Arsenal vs West Ham

26 December 2022 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

Bukayo Saka 53’
Gabriel Martinelli 59’
Eddie Nketiah 69’

Said Benrahma 27’ (pen)

Match summary

Arsenal came from behind to win 3-1 at home to West Ham. West Ham led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Said Benrahma put West Ham ahead from the penalty spot in the 27th minute. In the second half, Bukayo Saka equalised in the 53rd minute, set up by Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Martinelli put Arsenal in front in the 59th minute, set up by Granit Xhaka, and Eddie Nketiah made it 3-1 in the 69th minute, set up by Martin Odegaard.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 1.89 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to West Ham's 1.03 from 8.

Match stats

16 Shots 8

5 Shots on Target 4

7 Corners 5

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.89 xG 1.03

1.89 Non-penalty xG 0.27

14 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Arsenal West Ham

Kick-off

27’

Said Benrahma
Penalty

0-1

Half-time0-1

Bukayo Saka
Assist: Martin Odegaard

1-1

53’

Gabriel Martinelli
Assist: Granit Xhaka

2-1

59’

Eddie Nketiah
Assist: Martin Odegaard

3-1

69’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

West Ham

Vladimir Coufal
Jarrod Bowen

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Arsenal 1.89 xGWest Ham 1.03 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

West Ham attacking Arsenal attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Gabriel	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
William Saliba	DEF	90			1	0.47	0.00	0
Kieran Tierney	DEF	78			0	0.00	0.04	1
Thomas Partey	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Martin Odegaard	MID	90		2	6	0.34	0.88	5
Granit Xhaka	MID	90		1	2	0.07	0.13	2
Bukayo Saka	FWD	90	1		1	0.43	0.69	4
Eddie Nketiah	FWD	90	1		4	0.51	0.00	0
Gabriel Martinelli	FWD	90	1		1	0.05	0.03	1
Oleksandr Zinchenko	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohamed Elneny	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fábio Vieira	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukasz Fabianski	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Vladimir Coufal	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Thilo Kehrer	DEF	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Craig Dawson	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Cresswell	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Declan Rice	MID	90		0	0.00	0.05	2
Tomas Soucek	MID	83		0	0.00	0.08	1
Jarrod Bowen	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Paquetá	MID	90		1	0.03	0.10	2
Said Benrahma	MID	90	1	3	0.84	0.02	1
Michail Antonio	FWD	90		2	0.13	0.00	0
Pablo Fornals	Sub	7		1	0.02	0.00	0
Divin Mubama	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 62% Avg odds 1.55

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.29

West Ham win 15% Avg odds 6.27

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Arsenal W D W W W

West Ham L W L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: West Ham 1-2 Arsenal, 01 May 22 Next meeting: West Ham 2-2 Arsenal, 16 Apr 23 All Arsenal vs West Ham meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.