Arsenal may come to rue this as a missed opportunity in the title race. Look back on a potentially seismic result with the best Opta facts in our Arsenal vs West Ham stats page.
Arsenal’s Premier League title chances were dealt a hammer blow as the Gunners suffered their first home defeat of the season in a 1-0 loss to West Ham on Saturday, thus failing to increase the pressure on Liverpool.
Mikel Arteta’s side could have moved to within five points of the pacesetters, who have a difficult trip to Manchester City on Sunday, but Arsenal were toothless and slumped to defeat in front of their own fans.
Jarrod Bowen’s 50th Premier League goal was the difference, while Arsenal’s chances weren’t helped in the latter stages when Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent off.
Arsenal enjoyed plenty of pressure towards the end but struggled immensely in front of goal.
The first half was a particularly uneventful affair for the most part, but the visitors went ahead on the stroke of half-time.
West Ham broke well as Bowen fed Aaron Wan-Bissaka, and the right-back marched all the way up to the final third before crossing brilliantly, giving Bowen an easy finish.
Arsenal recorded plenty of attempts but did little to actually test Alphonse Areola, who only had to make two saves over the course of the match.
Of their 20 shots, 50% were blocked; that’s the eighth-highest proportion for the Gunners in the league under Arteta, evidence of West Ham’s valiant defending.
Lewis-Skelly’s dismissal in the 73rd minute wasn’t ideal for Arsenal. The youngster was deemed to have committed a professional foul on Mohammed Kudus just inside the defensive half and given his marching orders after a VAR review.
That made him the youngest player in Premier League history (18 years, 121 days) to be sent off twice – albeit his first was rescinded.
Gabriel Magalhães spurned a decent chance late on, but otherwise West Ham coped reasonably well as they secured away wins against Arsenal in successive seasons for the first time since 2005-06 and 2006-07.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Arsenal vs West Ham stats from their Premier League meeting at the Emirates Stadium.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own post-match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Arsenal vs West Ham: Post-Match Facts
West Ham boss Graham Potter became the second manager to beat Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium with three different clubs in all competitions (also with Östersunds FK and Brighton), after Carlo Ancelotti (Chelsea, Everton, Bayern Munich).
West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen scored his fifth goal against Arsenal in all competitions, and his first at the Emirates Stadium. In his West Ham career, he’s only scored more against Wolves (6) than he has the Gunners.
All four of West Ham’s Premier League wins at the Emirates Stadium have been Arsenal’s first home league defeat in that particular campaign (2006-07, 2015-16, 2023-24 and 2024-25).
Arsenal’s defeat ended their 15-game unbeaten run in the Premier League, while it was also the first time they’ve lost a Saturday 3pm game in the competition since April 2022 against Southampton (W14 D3 before today).
Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent off for the second time in the Premier League, though his first was eventually overturned. He’s the third teenager to be sent off twice in the competition (also Richard Dunne and Steven Taylor), and the first to do so before turning 19.
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