsenal form and stats

Arsenal's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Arsenal collect 35 points from their 15 away matches in the Premier League. 11 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

Arsenal are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Liverpool (placed 8th). Drawing 2-2 against Liverpool after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Arteta needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Attacker Martinelli got a player rating of 7.9 in the game. "Man of the match" Martinelli scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.

A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Leeds United.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league games have ended with at least three goals.

Arsenal are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Arsenal have managed a streak of 7 consecutive games without losing (6-1-0) when facing West Ham.

This was the score when the teams faced each other earlier this campaign; Arsenal - West Ham United 3-1.

Top Goalscorers

ArsenalG. Martinelli Silva
G. Martinelli Silva
14 goals
ArsenalB. Saka
B. Saka
12 goals
ArsenalM. Ødegaard
M. Ødegaard
10 goals

West Ham United missing players

Arsenal missing players

West Ham United Arsenal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 4 Played P 5 15 30
8 6 0 Won W 3 11 23
6 3 2 Drew D 1 2 4
15 6 2 Lost L 1 2 3
27 19 3 Scored S 6 30 72
39 19 9 Conceded C 2 11 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
72% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 73% 83%
28% 27% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 47% 67%
21% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 50%
3% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 30%
38% 40% 75% BTTS BTTS 20% 33% 57%
24% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 60% 40%
38% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 7% 7%
 
5.5 5.4 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5 6
4.9 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.3 3.7
1.2 1.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.9 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.8 13.5 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 13.3 16.1
3.6 3.9 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 4.3 5.3
26% 32% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 46% 46%
 
11.9 10.3 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.4 10.2 8.8
4 3.5 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Arsenal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Arsenal have scored more than double the goals of West Ham United.
  • Arsenal have the fewest conceded goals (11) away in Premier League
  • Arsenal have the most clean sheets (9) away in Premier League
  • Arsenal have the most matches over the total-line (20) in Premier League
  • Arsenal have the most points (35) away in Premier League
  • Arsenal have the most scored goals (30) away in Premier League
  • Arsenal have the the best goal difference (+19) away in Premier League
  • Arsenal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Arsenal haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • West Ham United have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Premier League
  • West Ham United have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Premier League
  • West Ham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 30 23 4 3 72 29 15 12 2 1 42 18 15 11 2 2 30 11 43 73
2 Manchester City 29 21 4 4 75 27 14 12 1 1 47 14 15 9 3 3 28 13 48 67
3 Newcastle United 29 15 11 3 48 21 14 8 5 1 23 9 15 7 6 2 25 12 27 56
4 Manchester United 29 17 5 7 44 37 15 11 3 1 27 8 14 6 2 6 17 29 7 56
5 Tottenham Hotspur 30 16 5 9 55 42 15 11 0 4 31 17 15 5 5 5 24 25 13 53
6 Aston Villa 30 14 5 11 41 40 15 8 2 5 25 19 15 6 3 6 16 21 1 47
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 28 13 7 8 52 36 14 7 3 4 25 14 14 6 4 4 27 22 16 46
8 Liverpool 29 12 8 9 50 35 14 9 4 1 36 11 15 3 4 8 14 24 15 44
9 Brentford 30 10 13 7 47 40 15 7 6 2 29 16 15 3 7 5 18 24 7 43
10 Fulham 29 11 6 12 39 40 15 6 4 5 21 21 14 5 2 7 18 19 -1 39
11 Chelsea 30 10 9 11 29 31 15 6 5 4 16 12 15 4 4 7 13 19 -2 39
12 Crystal Palace 30 8 9 13 29 40 15 5 5 5 14 19 15 3 4 8 15 21 -11 33
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 8 7 15 24 42 15 6 2 7 13 19 15 2 5 8 11 23 -18 31
14 West Ham United 29 8 6 15 27 39 15 6 3 6 19 19 14 2 3 9 8 20 -12 30
15 AFC Bournemouth 30 8 6 16 28 57 15 5 4 6 15 19 15 3 2 10 13 38 -29 30
16 Leeds United 30 7 8 15 39 54 15 5 5 5 21 24 15 2 3 10 18 30 -15 29
17 Everton 30 6 9 15 23 43 15 5 3 7 13 17 15 1 6 8 10 26 -20 27
18 Nottingham Forest 30 6 9 15 24 54 15 5 6 4 19 18 15 1 3 11 5 36 -30 27
19 Leicester City 30 7 4 19 40 52 15 3 3 9 17 20 15 4 1 10 23 32 -12 25
20 Southampton 30 6 5 19 24 51 15 2 4 9 15 28 15 4 1 10 9 23 -27 23

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.