One of the finest moments, from a Hammers fan’s perspective, came in 2016 when Andy Carroll scored a dramatic late winner. Carrol stunned the Gunners, that season, with a scoring strike in the 86th minute to secure a 3-2 victory.
London Derby FYIs
Kickoff: Sun. Feb. 16, 4pm GMT, Emirates Stadium, London, UK
Team News: Arsenal FCย ย West Ham
Starting XI Predictions:ย Arsenal FCย ย West Ham
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PL Form: Arsenalย FC WWWLLย ย West Ham LDDDW
PL Standing: Arsenal FC 3rd, 49 ptsย West Ham 7th, 36 pts
Result Probability: Arsenal FC 62%ย West Ham 16% Draw 22%
David Moyes will look to try and duplicate/replicate that magic again here.ย But the odds are against him, with the Hammers being 4/1 underdogs here. Meanwhile the Gunners are backed as 4/9 favorites.
It’s easy to see why, given how awful the Irons looked last weekend against Manchester United, where they lost 3-0. It’s fair to say that Manchester City loanee Kalvin Phillips will not get a start here, having embarrassed himself last weekend.
But here is who we think will get the call.
West Ham United Starting XI Prediction at Arsenal FC
Lukasz Fabianski; Emerson Palmieri, Kurt Zouma, Vladimir Coufal, Maxwell Cornet; Edson Alvarez, Tomas Soucek; Ben Johnson, James Ward-Prowse, Mohamed Kudus; Jarrod Bowen
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