Date: Saturday 30th November, 2024
Time: 6:30 pm
Stadium London Stadium
Referee Anthony Taylor (England)
Goal Scorer:
Team News
West Ham
West Ham's most noteworthy piece of team news arguably comes from the dugout, as head coach Lopetegui was cautioned for the third time this term at St James' Park and serves a touchline ban for the visit of Arsenal.
Lopetegui joins Mohammed Kudus - serving the last game of his five-match ban - on the naughty step, but Edson Alvarez is back from a two-game suspension of his own following confusion over whether he would be able to take on Newcastle.
In terms of injuries, Niclas Fullkrug's calf problem is not expected to let up in time for the weekend, and Jean-Clair Todibo suffered a knock in the win at Newcastle, so ex-Arsenal man Dinos Mavropanos could come in to face his former team.
West Ham United possible starting lineup:
Fabianski; Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson; Soucek; Bowen, Paqueta, Soler, Summerville; Antonio
Arsenal
One minor blot on Arsenal's Portugal notebook was the withdrawal of goalscorer Gabriel towards the end of the win over Sporting; the exact nature of his problem is still unclear, but it would not be a surprise to see him spared ahead of the midweek meeting with Manchester United.
Arteta has two solutions for the possible absence of Gabriel; he could either make a straight swap with Jakub Kiwior, as he did on Tuesday, or move Riccardo Calafiori into a centre-back role and introduce Oleksandr Zinchenko out wide.
The Arsenal boss should not shy away from a few unenforced changes too - as he did in a surprise selection against Forest - as Trossard and Mikel Merino could bring some fresh legs into the XI.
As Kieran Tierney finally returned from a hamstring problem to make the bench in the Champions League, only knee victims Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu are out for the Gunners.
Arsenal possible starting lineup:
Raya; Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Calafiori; Odegaard, Rice, Merino; Saka, Havertz, Trossard
Prediction: West Ham United 1-3 Arsenal
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