West Ham v Arsenal preview, TV channel, kick-off time, date, odds and team news

Avinash BhunjunPublished Dec 9, 2017, 2:30pm|Updated Dec 12, 2019, 2:19pm

Arsenal will travel to West Ham in the midweek Premier League fixtures.

The Gunners have fond memories from last season as they defeated the Hammers 5-1.

Alexis Sanchez scored a fantastic hat-trick that day and will be hoping to replicate that form once again.

For West Ham, this will be the second London derby in a row for them and will be hoping for a positive result against Arsene Wenger’s men.

They will be buoyed buy their fantastic win over Chelsea and will hope to take this form into the game.

When is West Ham vs Arsenal and what time is kick off?

The game will be played at the London Stadium on Wednesday 13 December.

Kick-off is at 8pm.

The game will be shown live on BT Sport 1 from 7.15pm.

Arsenal defender Shkodran Mustafi should make his return from injury after minor thigh problem sustained against Manchester Utd.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has ruled him out of Sunday’s game to Southampton but said he should be back to face West Ham three days later.

The Hammers have a number of injury concerns with Jose Fonte, Sam Byram and Cheikhou Kouyate sidelined.

However, James Collins and Winston Reid could return as they had fitness tests on today.

West Ham – 9/2

Draw – 3/1

Arsenal – 8/13

The Gunners have lost 11 league matches in 2017, their worst tally in a calendar year since 1995 (14).
Only two Arsenal players have scored more goals in their first 15 Premier League appearances for the club than Alexandre Lacazette (8) – Alexis Sanchez (9) and Ian Wright (10).
West Ham United are presently eight games without a win in the Premier League (W0 D3 L5), their worst such-run since December 2015.