Arsenal vs West Ham

7 March 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Alexandre Lacazette 78’

Match summary

Arsenal saw off West Ham 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Alexandre Lacazette put Arsenal ahead in the 78th minute, set up by Mesut Özil.

There was little between the sides on chances: Arsenal created 1.56 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots, West Ham 1.63 from 14.

Match stats

Arsenal West Ham
9 Shots 14
2 Shots on Target 6
6 Corners 7
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.56 xG 1.62
1.56 Non-penalty xG 1.62
7 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Arsenal West Ham
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Alexandre Lacazette
Assist: Mesut Özil1-0 (Arsenal)
78’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Arsenal
  • Sokratis
West Ham
  • Pablo Fornals
  • Michail Antonio

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.56 1.63 78’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), 1-0 78’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.56 1.63 78’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), 1-0 Lacazette 78’
Arsenal 1.56 xGWest Ham 1.63 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 West Ham attacking Arsenal attacking 
41’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), from a corner, 0.73 xG, off target 78’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 56’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 22’ Sokratis (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.37 xG, hit the woodwork 52’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 13’ Mesut Özil (Arsenal), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 83’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 85’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 66’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90+1’ Reiss Nelson (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 75’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 53’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 75’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 24’ Aaron Cresswell (West Ham), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 66’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 78’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 40’ Issa Diop (West Ham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 2’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 69’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 83’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 31’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 41’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), from a corner, 0.73 xG, off target 78’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 56’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 22’ Sokratis (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.37 xG, hit the woodwork 52’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 13’ Mesut Özil (Arsenal), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 83’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 85’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 66’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90+1’ Reiss Nelson (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 75’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 53’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 75’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 24’ Aaron Cresswell (West Ham), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 66’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 78’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 40’ Issa Diop (West Ham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 81’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 2’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 69’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 83’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 31’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Bernd Leno GK900 0.000.000
Sokratis DEF901 0.370.000
David Luiz DEF900 0.000.000
Pablo Marí DEF900 0.000.000
Bukayo Saka DEF900 0.000.433
Dani Ceballos MID900 0.000.011
Granit Xhaka MID901 0.010.000
Nicolas Pepe MID702 0.090.000
Mesut Özil MID9011 0.100.551
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang MID901 0.030.402
Eddie Nketiah FWD601 0.350.101
Alexandre Lacazette Sub3011 0.550.071
Reiss Nelson Sub201 0.070.000
Héctor Bellerín Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 59% Avg odds 1.64
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.25
West Ham win 19% Avg odds 5.13

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal DDDWW
West Ham LDLLW

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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.