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Premier League: West Ham v Arsenal - team news & build-up

BBC
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West Ham midfielder Edson Alvarez is available after suspension but Mohammed Kudus will complete his five-match ban on Saturday.

A couple of unnamed players have minor fitness issues and will be assessed.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said on Friday that he's unsure if defender Gabriel will be fit to play this weekend.

The Brazilian was substituted late on against Sporting in midweek, a game in which both Declan Rice and Kai Havertz returned from injury.

Match facts

Head-to-head

  • West Ham's 6-0 defeat in last season's corresponding fixture is their joint-heaviest at home, along with an 8-2 thrashing by Blackburn in 1963 and 6-0 loss to Sheffield Wednesday in the second tier in 1951.

  • Arsenal's solitary defeat in their past 16 Premier League away games against West Ham came in January 2019 when Declan Rice scored the only goal (W10, D5).

  • However, the Hammers defeated Arsenal 3-1 at London Stadium in last season's League Cup fourth round.

West Ham United

  • West Ham have lost all five games against teams in the top eight of the table going into this weekend. They are unbeaten in their other seven fixtures.

  • The Hammers have taken seven points from their past three Premier League home matches, as many as they had from their previous nine.

  • Following their 2-0 win at Newcastle on Monday, West Ham are looking to register consecutive league victories for the first time since March.

  • It's back-to-back clean sheets for West Ham, who had managed just one in their previous 28 league games.

  • Jarrod Bowen has scored 12 of his past 13 Premier League goals in London.

  • Michail Antonio has scored only one goal in 13 league appearances against Arsenal, in a 2-1 defeat at Emirates Stadium in September 2020.

Arsenal

  • The Gunners have gone four away league games without a victory (D2, L2), having won 10 of their first 11 in 2024. Their last longer such run was seven matches between December 2019 and June 2020, with the latter six of those coming under Mikel Arteta.

  • Arteta's side are one of only three teams, along with Brentford and Ipswich, to have fewer than 50 attempts on goal in Premier League away games this season.

  • Arsenal have dropped points in six of their 12 Premier League fixtures in 2024-25. Last season, they only failed to win six of their 18 matches before Christmas.

  • They have earned 19 points out of a possible 21 in their seven Premier League London derbies in 2024, scoring 23 goals and conceding just four.

  • Bukayo Saka has been directly involved in 12 Premier League goals this season - second only to the 16 by Mohamed Salah - but all four of the Arsenal winger's goals have been scored at home.