Arsenal vs West Ham United Matchday Stats Preview
Arsenal have won 37 Premier League games against West Ham – they’ve only beaten Everton (38) more often in the competition, while it’s the most defeats the Hammers have suffered against a side.
West Ham won this exact fixture 2-0 last season – they last won at Arsenal in consecutive campaigns in 2005-06/2006-07, when they became the last team to beat the Gunners at Highbury, and then the first to do so at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal have won 6-0 and 5-2 in their last two Premier League meetings with West Ham – the only team to score 5+ goals in three consecutive games against an opponent in the competition are Liverpool (vs Norwich between 2012 and 2013).
Only against Middlesbrough (4 between 1930 and 1932) have Arsenal scored 5+ goals in three consecutive league meetings, while West Ham have only conceded 5+ in three straight league games against Aston Villa (1930-1931).
Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 15 Premier League games, their longest run since a run of 16 between December 2010 and April 2011. The Gunners are also unbeaten in 15 home league games, last having a longer run between August 2018 and April 2019 (16).
West Ham have won just one of their last seven Premier League games (D1 L5), beating Fulham 3-2 in Graham Potter’s first game in charge. This will be their fifth London derby in just six games under Potter, losing each of the last three.
Arsenal have a 15% shot conversion rate in the Premier League this season – only in 2018-19 (15.6%) and 2004-05 (15.3%) have they had a higher rate on record (since 1997-98) in the competition.
Arsenal have scored more goals from crosses than any other side in the Premier League this season (13), with both of Mikel Merino’s strikes against Leicester coming via a cross. However, just 8.5% of West Ham’s goals conceded this term has come from a cross (4/47), with only Brighton having a lower share (7.9%).
Only Bournemouth (12) and Fulham (11) have scored more Premier League goals via substitutes than Arsenal (9) this season, with four of the Gunners’ nine coming in their last three games. The only time Arsenal have had a substitute score in more consecutive Premier League games was in August/September 2004 (5).
West Ham manager Graham Potter has won three of his four games against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium. Only Pep Guardiola (8) and Jürgen Klopp (6) have won more at the ground as a visiting manager, while his 75% win rate is the highest of any away manager with 3+ games.
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