Arsenal vs West Ham United: Stats and facts

Arsenal have won 6 successive games against West Ham

After a scrappy win over Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup semi final at Wembley few nights ago, the Gunners host their London rivals West Ham United on Tuesday night. Arsenal were leading the Premier League table few months ago and all of a sudden, they are fighting for a Champions League spot. Fellow aspirants Everton currently sit fourth, leading the Gunners by a point and with superior goal difference. Arsenal simply have to win all the remaining matches and pray that the Merseyside club drop points somewhere.

On the other hand, Big Sam’s West Ham side is sitting comfortably in the middle of the table, far away from a relegation battle. This match was scheduled a few weeks ago but was postponed due to Arsenal’s participation in the FA Cup. We take a look at some interesting facts and statistics ahead of this London derby:

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So far this season:

ARSENAL		WEST HAM UNITED
5	Position	11
33	Matches Played	33
56	Average Possession (%)	42
85.7	Passing Accuracy (%)	73.2
53.9	Shooting Accuracy (%)	37.8
13	Clean Sheets	13
74.16	Tackles Won (%)	76.31
45/4	Yellow/Red Cards	56/5

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TEAM Performance

	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	GF	GA
Arsenal at HOME	16	10	1	5	29	10
West Ham AWAY from Home	16	4	8	4	14	19

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OPTA Facts:

• Arsenal have won six successive league matches against West Ham and are unbeaten in the last 12 meetings in all competitions since a 1-0 home defeat in April 2007.
• The Gunners have taken only two points from their last four matches. They have not gone five league games without a win since registering five successive draws in January and February 2009.
• The Hammers have won seven of their last 13 league fixtures, having only triumphed in three of the previous 20.
• West Ham’s only goal in their last five visits to the Emirates Stadium was scored by Jack Collison in a 5-1 defeat last season.
• Arsene Wenger’s side have gone 15 home games unbeaten in the league since the opening-day defeat by Aston Villa.
• The Hammers have dropped 17 points from winning positions. Only Southampton (18 points) have fared worse.
• Arsenal have earned more points than any other side this season after opening the scoring: 55 from 20 games.
• Arsenal have won 50 out of the 118 meetings between the two sides.
• The Gunners are yet to lose a game in which they have taken the lead this season, winning seven and drawing two.
• Sam Allardyce’s side have kept just six clean sheets in the Premier League, their last coming six games ago against West Brom.
• West Ham United have picked up just eight points on the road out of a possible 30 and have a division-low of five goals away from home from 10 games.

.MATCH Appointments:

• Referee: Kevin Friend.
• Assistants: H Lennard, M Wilkes.
• Fourth Official: C Foy.

Stats courtesy of Opta.