Arsenal v West Ham Betting Tips [26 December 2022]

Arsenal will be back to action, looking to extend their leadership of the Premier league standings when they host West Ham United. Their first game after the World Cup break finds Arsenal top of the table with 37 points while West Ham United have 14 points in 16th place. It has been 15 years since Arsenal were top of the league table at Christmas, and this time they could go eight solid points ahead of the second placed side, Manchester City. In their last five matches they have four wins and their only loss was in the League Cup. In Premier League action, Arsenal have not lost a game in eight, and they’ve scored in all their league matches this season. They have only lost once all season in the league, and won 12 of 14. In their last five league matches, Arsenal have conceded just one goal and head into this game with nine straight league wins at home, scoring two or more goals in each. The Gunners will hope skipper Martin Odegaard continues with his hot streak, having scored three in the last three league games. Going into this game, they will however be without the recovering Emile Smith-Rowe, Gabriel Jesus, who was injured at the World Cup, and William Saliba who was until recently with France at the World Cup.

West Ham United on the other hand, have three straight losses ahead of this game, and will be looking to improve on their bad streak registered ahead of the World Cup break. Four defeats and just a win in their last five matches will dampen their confidence, and especially the fact that they have just one clean sheet in the last five matches. West Ham United have conceded two goals in each of their last three matches while they have lost four of their last five league matches. They have collected just four points from a possible 18 in the last six league matches and a poor away run has them on five winless outings in the league. West Ham have managed one win in seven away league matches and in this process they have one clean sheet only. They’ve failed to score in three of their last four away matches in the league.

Arsenal are favorites to bag three points here; their home form has been great and they have scored in all league matches this season. They face a side that has done poorly, and especially away from home. While Arsenal have conceded one goal in the last five matches, and scored two or more in nine straight league games at home, West Ham are struggling to score on the road and are winless in the last five away league games. Thus our prediction for the Arsenal v West Ham United game is: Arsenal to win with a clean sheet.