Arsenal vs West Ham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 28th December 2023

The Premier League clash at Emirates Stadium this coming Thursday sees Arsenal hosting opponents West Ham.

The Gunners approach the next Premier League round as number 1 in the table, having claimed 40 points this season so far. With 18 games behind them, The Irons amassed 30 points, placing them as number 6 before their next fixture.

Although The Hammers trail The Gunners by double digits, beating the Premier League leaders could hand them a serious confidence boost.

Arsenal scored 20 goals, conceded ten, and pulled off three clean sheets in their past ten matches.

The Irons head into this match on 1.6 goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored an acceptable total of 16, while also conceding 18 goals. This amounts to 1.8 on average per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Neither Arsenal nor West Ham managed a breakthrough, when they last faced each other. They ended up settling for a point in a 2-2 draw, and the best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 9/2.

Arsenal vs West Ham Prediction

Arsenal Form

Arsenal go into their upcoming match unbeaten in their previous three matches, which started off with a 1-1 draw against PSV Eindhoven. They went on to beat Brighton 2-0, before sharing the spoils with Liverpool in a 1-1 draw. Arsenal have been in potent form at Emirates Stadium, winning no less than five of the past six Premier League matches here. They remained without defeat, as they drew once, hammered in 15 goals while letting in four.

West Ham Form

Their past three matches saw West Ham beating Wolverhampton 3-0, losing 5-1 against Liverpool, and beating Manchester United by 2-0. In their last six away matches in the Premier League, West Ham won twice, while also recording zero draws. They endured four defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying 17 goals conceded and eight scored.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Arsenal and West Ham.

Arsenal earned five points from their last four matches against teams inside the top 6. They claimed one wins, following four goals scored while also conceding four. West Ham won four of their last eight matches against teams from the top half of the Premier League table, scoring 15 and conceding 15 goals. They collected 13 points from these. Arsenal claimed 12 wins, four draws as well as two defeats in the Premier League this season. West Ham put nine wins, three draws and six defeats on the board in the Premier League.

Arsenal vs West Ham Squads

Arsenal Squad

The 41-year-old Arteta will select the starting eleven against West Ham from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Aaron Ramsdale (0/5), David Raya (0/13), James Hillson (0/0), Karl Hein (0/0), Ben White (1/17), Cedric Soares (0/0), Gabriel (1/16), Jakub Kiwior (0/7), Jurrien Timber (0/1), Lino Sousa (0/0), Oleksandr Zinchenko (1/17), Takehiro Tomiyasu (1/12), William Saliba (1/18), Declan Rice (3/18), Emile Smith Rowe (0/5), Fabio Vieira (1/8), Jorginho (0/11), Kai Havertz (4/18), Martin Oedegaard (4/15), Mohamed Elneny (0/1), Thomas Partey (0/4), Bukayo Saka (5/17), Edward Nketiah (5/17), Gabriel Jesus (3/13), Gabriel Martinelli (2/16), Leandro Trossard (3/14), Reiss Nelson (0/7).

West Ham Squad

Here is the full team squad of West Ham. The 60 year-old David Moyes will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Alphonse Areola (0/15), Joseph Anang (0/0), Lukasz Fabianski (0/3), Aaron Cresswell (0/3), Angelo Ogbonna (0/4), Ben Johnson (0/0), Edson Alvarez (0/15), Emerson (0/17), Konstantinos Mavropanos (0/5), Kurt Zouma (1/16), Nayef Aguerd (1/16), Thilo Kehrer (0/4), Vladimir Coufal (0/18), Conor Coventry (0/0), James Ward-Prowse (3/17), Lucas Paqueta (2/17), Mohammed Kudus (6/15), Oliver Scarles (0/0), Pablo Fornals (0/13), Tomas Soucek (4/17), Daniel Chesters (0/0), Danny Ings (0/10), Divin Mubama (0/3), Jarrod Bowen (11/17), Lewis Orford (0/0), Maxwel Cornet (0/1), Michail Antonio (2/12), Said Benrahma (0/11).

Arsenal vs West Ham Team News

Arsenal could be looking at four players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against West Ham.

Takehiro Tomiyasu, Fabio Vieira, Thomas Partey and Jurrien Timber nurses various injuries and won't take part for Arsenal against West Ham at Emirates Stadium.

West Ham just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Michail Antonio won't be travelling with West Ham this time, as he nurses an injury.

Arsenal vs West Ham Lineups

Arsenal vs West Ham H2H

Arsenal and West Ham settled for a point in a 2-2 draw, when last faced with each other. The best betting odds on a another draw at full-time with the bookies are at 9/2. The Gunners enjoy a good 7-2-1 advantage against West Ham, and the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1/3.

Arsenal vs West Ham Results

Betting on both teams to score in recent matches between Arsenal and West Ham would have made you a decent profit. Both teams found their way to the goal seven times in their previous ten matches. Odds on both teams finding the back of the net are best priced at 10/11 with the bookies.

Arsenal vs West Ham Betting Tips

Kai Havertz has three strikes in six Premier League matches for Arsenal, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with West Ham. The visitors are looking to Mohammed Kudus, who has provided his team with four Premier League goals.

In their last 10 matches at Emirates Stadium across all tournaments Arsenal won nine times, drew one and lost zero times. West Ham claimed five wins, zero draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away. One should probably look at the home side to get the first goal in, as West Ham only scored the opener in three of their 10 previous away games. Arsenal scored the first goal in nine of their last 10 outings at home.

The last ten encounters between Arsenal and West Ham saw over 2.5 goals scored seven times, with Arsenal averaging 2.1 goals a game. West Ham scored 1.1 goals on average in these, as both teams scored seven times in this run. In their last ten matches across all tournaments, Arsenal saw four of them finish with more than 2.5 goals, with themselves scoring an average of 2.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in six of the last ten matches that West Ham played across all tournaments. They scored 1.7 times on average in the process.