West Ham United 1-3 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 6 October 2012

Result

West Ham United 1-3 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 6 October 2012, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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West Ham United 1-3 Arsenal: match report

West Ham United were beaten by Arsenal 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 October 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Mohamed Diamé opened the scoring in the 21st minute. West Ham United's goal came from Mohamed Diamé (21'). Arsenal scored through Olivier Giroud (41'), T. Walcott (77') and Santi Cazorla (83').

Discipline: West Ham United received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game West Ham United were 7th on 11 points from 6 and Arsenal 8th on 9 points from 6. West Ham United went on to finish that season 8th with 47 points, and Arsenal 4th with 73.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 West Ham United wins, 2 draws and 6 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Mohamed DiaméWest Ham United · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Mohamed DiaméWest Ham United
  • 36'Yellow card · W. ReidWest Ham United
  • 41'Goal · Olivier GiroudArsenal · 1-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · GervinhoArsenal
  • 77'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 1-2
  • 78'Yellow card · T. WalcottArsenal
  • 83'Goal · Santi CazorlaArsenal · 1-3
  • 86'Yellow card · Matthew TaylorWest Ham United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: West Ham United 2, draws 2, Arsenal 6.

Team news

West Ham United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Winston Reid, George McCartney, James Collins, Guy Demel, Matt Jarvis, Mohamed Diamé, Andy Carroll, Ricardo Vaz Té, Kevin Nolan, Mark Noble

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

Wojciech Szczesny, Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, C. Jenkinson, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen