Week 17 features a match on Wednesday Dec 15th, where West Ham United will travel to London to battle Arsenal in a clash of these two evenly matched Premier League teams in the anticipated London derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 6th placed Arsenal, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Southampton. Alexandre Lacazette scored the first goal for Arsenal in the 21st minute, then Martin Ødegaard added another in the 27th minute on a feed from Kieran Tierney In the end, Southampton couldn’t muster any offence and Arsenal ran away with the shutout win. Arsenal should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed West Ham United is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Dinamo Zagreb. Mislav Oršić struck first for Dinamo Zagreb in the 4th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, West Ham United couldn’t muster any offence and Dinamo Zagreb ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches West Ham United should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Arsenal won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Manuel Lanzini has been the most prolific scorer on West Ham United in the last five matches with two goals. Arsenal’s most prolific scorer has been Martin Ødegaard. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches
Arsenal will be without Granit Xhaka, Martinelli, Sead Kolašinac, Emile Smith Rowe and Bernd Leno, while Angelo Ogbonna is unavailable to play for West Ham United.