English Premier League

Arsenal vs West Ham United, 2023-24 English Premier League

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  • 13': Tomás Soucek
  • 55': Konstantinos Mavropanos

Arsenal miss chance to reclaim top spot after loss to West Ham

Arsenal spurned the opportunity to retake first place in the Premier League as they lost 2-0 to fellow Londoners West Ham United at the Emirates on Thursday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Attempt missed. James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 3': Attempt saved. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard.
  • 8': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Vladimír Coufal.
  • 9': Foul by Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal).
  • 9': Vladimír Coufal (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 11': Attempt missed. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Gabriel Martinelli.
  • 12': Foul by Leandro Trossard (Arsenal).
  • 12': James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Goal! Arsenal 0, West Ham United 1. Tomás Soucek (West Ham United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen.
  • 26': Foul by James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United).
  • 26': Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 28': Attempt blocked. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Declan Rice.
  • 28': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Edson Álvarez.
  • 30': Attempt saved. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
  • 30': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Alphonse Areola.
  • 31': Delay in match because of an injury Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United).
  • 32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 33': Substitution, West Ham United. Saïd Benrahma replaces Lucas Paquetá because of an injury.
  • 34': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Emerson.
  • 35': Attempt missed. Ben White (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko following a corner.
  • 35': Foul by Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham United).
  • 35': Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 37': Attempt missed. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
  • 39': Foul by Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).
  • 39': Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 42': Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) hits the right post with a right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard with a through ball.
  • 42': Attempt missed. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
  • 43': Emerson (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 43': Foul by Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).
  • 43': Attempt blocked. Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 43': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by William Saliba.
  • 44': Foul by Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United).
  • 44': Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+4': Hand ball by Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal).
  • 45'+5': Attempt blocked. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Declan Rice.
  • 45'+6': First Half ends, Arsenal 0, West Ham United 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Arsenal 0, West Ham United 1.
  • 48': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Edson Álvarez.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Declan Rice (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Leandro Trossard.
  • 55': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Ben White.
  • 55': Goal! Arsenal 0, West Ham United 2. Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham United) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross following a corner.
  • 58': Attempt missed. Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko.
  • 59': Offside, West Ham United. Jarrod Bowen is caught offside.
  • 62': Attempt blocked. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
  • 64': Attempt blocked. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard.
  • 64': Substitution, Arsenal. Eddie Nketiah replaces Gabriel Martinelli.
  • 64': Substitution, Arsenal. Reiss Nelson replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.
  • 65': Attempt saved. Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ben White.
  • 70': Foul by Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United).
  • 70': Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 72': Attempt blocked. Declan Rice (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bukayo Saka.
  • 72': Foul by Reiss Nelson (Arsenal).
  • 72': Tomás Soucek (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Reiss Nelson (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 73': Attempt blocked. Saïd Benrahma (West Ham United) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
  • 74': Attempt blocked. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 74': Attempt saved. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard.
  • 74': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Alphonse Areola.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard with a cross following a corner.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by William Saliba.
  • 76': Edson Álvarez (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 76': Foul by Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal).
  • 78': Attempt saved. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by William Saliba.
  • 79': Foul by Saïd Benrahma (West Ham United).
  • 79': Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 79': Substitution, Arsenal. Emile Smith Rowe replaces Leandro Trossard.
  • 83': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Gabriel Magalhães.
  • 84': Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 84': Foul by Emerson (West Ham United).
  • 86': Attempt saved. Emile Smith Rowe (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
  • 88': Foul by Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United).
  • 88': Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Edson Álvarez.
  • 89': Attempt saved. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 90': Foul by Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United).
  • 90': Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90': Attempt saved. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bukayo Saka.
  • 90': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Alphonse Areola.
  • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Reiss Nelson (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
  • 90'+1': Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 90'+2': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Emerson.
  • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. William Saliba (Arsenal) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard with a cross.
  • 90'+2': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by James Ward-Prowse.
  • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bukayo Saka.
  • 90'+5': Penalty West Ham United. Emerson draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+5': Penalty conceded by Declan Rice (Arsenal) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+6': Penalty saved. Saïd Benrahma (West Ham United) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Arsenal 0, West Ham United 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Arsenal 0, West Ham United 2.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 8
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
3 Corner Kicks 10
8 Saves 1
25.9 Possession 74.1
6 SHOTS 30
3 ON GOAL 8
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
184 Accurate Passes 679
265 Passes 749
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 7
8 Crosses 30
0.3 Cross % 0.2
63 Long Balls 14
20 Accurate Long Balls 5
0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
2 Blocked Shots 10
11 Effective Tackles 7
24 Tackles 20
0.5 Tackle % 0.4
8 Interceptions 6
38 Effective Clearances 9
38 Clearances 9

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Emirates Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 60,261

Premier League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Arsenal 32 +38 70
2 Manchester City 31 +35 64
3 Manchester United 31 +13 55
4 Aston Villa 32 +5 55
Full Table

Line-Ups

ARS Arsenal (4-3-3)

No. Name
22 David Raya (GK)
6 Gabriel Magalhães
2 William Saliba
35 Oleksandr Zinchenko
4 Ben White
41 Declan Rice
19 Leandro Trossard
8 Martin Ødegaard
9 Gabriel Jesus Yellow Card
11 Gabriel Martinelli
7 Bukayo Saka

WHU West Ham United (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
23 Alphonse Areola (GK)
21 Angelo Ogbonna
15 Konstantinos Mavropanos
33 Emerson
5 Vladimír Coufal
7 James Ward-Prowse
28 Tomás Soucek
19 Edson Álvarez
20 Jarrod Bowen
10 Lucas Paquetá
14 Mohammed Kudus

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