Arsenal vs West Ham United – Preview, H2H, Line-ups, Prediction | EPL 2021-22

Mikel Arteta manager of Arsenal against Fulham at Emirates Stadium-Premier League
Mikel Arteta manager of Arsenal against Fulham at Emirates Stadium-Premier League

Arsenal host London rivals West Ham United in the Premier League on Wednesday night.

Venue: Emirates Stadium

Key Statistics

Arsenal have won their last six home matches against West Ham United in all competitions.

Arsenal have next to win six of their last seven home matches in the Premier League.

Arsenal have kept a clean sheet in their last three home matches in the Premier League.

Arsenal are unbeaten in five of their last six meetings against West Ham United in all competitions.

Head to Head

These two sides have faced each other 144 times in the past with Arsenal winning 69 matches and drawing 40 of them.

The Hammers have managed to beat the Gunners 35 times in their history.

Latest Performances in all competitions

Arsenal: WLWLLW

West Ham: WLDWLD

Arsenal

The Gunners are coming into this game on the back of three defeats in their last five matches across all competitions and Mikel Arteta will demand a big performance from his side against their London rivals.

The Gunners are currently just two points adrift of the top four and a win here could send them into the Champions League places provided the other results go their way.

Arsenal have an impressive home record against West Ham and the fans will be expecting the players to pick up all three points here.

Possible Arsenal Starting Line-up

Aaron Ramsdale; Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ben White, Gabriel Magalhaes, Kieran Tierney; Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Martinelli; Alexandre Lacazette

West Ham United

The Hammers are coming into this game on the back of just one win in their last five league matches and this will be a tough outing for them.

David Moyes’ side have been quite impressive this season and they are currently 4th in the league table.

However, West Ham are lacking in momentum right now and they will have to improve a lot in order to beat Arsenal at the Emirates.

Possible West Ham United Starting Line-up

Lukasz Fabianksi; Vladimir Coufal, Issa Diop, Craig Dawson, Aaron Cresswell; Tomas Soucek, Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen, Pablo Fornals, Said Benrahma; Michail Antonio

Prediction

Arsenal 2-1 West Ham