Arsenal vs West Ham United preview: Away side in for a hard job at Emirates Stadium

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Mon 26.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Emirates Stadium (60272 seats)

Premier League: Top-drawer versus second-rate, at least based on the matches so far. Arsenal - West Ham United. Home win or a surprise result?

Insights:
  • Arsenal have won all their matches at home so far.
  • West Ham United have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Arsenal form and stats

Arsenal have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier League with 6 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses. After failing to beat Leicester City here at Emirates Stadium, Arsenal has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale not having conceded a league goal in 295 minutes.

Arsenal enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Wolverhampton Wanderers's place. The match ended 2-0 with Ødegaard (2) scoring. Midfield player Ødegaard got a match rating of 8.21 in that game, the max score being 10. Ødegaard scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 43 successful passes (of 51 total).

Preceding that result, a home loss in the Carabao Cup against Brighton & Hove Albion.

Arsenal always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Emirates Stadium with 19 goals in 6 league games. On the other hand, Arsenal have conceded 7 goals.

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West Ham United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for West Ham United so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in West Ham as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

West Ham United's previous game was their home loss versus Leicester City (0-2). Midfield player Rice was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.35/10. Rice hit one key pass and had 65 successful passes (of 72 total).

A 2-2 in a home match in the Carabao Cup before that, facing Blackburn Rovers (after extra-time, 9-10 on penalties). The club were not satisfied with the result, being big pre-match favourites.

Low on goals? 12 of this side's last 15 league fixtures have had two goals or less.

A new game in only four days for West Ham, the Premier League home match versus Brentford. Busy days.

Goals are few and far between in West Ham United's away league games. Only {3 goals} from 7 travels.

Head 2 Head

Arsenal have managed a streak of 6 consecutive matches without losing (5-1-0) when playing West Ham United.

Top Goalscorers

ArsenalM. Ødegaard
M. Ødegaard
6 goals
ArsenalG. Martinelli Silva
G. Martinelli Silva
5 goals
ArsenalG. de Jesus
G. de Jesus
5 goals

Arsenal missing players

West Ham United missing players

Arsenal West Ham United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 2 7 15
12 6 1 Won W 0 1 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 2 5 9
33 19 5 Scored S 0 3 12
11 7 0 Conceded C 2 7 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 29% 67%
64% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 20%
36% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
21% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 83% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 33%
50% 17% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 20%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 57% 47%
 
5.5 7.2 9 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 7.6 5.4
3.7 2.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.9 4.5
1.6 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.1 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.7 19.8 23 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 13.7 13.5
5.6 7.8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.7 3.9
42% 40% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 20%
 
8.2 7 5 Shots against (avg) S A 19 12.3 11.4
2.9 2.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.3 3.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Arsenal's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arsenal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Arsenal have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Arsenal have scored more than double the goals of West Ham United.
  • Arsenal have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Arsenal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Arsenal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Arsenal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • West Ham United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • West Ham United have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League
  • West Ham United have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Premier League
  • West Ham United have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • 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 14 12 1 1 33 11 6 6 0 0 19 7 8 6 1 1 14 4 22 37
2 Manchester City 14 10 2 2 40 14 8 7 0 1 30 9 6 3 2 1 10 5 26 32
3 Newcastle United 15 8 6 1 29 11 8 5 3 0 17 5 7 3 3 1 12 6 18 30
4 Tottenham Hotspur 15 9 2 4 31 21 8 6 0 2 21 11 7 3 2 2 10 10 10 29
5 Manchester United 14 8 2 4 20 20 6 4 1 1 9 4 8 4 1 3 11 16 0 26
6 Liverpool 14 6 4 4 28 17 8 5 2 1 21 8 6 1 2 3 7 9 11 22
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 14 6 3 5 23 19 7 3 2 2 11 6 7 3 1 3 12 13 4 21
8 Chelsea 14 6 3 5 17 17 6 3 2 1 10 6 8 3 1 4 7 11 0 21
9 Fulham 15 5 4 6 24 26 8 3 3 2 14 13 7 2 1 4 10 13 -2 19
10 Brentford 15 4 7 4 23 25 7 3 3 1 13 7 8 1 4 3 10 18 -2 19
11 Crystal Palace 14 5 4 5 15 18 7 4 1 2 10 8 7 1 3 3 5 10 -3 19
12 Aston Villa 15 5 3 7 16 22 7 4 1 2 11 6 8 1 2 5 5 16 -6 18
13 Leicester City 15 5 2 8 25 25 7 2 2 3 9 6 8 3 0 5 16 19 0 17
14 AFC Bournemouth 15 4 4 7 18 32 8 3 2 3 9 8 7 1 2 4 9 24 -14 16
15 Leeds United 14 4 3 7 22 26 7 3 2 2 12 9 7 1 1 5 10 17 -4 15
16 West Ham United 15 4 2 9 12 17 8 3 1 4 9 10 7 1 1 5 3 7 -5 14
17 Everton 15 3 5 7 11 17 7 2 2 3 6 6 8 1 3 4 5 11 -6 14
18 Nottingham Forest 15 3 4 8 11 30 8 3 2 3 10 11 7 0 2 5 1 19 -19 13
19 Southampton 15 3 3 9 13 27 7 1 3 3 8 12 8 2 0 6 5 15 -14 12
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 15 2 4 9 8 24 8 2 2 4 5 13 7 0 2 5 3 11 -16 10

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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.