West Ham United vs Arsenal LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as West Ham United face Arsenal today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
West Ham United vs Arsenal
After good work by Wan-Bissaka out wide, both Rodriguez and Ings have shots blocked on the edge of Arsenal's box, as West Ham's quest for a third goal continues. It's not exactly a siege, but the Hammers are having perhaps their best spell of a tepid second half.
West Ham United vs Arsenal
Following Soler's free-kick from the right, Arsenal fail to get the ball clear, and Soucek tries to engineer a header from near the back post. However, it loops up tamely onto the top of the net.
West Ham United vs Arsenal
Substitution Lucas Tolentino Coelho de Lima Guido Rodríguez
West Ham United vs Arsenal
Coufal heads the ball down for fellow substitute Ings, who looks to tee up a shot inside the box but is thwarted by the quick-thinking Kiwior. As things stand, it's hard to see how West Ham can cut their three-goal deficit.
West Ham United vs Arsenal
Substitution Bukayo Ayoyinka Temidayo Saka Raheem Shaquille Sterling
West Ham United vs Arsenal
Substitution Martin Ødegaard Gabriel Fernando de Jesus
West Ham United vs Arsenal
Arsenal's xG of 2.66 from the first half dwarfs the 0.12 they've managed in the second half so far. It indicates the visitors' change of approach. In all, there's been just one shot on target since half-time.
West Ham United vs Arsenal
Following his error before half-time, Fabianski flaps at another corner-kick, which is whipped in threateningly by Saka from the right. Ings helps him out, though, and Arsenal's 10th corner comes to nothing.
West Ham United vs Arsenal
Arsenal have lost just one of their last 16 Premier League away games against West Ham, winning 10 - including this equivalent fixture last season. That ended 6-0 to the Gunners, who seem to have settled for five today. They are dropping back and are apparently happy to conserve some energy.
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