West Ham vs Arsenal

21 March 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 3 – 3

Half-time: 3–1

Jesse Lingard 15’
Jarrod Bowen 17’
Tomas Soucek 32’

Tomas Soucek 38’ (og)
Craig Dawson 61’ (og)
Alexandre Lacazette 82’

Match summary

West Ham and Arsenal drew 3-3. West Ham led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Jesse Lingard put West Ham ahead in the 15th minute, set up by Michail Antonio, Jarrod Bowen made it 2-0 in the 17th minute, set up by Jesse Lingard, Tomas Soucek made it 3-0 in the 32nd minute, set up by Michail Antonio, and Soucek's own goal pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 38th minute. In the second half, Dawson's own goal made it 3-2 in the 61st minute and Alexandre Lacazette equalised with a header in the 82nd minute, set up by Nicolas Pepe.

West Ham had the better of the chances, with 2.54 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Arsenal's 1.35 from 16.

Match stats

15 Shots 16

5 Shots on Target 7

3 Corners 5

3 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.51 xG 1.35

2.51 Non-penalty xG 1.35

5 Deep Completions 10

Key events

West Ham Arsenal

Kick-off

Jesse Lingard
Assist: Michail Antonio

1-0

15’

Jarrod Bowen
Assist: Jesse Lingard

2-0

17’

Tomas Soucek
Assist: Michail Antonio

3-0

32’

38’

Tomas Soucek
Own goal

3-1

Half-time3-1

61’

Craig Dawson
Own goal

3-2

82’

Alexandre Lacazette
Assist: Nicolas Pepe

3-3

Full-time3-3

Bookings

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

West Ham

Vladimir Coufal
Aaron Cresswell
Michail Antonio

Arsenal

Alexandre Lacazette

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.

West Ham 2.54 xGArsenal 1.35 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Arsenal attacking West Ham 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
Lukasz Fabianski	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vladimir Coufal	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.09	2
Issa Diop	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Craig Dawson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Cresswell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
Tomas Soucek	MID	90	1		4	0.82	0.05	1
Declan Rice	MID	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Jarrod Bowen	MID	76	1		2	0.16	0.00	0
Jesse Lingard	MID	90	1	1	2	0.12	0.04	1
Said Benrahma	MID	81			0	0.00	0.95	2
Michail Antonio	FWD	90		2	5	1.37	0.99	5
Mark Noble	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Fredericks	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bernd Leno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Calum Chambers	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.18	3
David Luiz	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Pablo Marí	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kieran Tierney	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.05	1
Thomas Partey	MID	90			2	0.03	0.00	0
Granit Xhaka	MID	76			0	0.00	0.02	1
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	MID	83			0	0.00	0.00	0
Martin Odegaard	MID	90			3	0.14	0.21	4
Bukayo Saka	MID	76			2	0.17	0.01	1
Alexandre Lacazette	FWD	90	1		4	0.75	0.17	2
Emile Smith-Rowe	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.01	1
Nicolas Pepe	Sub	14		1	2	0.19	0.55	1
Gabriel Martinelli	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Ham win 27% Avg odds 3.49

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.47

Arsenal win 45% Avg odds 2.13

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

Form going into the game

West Ham W W L W L

Arsenal W L W D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Arsenal 2-1 West Ham, 19 Sep 20 Next meeting: Arsenal 2-0 West Ham, 15 Dec 21 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.