Arsenal vs West Ham – Preview, Predictions and Best Bets

The Gunners have lost just four of their last 42 home league matches. However, West Ham have won on their last two trips to the Emirates Stadium. 

Match: Arsenal vs West Ham
When: Saturday, 04 Oct 2025

Arsenal Form

The 2025-26 season began with a 1-0 win at Man Utd despite conceding 22 shots. They beat Leeds 5-0 before losing to a late Liverpool freekick. After beating Nottingham Forest 3-0, they went to Spain and beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0 in the Champions League.

An injury-time equaliser to draw 1-1 with Man City at home has been followed by three straight wins. A 2-0 victory at Port Vale in the Carabao Cup was followed by another injury-time goal for a fine 2-1 comeback at Newcastle. In midweek, they made heavy work of a 2-0 home win over Olympiakos.

Arsenal Team News

Mikel Arteta will need to make a late call on Gabriel. The centre back took a knock in midweek, so Cristhian Mosquera is on standby to deputise. Bukayo Saka and Eberechi Eze are set to return to the XI.

Gabriel Jesus, Noni Madueke and Kai Havertz are out injured for the foreseeable future. Piero Hincapie is a doubt at the back.  

Arsenal Motivation

Arsenal will see nothing less than a win as an acceptable result. They will be wary of West Ham after two home losses in a row against them.

Arteta’s side will attack. They are set to have some serious firepower on the bench despite their injuries in the forward areas.

West Ham Form

West Ham have lost five of their seven matches this season. A 3-0 opening day thrashing at Sunderland was followed a 5-1 home loss to Chelsea. After losing 3-2 at Wolves in the League Cup, then-coach Graham Potter was handed a reprieve by a 3-0 win at Nottingham Forest with three late goals scored.

After two losses followed, 3-0 at home to arch-rivals Tottenham and 2-1 at home to Crystal Palace, the axe fell on Potter. Nuno Espirito Santo took over and saw his new club earn a deserved 1-1 draw at Everton last Monday.

West Ham Team News

Tomas Soucek is suspended for West Ham in midfield. Jean-Clair Todibo should be back from a knock to boost the defence.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka returns to the fray, but he could be on the bench here. Young French midfielder Soungoutou Magassa will anchor the midfield.

West Ham Motivation

The Hammers would bite your hand off for a point here.

Nuno’s sides tend to play a mid-block and prefer sitting off the opponents, before springing fast counters.

Key Stats

• Arsenal have won 6 of their last 8 EPL matches
• Arsenal have lost just 4 of their last 42 home EPL matches
• West Ham have won 3 of their last 5 away matches
• West Ham have won their last 2 away fixtures vs Arsenal

Verdict

This match got significantly tougher for Arsenal after Nuno took over at West Ham. The Gunners should get the three points, but this is a potential banana-skin fixture.

Best Bet: Arsenal win and Under 3.5 goals at 2.05

High Value Bet: Arsenal to win by exactly 1 goal at 3.95