Probable Lineups
Probable Lineups Statistical Comparison
* Values in brackets (x) are overall player statistics in Premier League.
Missing Players
West Ham
Arsenal
Player | Reason | Status | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
Gökhan Töre | Out | 6.33 | |
Sam Byram | Out | 6.56 | |
Diafra Sakho | Out | 6.41 | |
Andy Carroll | Doubtful | 7.43 | |
Reece Oxford | Doubtful | N/A | |
Michail Antonio | Doubtful | 7.24 | |
Aaron Cresswell | Doubtful | 6.46 |
Player | Reason | Status | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
Per Mertesacker | Out | 6.72 | |
Chuba Akpom | Out | N/A | |
Héctor Bellerín | Out | 6.81 | |
Santi Cazorla | Out | 7.06 | |
Mathieu Debuchy | Out | 6.4 | |
Mohamed Elneny | Doubtful | 6.53 | |
Danny Welbeck | Out | 6.57 | |
Yaya Sanogo | Out | N/A | |
Olivier Giroud | Doubtful | 6.81 |
Team News
West Ham
Arsenal
- West Ham have real problems ahead of their home encounter with Arsenal on Sunday with both Aaron Cresswell and Michail Antonio unlikely to be fit in time after both picking up injuries during their 4-1 defeat to Manchester United in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night. This could force Slaven Bilic to scrap his back five with limited options in both of their wing back positions. Fortunately, Arthur Masuaku returned in the defeat after a two-month absence and will fill in at left-back, with Håvard Nordtveit expected to deputise on the other side of the back four.
- The change in formation could push Cheikhou Kouyate back into midfield alongside Mark Noble, who was rested in midweek. Darren Randolph should also return to the team after Adrian was given a run out in goal. With Diafra Sakho ruled out for six weeks, Bilic may have to gamble on Andy Carroll's fitness and unleash him against Arsenal this weekend.
- Lucas Perez returned to first team action in Arsenal's surprise 2-0 defeat against Southampton on Wednesday but won't start against West Ham this weekend. Mohamed Elneny was ill before and during their EFL Cup defeat before being subbed off before half-time and the midfielder remains a doubt here.
- Arsene Wenger is confident Olivier Giroud can overcome his slight knock to be available this weekend, but the away side are still set to be without Per Mertesacker, Danny Welbeck, Chuba Akpom, Hector Bellerin, Mathieu Debuchy and Yaya Sanogo. Welbeck has returned to training but is still four weeks away from first-team action. Santi Cazorla will undergo surgery to correct his Achilles tendon injury and has been ruled out for up to three months.
- Carl Jenkinson hasn't excelled at right back in Bellerin's absence, which could force Wenger to play Gabriel there.
Arsenal were superb here. West Ham have their problems. Still it's funny how much superiority tells when home "advantage" isn't much of an advantage.
According to stats zero key passes and crosses completed for Walcott. Zero tackles, zero interceptions, zero clearances, zero blocked shots, zero fouls committed. 47 passing success. Not sure how he isn't rated lower , surely he should be below 6. It's amazing Arsenal won 5-1 considering Walcott's individual performance as an attacker is as bad as I've seen on here ever
@Mega He was crap. Still, you are quoting mostly defensive stats and he's not a defender.. He won 3 aerial duels and got 2 dribbles. To go below 6 on here it seems you need to commit an error which leads to an opposition goal, which favours attackers over defenders which may be a problem. Maybe as an attacker your rate should gradually decrease the more the game goes on and you contribute nothing.
@dSquib Not quite true. Götze got an 5.8 last week for his performance without making any mistakes, just playing poorly ...
@dSquib Defensive contribution is necessary for his position. But the point was also that he created nothing at all. No key passes, no completed crosses with only 47 percent passing completion. The most woeful all round stats I've ever seen for an attacker/midfielder on here
@Mega This, times a million. Thought he was really bad on the day too.
Wow, Sanchez, what a player. And Chambo was great too. Have to throw in Gabriel as well playing at RB. But also little bit the rubbishness from West Ham helped too, to be honest.
Oh and Chamberlain's goal was also excellent. Iwobi's form has taken a dip so I would like the Ox to have a run of starts.
@SteveHyland It's refreshing to have an intelligent, eloquent fan (let alone an Arsenal fan) represented on a football page - you're a credit to the club! If I could, I'd replace you with many of the blatantly obvious pundits on TV. We must tie Alexis down before one of the huge clubs realise just how good he is!
@dn7- Thanks a lot fella! Tbh, pundits in this country get the job because of who they know not what they know. There is no reason to employ Phil Neville, Danny Murphy, Michael Owen or Jamie Redknapp. None of them were world class players, none of them are particularly insightful, none of them can actually articulate their thoughts (if they have thoughts. lol) and all are painfully boring. I agree about Sanchez. Our board members are primarily businessmen and bankers (therefore great at financial matters), I'm sure they will come to the conclusion Arsenal would benefit more financially in the long-run if they pay Alexis £200k per week than if they sell him because we will have a greater chance of silverware with him in the team and silverware equals £££. Ditto for Oezil. Real Madrid would love Mesut back the way their #10s have been playing, so we have to ensure both sign 4-year deals in the summer.
@SteveHyland yes completely agree. An outstanding performance by Arsenal to completely destroy West ham. This has really made my weekend. Luv it
Excellent performance, the 5-1 score-line flatters West Ham. None of the Hammers faithful would've complained about this being unfair had it finished 7 or 8-0. West Ham created nothing from open play, they relied too heavily on Payet (yet again) which made stopping their attacks fairly regulation, and as it was it was only a bit of brilliance from him which gave West Ham their only (?) genuine goalscoring opportunity. Payet is simply too good for them and needs to move in January. Alexis was superb. He is unplayable on this form and is now joint top scorer in the league scoring a goal every 3.91 shots, exactly the same as Diego Costa and way ahead of Sergio Aguero (6.1). Incredible given this is his first season as a #9 and Costa has played there every season as a pro (as far as I know). I liked the partnership of Coquelin and Xhaka in midfield. It means Oezil has the freedom to go where he wants. If you look at the average players positions, that is the perfect 4-2-3-1. Good stuff.
@SteveHyland- Which in effect is a 2-4-3-1. Crazy attacking modern football. What would Dixon and Winterburn say?! Ha
Sanchez is THE man for Arsenal ! Most important player ...
@neumi17 In Arsenals squad Sanchez has most goals, most assists, most shot on goals, most won dribbles and second most key passes ...
I'd bring on Elneny for Coquelin at HT. Can see Francis making an unnecessary foul and seeing red. Need to stop making sloppy passes too.
lol when I wrote goal instantly :)
@koziol.mutant hahahah lol Yes - but what is good about Arsenal is that they're not as consistent as city or Man U when it comes to boring playing style. We usually make it more exciting somehow. Mark my words - this is unlikely to be a 1-0...
WEnger another one infected by Guardiola &Mourinho boring style:(
Arsenal full-back Carl Jenkinson, 24, has been taken out of the squad for Saturday's game with West Ham - to save him from the wrath of the club's own supporters, so probably Gibbs will play there
@koziol.mutant why? What has he done wrong?
@lwpgooner The question is: Has he done anything right?
@cani08 Absolutely useless. Seems Payet is gonna have some fun on that side!
@Gabriele07 He would do if he was in form but he isn't so good at the moment. I guess if Jenkinson doesn't play it will be Gabriel. Not great but okay...
@lwpgooner Don't know Gabriel, is he a CB or a RB?
@Gabriele07 Right footed CB. Relatively quick, relatively tall, relatively strong. Just an average defender.
@lwpgooner- Tough though and in those type of games, his attitude will be infectious. I would've hoped Jenkinson was persevered with, it is impossible to gain confidence from NOT playing but Gabriel looks like he'll start there til Bellerin is back.
On an ordinary day or a common day we would expect goals in this encounter but this fixture comes at the time West Ham are gaining stability. They plaid well in that 1-1 against United. And Arsenal having lost that 0-2 to Southampton has really affected thier morale and they are tired as well. This encounter will end with Un25 goals and both teams to score 1-1 FT.
Agree, both to score and Arsenal win. Wenger practiced how to play only left wing in match vs Southampton, so Nortveit will be rolled over
0-2
Draw
Cazorla out for a possible 5 months is a huge blow. It does give Xhaka a chance though. The pairing of Elneny and Coquelin doesn't offer anything offensively from deep so I think Coquelin and Xhaka sitting with Oezil in the #10 is the way to go now and Wenger has to stick with that pairing in the prem and CL whenever possible, so they build up an understanding. Jenkinson will start at right back in all likelihood. He should have a handful of games guaranteed with Bellerin and now Debuchy out. Hopefully he has a good game here which will serve as the catalyst. He looks so low on confidence atm. Although it's a derby, West Ham are playing terrible atm so I think we'll win. Going with 2-0.
@SteveHyland West Ham away is rarely easy. After our display against Man U and Southampton and the lack of ruthlessness shown against PSG, my optimism is dampened. Unless wenger can pick the right XI I fear a draw or even a loss! It's definitely not what I'm wanting but I struggle to see otherwise
@lwpgooner- This isn't West Ham away in the traditional sense though. West Ham at Upton Park in a derby against any of the London teams would equal a tough match but they look as out of their comfort zone at the London Stadium as Spurs did at Wembley in the champions league. I agree Wenger will need to get a settled XI soon, and I agree about the performances against Utd, Soton and PSG. I highly doubt we'll lose, but a draw is on the cards if we don't start capitalising on our dominant periods of the game.
@SteveHyland What you say is true, and I sincerely hope we do win. We shall see......
Didn't see that Cresswell and Antonio are out injured. If this news is true I think Arsenal will narrowly win.
@Overmars So wrong :D
I don't see arsenal winning this one as it is near Christmas when they start bottling. 2-1 to hammers
I think the league cup game tonight will have some bearing on the squads - Arsenal have some injury problems at right back, and we need to see what sort of team West Ham will play vs Man U. I hope Arsenal can win this but West Ham have been showing some resilience recently - bar that terrible Mike Dean catastrophe vs Spurs. Losing after being 2-1 up with 5 mins to go... I think a 1-1 result is likely.
@Overmars Alexis, Ox and Xhaka and Coquelin played well. Xhaka had some wonderful long and incisive passes.5th goal was offside but what skill from Alexis.
i do not see west ham winning maybe a draw but this arsenal side is strong