English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 4, 2025
West Ham United LWLLD 0
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Arsenal WDWWW 2
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ARS112
Emirates Stadium · 60,181 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Declan Rice haunts West Ham in comfortable Arsenal win

Declan Rice scored against his former club and Bukayo Saka converted from the penalty spot as Arsenal comfortably dispatched West Ham in the Premier League.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
0
32.1
Possession
67.9
4
SHOTS
21
0
ON GOAL
5
0.0
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
210
Accurate Passes
498
268
Passes
566
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
3
11
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.1
45
Long Balls
27
14
Accurate Long Balls
10
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
9
7
Effective Tackles
14
17
Tackles
23
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
7
50
Effective Clearances
27
50
Clearances
27

Highlights

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Head to Head

WHU leads series 3-2

Lineups

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 1David RayaG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 2William SalibaCD-R
  4. 33Riccardo CalafioriLB
  5. 12Jurriën TimberRB
  6. 41Declan RiceCM
  7. 10Eberechi EzeLM
  8. 8Martin ØdegaardRM
  9. 14Viktor GyökeresF
  10. 19Leandro TrossardLF
  11. 7Bukayo SakaRF

Substitutes

  1. 36Martín ZubimendiSUB
  2. 11Gabriel MartinelliSUB
  3. 23Mikel MerinoSUB
  4. 16Christian NørgaardSUB
  5. 4Ben WhiteSUB
  6. 3Cristhian MosqueraSUB
  7. 13Kepa ArrizabalagaSUB
  8. 49Myles Lewis-SkellySUB
  9. 22Ethan NwaneriSUB

WHU · 4-1-4-1

  1. 23Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 3Max KilmanCD-L
  3. 15Konstantinos MavropanosCD-R
  4. 27Soungoutou MagassaDM
  5. 12El Hadji Malick DioufLB
  6. 29Aaron Wan-BissakaRB
  7. 18Mateus FernandesCM-L
  8. 10Lucas PaquetáCM-R
  9. 7Crysencio SummervilleLM
  10. 20Jarrod BowenRM
  11. 11Niclas FüllkrugF

Substitutes

  1. 30Oliver ScarlesSUB
  2. 5Igor JulioSUB
  3. 1Mads HermansenSUB
  4. 32Freddie PottsSUB
  5. 9Callum WilsonSUB
  6. 17Luis GuilhermeSUB
  7. 50Callum MarshallSUB
  8. 2Kyle Walker-PetersSUB
  9. 24Guido RodríguezSUB

Timeline

  1. 30' Substitution, Arsenal. Martín Zubimendi replaces Martin Ødegaard because of an injury.
  2. 38' Goal! Arsenal 1, West Ham United 0. Declan Rice (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  3. 58' Crysencio Summerville (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 61' Substitution, West Ham United. Freddie Potts replaces Soungoutou Magassa.
  5. 61' Substitution, West Ham United. Callum Marshall replaces Niclas Füllkrug.
  6. 67' Goal! Arsenal 2, West Ham United 0. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  7. 69' Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 75' Substitution, Arsenal. Myles Lewis-Skelly replaces Riccardo Calafiori.
  9. 75' Substitution, Arsenal. Ethan Nwaneri replaces Leandro Trossard.
  10. 79' Substitution, Arsenal. Mikel Merino replaces Declan Rice because of an injury.
  11. 79' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Eberechi Eze.
  12. 79' Substitution, West Ham United. Kyle Walker-Peters replaces Aaron Wan-Bissaka.

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