West Ham United vs Arsenal Preview

West Ham United vs Arsenal

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: London Stadium

Date: 30th November 2024

Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT

Arsenal will make the short trip to London Stadium to face struggling West Ham United on Saturday evening.

The Hammers have endured a poor first four months of the season and come into this tie sitting in 14th place, just six points shy of the relegation zone. Julen Lopetegui, who replaced David Moyes in the summer, has not had the best start to his West Ham career and rumours emerged last week that he had just two games to save his job.

He pulled off a big win in the first game of that sequence—a 2-0 win against Newcastle in West Ham’s last outing. So, with half of the job done, Lopetegui will hope for another strong showing from his Hammers as they welcome old foes Arsenal for what will be the 57th London derby in the Premier League era between the pair (WHU: W9, D11, L36).

The fact that those 36 H2H defeats are the most West Ham have suffered against any opponent in the Premier League may intensify any sense of trepidation heading into this. However, the Hammers have been a decent side at home lately as the seven points they have won across their last three home league games (W2, D1) represent a notable uptick in form for a team that managed as many from their nine home outings prior (W1, D4, L4).

Meanwhile, Arsenal’s renaissance continued in midweek as they followed up a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest at the weekend with a huge 5-1 drubbing of Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League. Mikel Arteta praised his side’s efficiency and intelligence after that win and with players like Martin Ødegaard now back fully fit, the Spaniard should feel a lot happier with life.

The Gunners must continue in that recent vein as they look to close the yawning eight-point gap to the top of the table. Their imperious record across their last 26 Premier League London derbies should raise hopes of a third straight win (W18, D6, L2).

However, one of the two defeats in that sequence did come against West Ham so fans will still be wary despite their improved form and West Ham’s struggles. Also, given that Arsenal have dropped points in four away league games this season (W2, D2, L2), victory is by no means guaranteed.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

February 19, 2025
Aston Villa 20:30 Liverpool
February 21, 2025
Leicester City 21:00 Brentford
February 22, 2025
Everton 13:30 Manchester United
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arsenal 16:00 West Ham United
Fulham 16:00 Crystal Palace
Ipswich Town 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Southampton 16:00 Brighton & Hov…
Aston Villa 18:30 Chelsea
February 23, 2025
Newcastle United 15:00 Nottingham Forest
Manchester City 17:30 Liverpool
February 25, 2025
Brighton & Hov… 20:30 AFC Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 20:30 Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers 20:30 Fulham
Chelsea 21:15 Southampton
February 26, 2025
Manchester United 20:30 Ipswich Town
Tottenham Hotspur 20:30 Manchester City
Nottingham Forest 20:30 Arsenal
Brentford 20:30 Everton
Liverpool 21:15 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 25 18 6 1 60 24 +36 60
2 Arsenal 25 15 8 2 51 22 +29 53
3 Nottingham Forest 25 14 5 6 41 29 +12 47
4 Manchester City 25 13 5 7 52 35 +17 44
5 AFC Bournemouth 25 12 7 6 44 29 +15 43
6 Chelsea 25 12 7 6 47 34 +13 43
7 Newcastle United 25 12 5 8 42 33 +9 41
8 Fulham 25 10 9 6 38 33 +5 39
9 Aston Villa 25 10 8 7 35 38 -3 38
10 Brighton & Hov… 25 9 10 6 38 38 +0 37
11 Brentford 25 10 4 11 43 42 +1 34
12 Tottenham Hotspur 25 9 3 13 49 37 +12 30
13 Crystal Palace 25 7 9 9 29 32 -3 30
14 Everton 25 7 9 9 27 31 -4 30
15 Manchester United 25 8 5 12 28 35 -7 29
16 West Ham United 25 7 6 12 29 47 -18 27
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 25 5 4 16 35 54 -19 19
18 Ipswich Town 25 3 8 14 23 50 -27 17
19 Leicester City 25 4 5 16 25 55 -30 17
20 Southampton 25 2 3 20 19 57 -38 9

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