West Ham host Arsenal at the London Stadium for matchday 31 of the English Premier League.
West Ham took another step towards securing a stay in the category with her win of the previous matchday at home to Fulham 1-0. In the first half she was better, leading with an own goal while having opportunities to double her goals. In the second half, the home team was attacked, but with the help of an ally and luck, it was able to avoid breaching its own goal, with the team creating dangerous counter-attacks.
With this victory, West Ham reached 30 points and is in 15th place in the Premier League, just plus 3 from the bottom three.
On Thursday night, West Ham were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Ghent for the first leg of their Conference League quarter-final stage. Now she will look for the victory in the replay at her home next Thursday to be the one who will qualify for the semi-finals of the competition.
Arsenal left Anfield with a 2-2 draw against Liverpool in the derby of the previous matchday. A result that does not leave her satisfied based on the development of the match as in the first half hour of the match she took a two-goal lead. However, shortly before the break, they accepted the reduction of the score and in the second half, with the home team pressing, they could not stand it and conceding a second goal in the last minutes of the match, it was limited to a draw.
So Arsenal reached 70 points and after Saturday afternoon's victory of Manchester City over Leicester, saw the difference between them reduced to three points.
Arsenal dropped two valuable points in the derby against Liverpool and are looking to return to success today to increase their points gap with second-placed City. West Ham, for its part, wants the victory that will raise it in the standings and move it further away from the danger zone. I expect an interesting match with many phases and goals.
Tip: West Ham – Arsenal Over 2,5 goals with odds of 1.80