Arsenal 5-1 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 23 January 2013

Result

Arsenal 5-1 West Ham United

Premier League · Wednesday 23 January 2013, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Arsenal 5-1 West Ham United: match report

Arsenal defeated West Ham United 5-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 23 January 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.

J. Collison opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Lukas Podolski (22'), Olivier Giroud (47'), Santi Cazorla (53'), T. Walcott (54') and Olivier Giroud (57'). West Ham United scored through J. Collison (18').

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; West Ham United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 7th on 34 points from 22 and West Ham United 12th on 27 points from 22. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 73 points, and West Ham United 8th with 47.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and West Ham United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 1 for West Ham United.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-L-D-W-W and West Ham United's D-L-W-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · J. CollisonWest Ham United · 0-1
  • 22'Goal · Lukas PodolskiArsenal · 1-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Ricardo Vaz TéWest Ham United
  • 47'Goal · Olivier GiroudArsenal · 2-1
  • 53'Goal · Santi CazorlaArsenal · 3-1
  • 54'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 4-1
  • 57'Goal · Olivier GiroudArsenal · 5-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 7, draws 2, West Ham United 1.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Per Mertesacker, Thomas Vermaelen, Kieran Gibbs, J. Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey, Theo Walcott, Santi Cazorla, Lukas Podolski, Olivier Giroud

West Ham United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Winston Reid, Joey O'Brien, Guy Demel, James Tomkins, James Collins, Kevin Nolan, Matt Jarvis, Mohamed Diamé, Mark Noble, Joe Cole