Comments and predictions for West Ham United vs Arsenal: The upper hand is too strong

Arsenal will be hoping to repeat the success of their previous trip to the London Stadium when they face West Ham United in a Premier League match on Saturday evening at 10:30pm (Vietnam time).

Mikel Arteta and his players had an impressive 5-1 win over Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League on Tuesday night, just a day after West Ham United surprisingly won 2-0 at Newcastle United.

Latest West Ham United vs Arsenal squad information

A slight blemish on Arsenal's win over Sporting Lisbon was the late-game exit of Gabriel, who scored. His exact condition remains unclear, but it would be no surprise if he is rested for the midweek clash with Manchester United.

Mikel Arteta has two possible options for Gabriel's absence: he could replace him directly with Jakub Kiwior, as he did on Tuesday, or move Riccardo Calafiori into centre-back and play Oleksandr Zinchenko on the wing.

Arteta should also not hesitate to make changes to his line-up as he has in the past - like the surprise change against Nottingham Forest - when Trossard and Mikel Merino could bring freshness to the starting line-up.

Kieran Tierney finally returned from a muscle injury and was on the bench against Sporting, leaving only Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu, who is struggling with a knee problem, absent from the Arsenal squad.

The biggest news for West Ham may have come from the coaching bench, with Lopetegui being cautioned for the third time this season at St James' Park and facing a touchline ban for the game against Arsenal.

Lopetegui will be joined on the bench by Mohammed Kudus, who is serving a five-match ban, but Edson Alvarez is back after a two-match ban following confusion over his availability against Newcastle.

Injury-wise, Niclas Fullkrug's calf problem is not expected to recover in time for the weekend, while Jean-Clair Todibo picked up an injury in the win over Newcastle, so former Arsenal man Dinos Mavropanos could be brought in to face his former club.

Latest predicted lineup for West Ham United vs Arsenal

West Ham United:

Fabianski; Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson; Soucek; Bowen, Paqueta, Soler, Summerville; Antonio

Arsenal:

Raya; Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Calafiori; Odegaard, Rice, Merino; Saka, Havertz, Trossard

Latest football review West Ham United vs Arsenal

Arsenal have really come alive since the international break, and despite facing a test at the Estadio Jose Alvalade against Primeira Liga giants Sporting, following Ruben Amorim's move to Manchester United, they still put in an impressive performance.

Apart from the opening 15 minutes of the second half, Arsenal had one of their most comfortable evenings of the season, with Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Magalhaes and Leandro Trossard all contributing to the thumping win over Sporting.

The 5-1 win over Sporting not only moved Arsenal into the top eight of the Champions League table, but also followed a convincing 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, ending a four-match winless streak and helping Arsenal secure a top-four finish.

The nine-point gap to Liverpool remains a major challenge, but Arsenal are now just one point behind Manchester City, who visit Anfield on Sunday, and the chance for Arsenal to claim a first away win since mid-September is looming.

Arsenal are also renowned for their good record in London derbies, having lost just two of their 26 Premier League London derbies since the start of the 2022-23 season and have scored in 25 of those matches.

Meanwhile, West Ham United are in good form, particularly after a 2-0 win at St James' Park against Newcastle on Monday, with goals from Tomas Soucek and Aaron Wan-Bissaka giving them their first away win since late August.

After a week that saw another Premier League manager sacked (Steve Cooper), Lopetegui has kept his job at West Ham, who are now six points clear of the relegation zone.

West Ham are also rebuilding at the London Stadium, with seven points from a possible nine in recent home games, having beaten Ipswich Town and Manchester United, and drawn with Everton. However, they have won just one of their last four games against Arsenal.

The only defeat in this run came in the most recent meeting at the London Stadium, when Arsenal won 6-0 against West Ham in February 2024, avenging a 2-0 defeat at the Emirates and a 3-1 defeat in the Carabao Cup in the same season.

West Ham United vs Arsenal score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the West Ham United vs Arsenal match:

• Sportsmole: West Ham United 0-2 Arsenal

• WhoScore: West Ham United 1-3 Arsenal
• Our prediction: West Ham United 1-3 Arsenal

When and where to watch West Ham United vs Arsenal live?

To watch the West Ham United vs Arsenal match live in the Premier League at 0:30 on December 1, viewers can watch on K+ Sport, K+PM or online sports channels. Wish you all have fun watching football.

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