West Ham-Arsenal is a match valid for the fourth round of the League Cup and is played on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.: statistics, likely lineups and predictions.
We are only in the fourth round of the League Cup, the English League Cup, but the competition already gives some interesting matches, such as the London derby between West Ham and Arsenal.
The Gunners at the moment have other things on their minds but they certainly won’t snub a cup they haven’t managed to lift since the 1992-93 season, we’re talking about over 30 years ago. Mikel Arteta’s team is preparing to take on the Hammers three days after the goleada handed to the hapless Sheffield United: very severe the lesson inflicted last Sunday on the Blades, scrambled 5-0 at the Emirates Stadium. No Gabriel Jesus? No problem: filling in for the Brazilian center forward, who was injured again in the Champions League match with Sevilla, was Nketiah. The youth product three days ago netted his first Premier League hat trick, proving to be a very viable alternative to the former Manchester City man. Arsenal is the only team still unbeaten in the league along with their cousins Tottenham, who are first in the standings on 24 points, two more than the second-placed Gunners.
Arteta and his men will try to take advantage of the particularly complicated moment West Ham is going through, fresh off three straight defeats.
Moyes
The Hammers last won about a month ago when they got the better of Freiburg in the Europa League. Since that game, the David Moyes-led team has drawn 2-2 with Newcastle and lost to Aston Villa (4-1), Olympiacos (2-1) and Everton (0-1). Last Saturday’s defeat to the Toffees rang the so-called alarm bells, not least because West Ham has now slipped to ninth place in the standings.
The prediction
Although giving space to many reserves, Arteta should field a competitive eleven capable of imposing itself at the London Stadium against a struggling West Ham stuffed with second lines. A Gunners victory is likely.
The probable lineups of West Ham-Arsenal
- WEST HAM (4-2-3-1): Fabianski; Kehrer, Ogbonna, Mavropanos, Emerson Palmieri; Soucek, Ward-Prowse; Cornet, Fornals, Benrahma; Ings.
- ARSENAL (4-3-3): Ramsdale; White, Tomiyasu, Gabriel, Kiwior; Vieira, Jorginho, Havertz; Nelson, Nketiah, Trossard.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-3
