Arsenal 2-0 West Ham United: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 15 December 2021
Result
Arsenal 2-0 West Ham United
Premier League · Wednesday 15 December 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Arsenal 2-0 West Ham United: match report
Arsenal defeated West Ham United 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 15 December 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.
Gabriel Martinelli opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Gabriel Martinelli (48') and Emile Smith Rowe (87'). West Ham United did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; West Ham United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 6th on 26 points from 16 and West Ham United 4th on 28 points from 16. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 69 points, and West Ham United 7th with 56.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and West Ham United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexandre Lacazette of Arsenal (7.9), ahead of Lukasz Fabianski (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 1 for West Ham United.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Vladimír Coufal
- 48'Goal · Gabriel Martinelli
- 58'Yellow card · Gabriel Martinelli
- 67'Second yellow · Vladimír Coufal
- 69'Missed penalty
- 72'Yellow card · Aaron Ramsdale
- 87'Goal · Emile Smith Rowe
Head-to-head
Team news
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Arsenal line-up (4-4-1-1)
Aaron Ramsdale, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ben White, Gabriel, Kieran Tierney, Bukayo Saka, Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Gabriel Martinelli, Martin Ødegaard, Alexandre Lacazette
West Ham United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lukasz Fabianski, Vladimír Coufal, Craig Dawson, Issa Diop, Arthur Masuaku, Tomáš Souček, Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen, Pablo Fornals, Manuel Lanzini, Michail Antonio