West Ham United vs Arsenal - prediction, team news, lineups

Champions League finalists and erstwhile Conference League holders bash conflict successful Sunday's Premier League derby astatine the London Stadium, wherever West Ham United big Arsenal.

The Hammers' destiny is officially retired of their ain hands aft past weekend's 3-0 decision to Brentford, portion the Gunners proceed to imagination the treble dream.

Match preview

It was lone Bayer Leverkusen. It was lone Sporting Lisbon. It was lone Atletico Madrid. The naysayers person been retired successful afloat unit since Arsenal progressed to the Champions League final, but what matters astir is that Arsenal progressed to the Champions League final.

The spritely Bukayo Saka struck the decisive extremity successful Tuesday's 1-0 triumph implicit Atletico successful the 2nd limb of their semi-final, ending Arsenal's two-decade hold for different UCL last appearance, and perchance soon ending a adjacent 140-year hold for a archetypal top-level European honour.

Mikel Arteta's men indispensable walk a Paris Saint-Germain-sized trial successful Budapest to halt the 'champions of Europe, you'll ne'er sing that' jibes, by which constituent Arsenal volition besides cognize whether the treble is simply a realistic purpose oregon a specified fantasy.

However, the Gunners could soon scope champions-elect territory successful the apical flight, acknowledgment to their five-point pb implicit Manchester City astatine the apical of the Premier League table with 3 games remaining, adjacent if the Sky Blues inactive person a crippled successful hand.

Thanks to back-to-back triumphs implicit Newcastle United and Everton - arsenic good arsenic Man City's astonishment gully astatine Everton - Arsenal volition beryllium crowned champions if they prevail successful 3 highly winnable last fixtures, against the Irons, Burnley and Conference League-focused Crystal Palace.

A tally of 1 triumph from 5 distant matches does not precisely basal the Gunners successful bully stead, but their 27 set-piece goals astir surely do, particularly against a squad renowned for their dead-ball deficiencies.

While West Ham United person not conceded the astir set-piece goals successful the 2025-26 Premier League - that unwanted honour belongs to Bournemouth (25) - the Irons person shipped the second-most with 23, arsenic good arsenic a division-high 15 from corners.

Nuno Espirito Santo's broadside fto successful different from a dead-ball concern past weekend, arsenic Igor Thiago struck a punishment for Brentford either broadside of Dinos Mavropanos's ain extremity and Mikkel Damsgaard's effort successful a derby drubbing.

West Ham's three-game unbeaten tally coming to an extremity was achy enough, but Tottenham Hotspur prevailing astatine Aston Villa the adjacent time capped disconnected a horrific play for the Hammers, who present beryllium beneath the dreaded dotted line.

As Spurs are not backmost successful enactment until Monday against Leeds United, West Ham volition clamber retired of the relegation portion if they tin stun Arsenal connected Sunday, and their location grounds suggests that script is not beyond the realm of possibility.

Indeed, Santo's broadside are 1 of lone 3 Premier League teams to spell unbeaten successful their past six location matches - alongside Bournemouth and Manchester City - but the hosts person shipped a staggering 11 goals successful their past 2 games with Arsenal astatine the London Stadium.

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Team News

Arsenal brag Arteta reported nary caller concerns successful his pre-game property conference, but the Gunners volition inactive beryllium missing Mikel Merino (foot) and Jurrien Timber (groin) for the foreseeable future.

Keeping religion successful the aforesaid XI from the triumph implicit virus-hit Fulham paid dividends for Arsenal successful midweek, and with ample betterment clip arsenic the play approaches its conclusion, Arteta could instrumentality with the aforesaid look here.

The rejuvenated Myles Lewis-Skelly has - for present - deposed Martin Zubimendi successful the middle, portion Viktor Gyokeres boasts 9 goals from his past 12 Premier League appearances, much than immoderate different subordinate successful that timeframe.

Arsenal person a mostly cleanable measure of health, but West Ham person a wholly acceptable contingent, arsenic Santo confirmed connected Friday that each of his players are disposable erstwhile again.

The hosting manager should truthful see an alteration oregon two, specified arsenic Aaron Wan-Bissaka for Kyle Walker-Peters and Callum Wilson for Pablo, but the halfway of the squad should beryllium retained.

Despite going 11 league games without scoring, skipper Jarrod Bowen has provided 8 assists successful that time, arsenic good arsenic 7 successful his past six top-flight matches astatine the London Stadium.

West Ham United imaginable starting lineup:

Hermansen; Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Disasi, Diouf; Bowen, Fernandes, Soucek, Summerville; Wilson, Castellanos

Arsenal imaginable starting lineup:

Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Lewis-Skelly; Saka, Eze, Trossard; Gyokeres

We say: West Ham United 0-2 Arsenal

Conceding conscionable 1 extremity successful their past 4 games, Arsenal person rediscovered their antiaircraft alloy astatine the cleanable clip and should unopen retired a Hammers broadside lacking a genuine cardinal threat.

There should inactive beryllium nary repetition of the 6-0 from 2023-24 oregon 5-2 from 2024-25, but Arteta's men tin undoubtedly exploit West Ham's set-piece failings to determination 1 measurement person to glory.

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