Preview: Arsenal vs West Ham United – Prediction, Team News, Line-ups | Football Blog

Arsenal are back in action at the Emirates Stadium as they take on West Ham United in Saturday’s Premier League game.

The title race has opened slightly for Mikel Arteta’s men and they will want to take full advantage by beating the Hammers this weekend.

Match Preview

Arsenal have been playing really well recently as they have claimed three wins on the bounce in the English top-flight.

Their most recent success came against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium.

Mikel Merino was the hero for the visitors as he struck a late brace to ensure they left the Midlands with all three points.

With Liverpool dropping points at Aston Villa, Arsenal have an opportunity to close the gap to five points with the leaders.

On the other hand, West Ham have been really struggling to get going since Graham Potter has taken over as new manager.

Potter has won just one of his five league matches in charge, with the Hammers languishing in 16th place in the table, albeit 10 points above the drop zone.

They will enter Saturday’s fixture on the back of a 1-0 loss to Brentford, with Kevin Schade scoring the decisive goal.

Team News

Takehiro Tomiyasu has undergone surgery, which means he will also be out for the rest of the season like Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus. Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli also remain sidelined due to fitness issues.

West Ham also have plenty of injury woes this weekend, with Michail Antonio, Crysencio Summerville, Lucas Paqueta, Vladimir Coufal, Niclas Fullkrug and Lucas Paqueta all in the infirmary.

Arsenal vs West Ham United potential line-ups

Arsenal: Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly; Odegaard, Partey, Rice; Nwaneri, Merino, Trossard

West Ham United: Areola; Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson; Ward-Prowse, Alvarez; Bowen, Soler, Kudus; Ferguson

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Arsenal vs West Ham United prediction

Confidence in the West Ham camp is likely to be low after their miserable run of form. They boast some quality players like Mohammed Kudus and Jarrod Bowen, but we don’t see them getting anything against Arsenal who have been excellent despite the injury issues.

Arsenal 3-1 West Ham