Arsenal vs. West Ham United Prediction, Tips & Odds – Dec. 26, 2022 21:00 CET
One of the derbies of 17th Round will be played on Boxing Day at Emirates Stadium between Arsenal and West Ham United. We have interesting prediction for this match.
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Arsenal Team News
This is one dream season for Arsenal. They cannot ask for a better first half of the season. After 14 games they are the league leaders with 37 points and 12 wins.
Arsenal played fantastically in those 14 games and only lose points on two occasions. They are five points clear ahead of Man City.
Arsenal is without a defeat in the Premier League since the start of September, a run which is eight games long. In the last five games, they have had four wins and a defeat in the Carabao Cup.
The next couple of weeks will be a huge test for Arsenal. They have a series of very hard games against West Ham, Brighton, Newcastle, Tottenham, and Man Utd and in these games, we will see if Arsenal is title material.
At Emirates, Stadium Arsenal is perfect this season – six games and six wins. In every game they scored two or more goals but also in five they conceded at least a goal. Arsenal is the only team in the league which scores a goal in every game. Arsenal scored 33 goals and only Man City has a better attack. With 11 goals conceded they have the best defence in the league, alongside Newcastle.
West Ham United Team News
The expectations were much higher for West Ham this season. The Hammers invested a lot of money in new signings and they want to be in a fight for a European place again. But on the pitch, the situation is completely different.
West Ham is in 16th place with 14 points and four wins after 15 games. They are in of three consecutive defeats in all competitions and they get eliminated from the Carabao Cup at home to the side from Championship.
In the Premier League, West Ham is also in very bad form with three consecutive defeats and only one goal scored in that run. In the previous six games, West Ham won only four from a possible 18 points.
Away from home West Ham is very poor with a win and a draw in seven games and only three goals scored. Only Wolves and Nottingham Forest has the worst scores away from home.
Even with a log of quality players in attack, West Ham scored only 12 goals and only three teams scored fewer goals in the league. They failed to score in seven games. The defence isn’t that bad with 17 goals conceded but they have only one clean sheet away from home.
Arsenal vs. West Ham United H2H
In their last 10 meetings, Arsenal has seven wins and West Ham only one with two draws. Six games ended with over 2.5 goals and also six with BTTS. West Ham is without a win at Emirates since 2015.
Team News and Injuries
Arsenal: Gabriel Jesus, Reiss Nelson, and Emile Smith Rowe are injured. William Saliba is questionable.
West Ham United: Kurt Zouma is injured. Michail Antonio, Gianluca Scamacca, Nayef Aguerd, and Maxwel Cornet are questionable.
Arsenal vs. West Ham United Prediction
It will be interesting to see how Arsenal will cope with Gabriel Jesus’ injury because he will be out for a long period of time. Also, it will be interesting to see how they will react after a long break, maybe this break come at in wrong time for them because they were on fire. West Ham is struggling and David Moyes is under pressure.
Arsenal show us that they often know to concede a goal at Emirates and in the nine of last 13 games against Arsenal West Ham scored a goal. We will skip a full-time bet and go for goals at Emirates.
Kick-off Time: Monday, 26.12.2022, 21:00 CET
Prediction: BTTS & Over 2.5 Goals
Odds: 2.30
Sportsbook: Bet365
