Arsenal vs West Ham

25 August 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Graham Scott

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Nacho Monreal 30’
Issa Diop 70’ (og)
Danny Welbeck 90+2’

Marko Arnautovic 25’

Match summary

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

In the first half, Marko Arnautovic put West Ham ahead in the 25th minute, set up by Felipe Anderson and Nacho Monreal equalised in the 30th minute, set up by Alex Iwobi. In the second half, Diop's own goal put Arsenal in front in the 70th minute and Danny Welbeck made it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Héctor Bellerín.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 1.79 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to West Ham's 1.18 from 13.

Match stats

17 Shots 13

10 Shots on Target 5

10 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.79 xG 1.18

1.79 Non-penalty xG 1.18

8 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Arsenal West Ham

Kick-off

25’

Marko Arnautovic
Assist: Felipe Anderson

0-1

Nacho Monreal
Assist: Alex Iwobi

1-1

30’

Half-time1-1

Issa Diop
Own goal

2-1

70’

Danny Welbeck
Assist: Héctor Bellerín

3-1

90+2’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Arsenal

Sokratis

West Ham

Ryan Fredericks
Issa Diop
Jack Wilshere

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 1.79 xGWest Ham 1.18 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
Petr Cech	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Héctor Bellerín	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.44	1
Shkodran Mustafi	DEF	90			2	0.10	0.00	0
Sokratis	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nacho Monreal	DEF	90	1		1	0.53	0.00	0
Granit Xhaka	MID	90			1	0.01	0.01	1
Matteo Guendouzi	MID	59			1	0.02	0.03	2
Henrikh Mkhitaryan	MID	90			3	0.18	0.00	0
Aaron Ramsey	MID	90			2	0.13	0.22	2
Alex Iwobi	MID	49		1	0	0.00	0.53	1
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	FWD	78			3	0.19	0.24	4
Alexandre Lacazette	Sub	41			2	0.10	0.06	2
Lucas Torreira	Sub	31			0	0.00	0.07	1
Danny Welbeck	Sub	12	1		2	0.53	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukasz Fabianski	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Fredericks	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.12	1
Issa Diop	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabián Balbuena	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arthur Masuaku	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Robert Snodgrass	MID	78			2	0.45	0.14	2
Carlos Sánchez	MID	90			1	0.02	0.01	1
Jack Wilshere	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Michail Antonio	MID	66			2	0.13	0.51	2
Felipe Anderson	MID	90		1	2	0.11	0.28	3
Marko Arnautovic	FWD	62	1		5	0.34	0.03	1
Chicharito	Sub	28			1	0.12	0.00	0
Lucas Pérez	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andriy Yarmolenko	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 71% Bet365 odds 1.36

Draw 18% Bet365 odds 5.50

West Ham win 11% Bet365 odds 9.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Arsenal L L

West Ham L L

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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.