Friday, March 14, 2015, 11:00 PM PT, Arsenal host West Ham United at the Emirates Stadium in the English Premier League. This London derby may not be as competitive, but it still delivers in excitement and intensity.
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The Gunners have won the last nine meetings between the clubs, including a 2-1 victory earlier this season. In that match, Santi Cazorla opened up the scoring with a penalty kick in the 41st minute, before Danny Welbeck doubled the score just before half time. Cheikhou Kouyate pulled one back for the Hammers in the 54th, but were unable to find a push to salvage at least a point for the hosts.
Now that the scene switches to the Emirates, look for Arsenal to notch their fifth straight league victory.
Currently third in the league, Arsene Wenger’s men are certainly on a role. Only trailing Manchester City by four points, Arsenal have been getting great performances from Olivier Giroud. The Frenchman has scored in three of the last four games, bringing his season tally to 10 goals in 17 appearances. Alexis Sanchez remains to be the team’s top scorer with 13 goals, while Cazorla maintains to be one of the best midfielders on the pitch for the team.
As for West Ham, they have struggled as of late, failing to get a win in their last six league matches. Sitting in 10th place in the league, they are one point behind Swansea City while holding off Newcastle United who are four points behind.
Their last outing was a narrow 1-0 loss to league leaders Chelsea. The team managed to get off 10 shots but only had half of them on target. They clearly miss their goal scorers who are out due to injury as Andy Carroll, Carlton Cole and Enner Valencia have been ruled out of this contest.
Only Diafra Sakho has been their reliable striker with nine goals so far.
Arsenal are also suffering from a slew of injuries, with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain being added to already a list of six players unavailable to play.
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Source : Christian Post