West Ham vs Arsenal

1 May 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Mike Dean

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Jarrod Bowen 45’
  • Rob Holding 38’
  • Gabriel 54’

Match summary

Arsenal took a 2-1 win at West Ham. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Rob Holding put Arsenal ahead with a header in the 38th minute, set up by Bukayo Saka, Jarrod Bowen equalised in the 45th minute, set up by Vladimir Coufal, and Gabriel won it with a header in the 54th minute, set up by Gabriel Martinelli.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 0.96 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to West Ham's 0.45 from 8.

Match stats

West Ham Arsenal
8 Shots 13
3 Shots on Target 7
3 Corners 7
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.45 xG 0.96
0.45 Non-penalty xG 0.96
3 Deep Completions 4

Key events

West Ham Arsenal
Kick-off
38’
Rob Holding
Assist: Bukayo Saka0-1 (Arsenal)
Jarrod Bowen
Assist: Vladimir Coufal1-1 (West Ham)
45’
Half-time1-1
54’
Gabriel
Assist: Gabriel Martinelli1-2 (Arsenal)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

West Ham
  • Aaron Cresswell
  • Jarrod Bowen
Arsenal
  • Bukayo Saka
  • Eddie Nketiah

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.45 0.96 38’ Rob Holding (Arsenal), 0-1 38’ 45’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), 1-1 45’ 54’ Gabriel (Arsenal), 1-2 54’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.45 0.96 38’ Rob Holding (Arsenal), 0-1 Holding 38’ 45’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), 1-1 Bowen 45’ 54’ Gabriel (Arsenal), 1-2 Gabriel 54’
West Ham 0.45 xGArsenal 0.96 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Arsenal attacking West Ham attacking 
54’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.30 xG, goal 72’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 48’ Said Benrahma (West Ham), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 65’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 45’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 38’ Rob Holding (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.07 xG, goal 26’ Kurt Zouma (West Ham), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 59’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 53’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 72’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+4’ Albert Sambi Lokonga (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 30’ Manuel Lanzini (West Ham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 38’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 28’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 34’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 73’ Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 58’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Declan Rice (West Ham), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 54’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.30 xG, goal 72’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 48’ Said Benrahma (West Ham), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 65’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 45’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 38’ Rob Holding (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.07 xG, goal 26’ Kurt Zouma (West Ham), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 59’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90+4’ Albert Sambi Lokonga (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 30’ Manuel Lanzini (West Ham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 38’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 53’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 72’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 28’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 34’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 73’ Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 17’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Declan Rice (West Ham), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lukasz Fabianski GK900 0.000.000
Vladimir Coufal DEF9010 0.000.081
Kurt Zouma DEF901 0.070.000
Aaron Cresswell DEF900 0.000.000
Ryan Fredericks DEF900 0.000.000
Declan Rice MID902 0.050.000
Mark Noble MID780 0.000.000
Pablo Fornals MID902 0.110.102
Manuel Lanzini MID721 0.060.041
Said Benrahma MID821 0.090.122
Jarrod Bowen FWD9011 0.080.000
Michail Antonio Sub180 0.000.000
Tomas Soucek Sub120 0.000.000
Andriy Yarmolenko Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Ham win 22% Avg odds 4.40
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.89
Arsenal win 53% Avg odds 1.81

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

Form going into the game

West Ham LWLDL
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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Arsenal 2-0 West Ham, 15 Dec 21 Next meeting: Arsenal 3-1 West Ham, 26 Dec 22  All West Ham vs Arsenal 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.