Team news, key stats and ways to follow ahead of Arsenal vs West Ham in the Premier League.
Team news
Arsenal will be without Lucas Torreira for the visit of West Ham. The midfielder suffered a fractured ankle in the FA Cup win over Portsmouth last time out and will be sidelined for some time.
Kieran Tierney (shoulder) is back in contention but Sead Kolasinac (shoulder) is absent, as are Cedric Soares and Calum Chambers (both knee).
Tomas Soucek has made a rapid recovery from injury to be fit for West Ham. The Czech midfielder suffered a hip injury against Liverpool a fortnight ago but is already back in contention.
Andriy Yarmolenko is back in training but not ready to return, while Ryan Fredericks and Jack Wilshere are still sidelined.
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Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta says the club need to sit down with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang before the summer to discuss a potential new contract
How to follow
Follow the match in our dedicated live blog, while highlights will also be published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel at 5.15pm.
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Opta stats
- Arsenal have won eight of their last nine home Premier League games against West Ham United, losing the other on the opening day of the 2015-16 season.
- West Ham have won just two of their last 23 Premier League games against Arsenal (D4 L17) since a three-game winning run against the Gunners between February 2006 and April 2007.
- Arsenal have won none of their last four home London derbies in the Premier League (D2 L2), losing the last one against Chelsea. They haven't lost back-to-back home derbies since February 2006, when their defeats were against Chelsea and West Ham.
- Arsenal have scored at least three goals in 12 of their last 16 Premier League games against West Ham, including each of their last three against them at the Emirates Stadium.
- Arsenal are unbeaten in seven Premier League games (W3 D4), the longest current unbeaten run in the division. The Gunners are also looking to win three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since August.
- Following their 3-1 win against Southampton last time out, West Ham are looking to secure back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time since August. However, the Hammers have lost their last five Premier League away games, last losing more consecutively between August and December 2006 (8 games).
- 43 per cent of West Ham's total shots in the Premier League this season have been on target (122/287) - since we have this data available (from 1997-98), no team has hit a higher ratio of their total shots on target in a single campaign (Manchester United also 43 per cent in 2018-19).
- Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored 49 goals in 74 Premier League games. If he scores here, he'll be the 38th different player to score 50 league goals for the Gunners, the joint-sixth quickest, and the fastest since Joe Baker reached the milestone in 62 games in 1963.
- All six of Alexandre Lacazette's six Premier League goals this season have come in home games, the highest such 100 per cent record in the competition this season.
- West Ham manager David Moyes hasn't won any of his 15 away Premier League games against Arsenal (D4 L11). No manager in Premier League history has ever managed more away games against an opponent without winning - the others with 15 and no wins are Moyes himself against Chelsea and Liverpool and Harry Redknapp against Manchester United.
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Charlie Nicholas' prediction
West Ham had a wonderful result last week and I'm pleased for David Moyes. There's been slow improvement for Arsenal under Mikel Arteta and I like his authority.
I'm excited about the progress of the youngsters, and for the first time in a while I feel there's a genuine hope for those coming through. Bukayo Saka, Reiss Nelson, Joe Willock, Gabriel Martinelli and Eddie Nketiah all have really strong Arsenal futures.
West Ham will be a handful and Michail Antonio seems the best solution for them at present with his pace and power, but I still feel there's a vulnerability about their defence. I think it's going to be a busy day for Lukasz Fabianski back at his old club.
CHARLIE PREDICTS: 3-1 (11/1 with Sky Bet)
