West Ham United 2-2 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 25 October 2009
Result
West Ham United 2-2 Arsenal
Premier League · Sunday 25 October 2009, 16:15 UTC · half-time 0-2
West Ham United 2-2 Arsenal: match report
West Ham United drew with Arsenal 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 25 October 2009. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 16th minute. West Ham United's goals came from Carlton Cole (74') and Alessandro Diamanti (80', penalty). Arsenal scored through Robin van Persie (16') and William Gallas (37').
Discipline: West Ham United received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game West Ham United were 19th on 5 points from 8 and Arsenal 4th on 18 points from 8. West Ham United went on to finish that season 17th with 35 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 75.
West Ham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-3-2-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 West Ham United wins, 3 draws and 4 for Arsenal.
Going into the match West Ham United's last five read L-D-L-L-L and Arsenal's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 37'Goal · William Gallas
- 71'Yellow card · Zavon Hines
- 74'Goal · Carlton Cole
- 75'Yellow card · J. Collison
- 76'Yellow card · Emmanuel Eboué
- 78'Yellow card · Scott Parker
- 80'Penalty goal · Alessandro Diamanti
- 80'Yellow card · Vito Mannone
- 85'Second yellow · Scott Parker
Head-to-head
Team news
West Ham United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Robert Green, Matthew Upson, James Collins, Julien Faubert, Luis Jiménez, Carlton Cole, Junior Stanislas, Mark Noble, Scott Parker, Jack Collison
Arsenal line-up (4-3-2-1)
Vito Mannone, Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen