Arsenal will play West Ham on Boxing Day in an effort to maintain their five-point lead atop the Premier League rankings.
When the season starts after the World Cup break, the Gunners will have a comfortable lead, while West Ham will be just one point above the bottom half of the standings. Due to the strange winter World Cup, the Premier League leaders haven’t dazzled us with their magnificence since mid-November.
But when Arsenal won the Dubai Super Cup, fans got a taste of Arteta-ball at a warm-weather training camp in Dubai. The Gunners outperformed all expectations in the first half of the season and finished the campaign with a five-point league lead. Despite the fact that this young, talented club has.
They have been rumors as of who and who will start the game tommorrow but in this post you will know full team news on who will start, benched and injured.
Boxing Day sees West Ham make a trip to the Emirates following a difficult start to 2022/23. The 2017–18 Europa League semifinals team is now placed 16th after dropping their final three games before the break. If the Hammers perform poorly upon their return, manager David Moyes will face more criticism, and Monday night will be a crucial test.
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Both Alphonse Areola and Nayef Aguerd played for World Cup squads that made it to the second round, Morocco and France, thus it’s likely that they won’t be available for this game.
Due to knee surgery he underwent at the end of November, Kurt Zouma will be unable to participate in this game. Maxwell Cornet is still out with a calf injury after encountering a setback in his recovery. Gianluca Scamacca may not play in this friendly because of an ankle problem that kept him out of the match versus Fulham.
Prior to this game, Aaron Cresswell and Michail Antonio, who did not participate in that contest, will be examined.
HEAD TO HEAD STATS
Matches: 42
Arsenal: 28
West Ham: 6
Draw: 8
PREDICTED LINE UP
Possible starting lineup for Arsenal (4-3-3):
Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tierney; Xhaka, Partey; Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli; Nketiah
Posible starting lineup for westham-united (4-3-3):
Fabianski; Kehrer, Dawson, Ogbonna, Palmieri; Rice, Soucek; Fornals, Paqueta, Benrahma; Bowen
TEAM FORM ACROSS ALL COMPETITION
Arsenal form (all competitions): W–L–W–W–W–L
West Ham United form (all competitions): W–L–L–L–W–D
Kick-off
9:00PM(WAT), 1:30 am (IST), 8:00 pm: (GMT)
