West Ham United 1-3 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Thursday 26 December 2013

Result

West Ham United 1-3 Arsenal

Premier League · Thursday 26 December 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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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 Thursday 26 December 2013. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Carlton Cole opened the scoring in the 46th minute. West Ham United's goal came from Carlton Cole (46'). Arsenal scored through T. Walcott (68'), T. Walcott (71') and Lukas Podolski (79').

Discipline: West Ham United received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game West Ham United were 17th on 14 points from 17 and Arsenal 2nd on 36 points from 17. West Ham United went on to finish that season 17th with 36 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 83.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 West Ham United wins, 2 draws and 8 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Joey O'BrienWest Ham United
  • 46'Goal · Carlton ColeWest Ham United · 1-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Santi CazorlaArsenal
  • 68'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 1-1
  • 71'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 1-2
  • 79'Goal · Lukas PodolskiArsenal · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: West Ham United 0, draws 2, Arsenal 8.

Team news

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

Adrián, Joey O'Brien, James Collins, James Tomkins, George McCartney, Mark Noble, Mohamed Diamé, Joe Cole, Kevin Nolan, Matt Jarvis, Carlton Cole

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Per Mertesacker, Thomas Vermaelen, Kieran Gibbs, Mikel Arteta, Aaron Ramsey, Theo Walcott, Mesut Özil, Santi Cazorla, Olivier Giroud