West Ham vs Arsenal

Arsenal have scored 5+ goals in five different away games in all competitions in 2024, the joint-most in a single calendar year by an English top-flight side, along with Sunderland in 1892 and Manchester City in 1937.

With Arsenal leading 5-2 at half-time, this was just the fourth match in Premier League history to see as many as seven goals scored in the first half, after Blackburn v Leeds (September 1997), Bradford v Derby (April 2000) and Reading v Man Utd (December 2012).

West Ham conceded five goals in the first half of a Premier League game for the first time. They’ve conceded more goals than any other side in the top-flight in 2024 (68), shipping 5+ goals on four occasions.

West Ham have lost more Premier League games overall (36) and at home (15) against Arsenal than they have vs any other opponent in the competition.

Arsenal have lost just one of their last 16 Premier League away games against West Ham (W10 D5), winning this exact fixture 6-0 last season.

West Ham have lost their last two home London derbies in the Premier League, going down 2-0 against Fulham and 3-0 against Chelsea. They last lost three in a row in December 2019, while they last did so without scoring in December 2008 – both runs included defeat to Arsenal.

Since the start of 2022-23, Arsenal have lost just two of their 26 London derby matches in the Premier League (W18 D6). One of these was against West Ham, which was the only one of the 26 games in which they’ve failed to score (0-2 in December 2023).

West Ham have earned seven points from their last three Premier League home games (W2 D1), as many as they had from their previous nine at the London Stadium (W1 D4 L4).