Arsenal v West Ham United, 26 December 2022

Score3-1 to Arsenal
RefereeMichael Oliver
CompetitionPremier League
VenueEmirates Stadium
Attendance60,125

View Arsenal v West Ham United head to head

Kick-off: 8.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 53 Arsenal won: 35 Drawn: 10 West Ham United won: 8 Arsenal scored: 101 West Ham United scored: 40 . West Ham United became the second team to concede 100 or more goals against Arsenal in the Premier League (also 117 by Everton).

3 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

1 West Ham United

Manager: David Moyes

Goals:

Bukayo Saka 53 G
Gabriel Martinelli 59 G
Eddie Nketiah 69 G

Goals:

Saïd Benrahma penalty 27 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale
Defender Gabriel
Defender William Saliba
Defender Ben White
Defender/Midfielder Thomas Partey
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Tierney
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Martin Odegaard
Forward Gabriel Martinelli
Forward Eddie Nketiah

Starting lineup:

Lukasz Fabiański Goalkeeper
Aaron Cresswell Defender
Craig Dawson Defender
Thilo Kehrer Defender
Vladimír Coufal Defender/Midfielder
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
Lucas Paquetá Midfielder
Tomáš Souček Midfielder
Michail Antonio Midfielder/Forward
Saïd Benrahma Midfielder/Forward
Jarrod Bowen Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Olexsandr Zinchenko for Kieran Tierney 73
Fábio Vieira for Gabriel Martinelli 88
Mohamed El Neny for Thomas Partey 90

Substitutions:

Pablo Fornals for Tomáš Souček 78
Divin Mubama for Michail Antonio 87

Cards:

Cards:

Jarrod Bowen 8 Y
Vladimír Coufal 45 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matt Turner
Defender Cédric Soares
Defender Rob Holding
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder Mohamed El Neny
Midfielder Fábio Vieira
Midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga
Midfielder/Forward Amario Cozier-Duberry
Midfielder/Forward Marquinhos

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola
Defender Emerson
Defender Angelo Ogbonna
Defender/Midfielder Ben Johnson
Midfielder Conor Coventry
Midfielder Flynn Downes
Midfielder Pablo Fornals
Midfielder Manuel Lanzini
Forward Divin Mubama

Comments:

League position: 1st . Arsenal had now taken 40 points from their 15 games so far in this Premier League season; their highest-ever tally at this stage of a league season (three points for a win basis). . The Gunners had now won their last 11 home games played on Boxing Day since 1987. . They had now won two of their last 26 games in the Premier League after being behind at half-time (lost 20). . Arsenal were awarded a penalty in added time at the end of the first-half for handball but was reversed after a VAR review. .

Comments:

League position: 16th . West Ham United had now lost four consecutive games within a Premier League season for the first time since September 2018. . The Hammers had now lost two of their 21 away games in the Premier League since December 2017 when they had been leading at half-time (won 16). . The last time they kept a clean sheet in an away league game played on a Boxing Day remained as a 2-0 win at Bury in League Division Two in 1921.

3 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Bukayo Saka 53 G
Gabriel Martinelli 59 G
Eddie Nketiah 69 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale
Defender Gabriel
Defender William Saliba
Defender Ben White
Defender/Midfielder Thomas Partey
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Tierney
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Martin Odegaard
Forward Gabriel Martinelli
Forward Eddie Nketiah

Substitutions:

Olexsandr Zinchenko for Kieran Tierney 73
Fábio Vieira for Gabriel Martinelli 88
Mohamed El Neny for Thomas Partey 90

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matt Turner
Defender Cédric Soares
Defender Rob Holding
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder Mohamed El Neny
Midfielder Fábio Vieira
Midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga
Midfielder/Forward Amario Cozier-Duberry
Midfielder/Forward Marquinhos

Comments:

League position: 1st . Arsenal had now taken 40 points from their 15 games so far in this Premier League season; their highest-ever tally at this stage of a league season (three points for a win basis). . The Gunners had now won their last 11 home games played on Boxing Day since 1987. . They had now won two of their last 26 games in the Premier League after being behind at half-time (lost 20). . Arsenal were awarded a penalty in added time at the end of the first-half for handball but was reversed after a VAR review. .

1 West Ham United

Manager: David Moyes

Goals:

Saïd Benrahma penalty 27 P

Starting lineup:

Lukasz Fabiański Goalkeeper
Aaron Cresswell Defender
Craig Dawson Defender
Thilo Kehrer Defender
Vladimír Coufal Defender/Midfielder
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
Lucas Paquetá Midfielder
Tomáš Souček Midfielder
Michail Antonio Midfielder/Forward
Saïd Benrahma Midfielder/Forward
Jarrod Bowen Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Pablo Fornals for Tomáš Souček 78
Divin Mubama for Michail Antonio 87

Cards:

Jarrod Bowen 8 Y
Vladimír Coufal 45 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola
Defender Emerson
Defender Angelo Ogbonna
Defender/Midfielder Ben Johnson
Midfielder Conor Coventry
Midfielder Flynn Downes
Midfielder Pablo Fornals
Midfielder Manuel Lanzini
Forward Divin Mubama

Comments:

League position: 16th . West Ham United had now lost four consecutive games within a Premier League season for the first time since September 2018. . The Hammers had now lost two of their 21 away games in the Premier League since December 2017 when they had been leading at half-time (won 16). . The last time they kept a clean sheet in an away league game played on a Boxing Day remained as a 2-0 win at Bury in League Division Two in 1921.