West Ham United hosts Arsenal in round 16 of the English Premier League. The match will be played on Monday, December 9th at Olympic Stadium (London)
After a successful visit to Stamford Bridge, West Ham lost in a subsequent meeting. Once again, the defense of the Hammers failed, and Pellegrini got a reason to complain about the terrible actions of the defenders in an interview. It can be understood since the football players of WHU play weakly in defense. The Hammers had only one clean sheet in the last 10 matches. And they were wildly lucky in Chelsea’s field. According to xG statistics, the Blues scored three goals, but the conversion let them down.
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Emery left town, but the clowns stayed behind. The Gunners held the first home game under the management of Ljungberg but failed again. Thus, Arsenal has not won nine games in a row. An experienced Spaniard could not cope with his tasks, and the young Swede is unlikely to correct the situation. And how to do it when there is a hole in the defense of Arsenal? With such defense, the Gunners will probably not get even into the top six. Arsenal conceded the most among all the contenders for high places in the Premier League: 23 goals in 15 rounds.
West Ham scores for six home games in a row. It is also capable of breaching the defense of Arsenal, which has never kept a clean sheet in the last 11 matches. However, the hosts are unlikely to keep this clean sheet either. Despite the results of the Gunners, they rarely left the field without goals. This season, the team of Ljungberg failed to score in only two out of 22 official matches. And the Gunners failed to breach only the defensive lines of Leicester and Sheffield. West Ham had a period in August-September when the men of Pellegrini were very reliable in defense. Since then, the Hammers have not kept a clean sheet even with outsiders of the Premier League. Moreover, they conceded at least two goals in eight of the last 10 matches. West Ham will surely not hold back the onslaught of Arsenal, which scored five goals at Anfield. The coefficient on “Both to score – yes” is not large, but given that the hosts miraculously kept a clean sheet only in a match with Chelsea (over the last two months), and the visitors have never kept this clean sheet for the same period, the bet is rather reliable.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score - yes
