West Ham v Arsenal betting tips and predictions
Two teams struggling to ascertain any type of kind in the Premier League meet, with the visitors tentatively backed to come back out on top
Odds are appropriate on the time of publishing and are topic to change
Crisis clubs go head-to-head
Both West Ham United and Arsenal have had their difficulties in latest weeks, with Arsenal’s poor kind costing manager Unai Emery his job and Manuel Pellegrini
The Hammers seemed to have turned a nook with a 1-0 win away to Chelsea but proved that old habits die exhausting as they fell 2-0 to Wolves in midweek, placing Pellegrini back underneath strain.
Emery’s departure has not changed Arsenal’s fortunes on the pitch. Since Freddie Ljungberg was appointed caretaker supervisor he has overseen a 2-2 draw with Norwich City and 2-1 house defeat by Brighton & Hove Albion, prolonged the team’s winless run to nine matches, their worst streak since 1977.
Two unpredictable and unreliable defences imply clean sheets are unlikely and we are taking a look at over 2.5 goals at 4/9. Past conferences support the argument, with seven of the previous 10 in the Premier League producing three or more targets.
Arsenal’s nine-game winless run to end
Arsenal’s record against West Ham is spectacular. They have crushed the east Londoners 29 instances within the Premier League, with 12 of these coming away from home.
No club has lost extra matches on a Monday in the Premier League than West Ham, with 29 defeats, while Arsenal’s 39 Monday wins is second solely to Manchester United’s forty three.
Arsenal have did not maintain a clear sheet in their last 11 matches in all competitions since beating Bournemouth 1-0 in October, and both teams to attain is 4/9.
The Gunners have additionally let a two-goal lead slip four times this season, and for them to lead at half-time however draw at full-time 14/1, with the Gunners the 1/1 favourites to get their first away win since the first recreation of the season towards Newcastle.
West Ham have won simply two of the previous 17 against the Gunners, though a sort of was a 1-0 win courtesy of Declan Rice last season.
Aubameyang the one bright spark
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has managed to proceed his blistering type from last season despite Arsenal’s woes.
The Gabon striker has scored six of Arsenal’s seven away Premier League targets this season (Lucas Torreira netted the opposite one), but has never scored against West Ham.
However, the house side have not been defending properly, which supplies Aubameyang an opportunity to interrupt that duck, and he is 4/7 to take action at any time.
Aubameyang has been concerned in 10 objectives in his last 10 London derbies, with eight targets and two assists, and a wincast of Arsenal and Aubameyang first goalscorer is priced at 4/1.
Alexandre Lacazette has also scored three in his last three for Arsenal and is 8/11.