Arsenal 3-1 West Ham LIVE! Premier League result, match stream and latest updates today

Arsenal vs West Ham LIVE!

With Arsene Wenger watching from the stands, Arsenal came from behind to see off West Ham 3-1 at home on Boxing Day and move seven points clear at the top of the Premier League.

Wenger was back at the Emirates Stadium for the first time since leaving the club in 2018 after 22 years in charge and saw Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Eddie Nketiah score in a rousing second-half comeback after a Said Benrahma penalty had given West Ham the lead.

The victory maintained Arsenal's 100 per cent home record in the league this season and lifted them to 40 points from 15 games, seven clear of second-placed Newcastle, who have played 16 matches. They are eight ahead of third-placed Manchester City, who have played 14.

Arsenal vs West Ham highlights

• GOAL! Benrahma buries penalty

• GOAL! Saka bags leveller

• GOAL! Martinelli completes turnaround

• GOAL! Nketiah fires in a third

Arsenal FC 3 - 1 West Ham United FC

Thanks for joining us!

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Arsenal came from a goal down to beat West Ham 3-1 on Boxing Day and extend their lead atop the Premier League.

Recap the action with our match report!

West Ham player ratings

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Not a great night for Lucas Paqueta as the Brazil World Cup star struggles back in domestic action.

Read Malik’s full ratings!

Arsenal player ratings

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A 9/10 for Martin Odegaard in Malik’s Gunners verdict.

Read the full ratings!

The table after Boxing Day

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Job done

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Full time!

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Arsenal beat West Ham 3-1 to extend their lead atop the Premier League!

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90+4 mins: Elneny on for Partey as the clock ticks by.

SAVE!

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90+3 mins: A fine diving stop from Ramsdale to deny Fornals from range!

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90 mins: Four minutes added on...

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88 mins: Martinelli gets the last few minutes off, coming off to a standing ovation to give Vieira a runout.

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85 mins: Arsenal chasing that fourth goal as Dawson throws himself in the way of Odegaard’s latest effort, diverting it behind for a corner.

Saka’s ball in is flicked over by Saliba.

ARSENAL CHANCE!

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81 mins: Martinelli loops a ball across the face of goal but it goes unmet, before West Ham give it away and Odegaard whips a shot wide.

The Norwegian has been everywhere tonight!

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80 mins: Arsenal in cruise control as West Ham slow down their press, looking a well-beaten team.

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78 mins: Fornals on for Soucek as Moyes makes an attacking change.

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76 mins: Xhaka lines up a free-kick but launches it into the wall, Arsenal come back quickly with Odegaard curling a hit from range just wide.

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73 mins: More good news for Arsenal as Xhaka escapes a blatant booking for rugby-tackling Antonio.

The West Ham protests continue as Zinchenko replaces Tierney.

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71 mins: A sense of game, set and match with that goal.

Arsenal, however, want a fourth.

GGGGOOOOOAAALLLL!!! Arsenal 3-1 West Ham | Nketiah

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68 mins: What a finish!

Odegaard finds Nketiah, who delightfully rolls his marker and buries his shot!

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65 mins: Huge roar from the fans as Saliba sticks in a good block on Antonio’s ball in.

A massive test for West Ham, this.

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62 mins: You wouldn’t bet against Arsenal getting a third here.

Their tails are up with the home fans adorning Arsene Wenger with a chant as he watches on from the stands.

GGGGOOOOOOAAAALLLL!! Arsenal 2-1 West Ham | Martinelli

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58 mins: THE LEADERS TURN IT AROUND!

Martinelli breaks in down the left and slips a cheeky shot home at the near post! Fabianski truly caught out but the Gunners won’t care...

Malik Ouzia at Emirates Stadium

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The crowd are up here and Arsenal are suddenly first to everything. West Ham will do well to weather this.

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56 mins: For all of Arsenal’s intricate play, it’s a scuffed shot that helps them break the deadlock and the Emirates is now really up for it. A sort of pent-up fury behind their chants, now.

Coufal had played Saka onside for the goal which initially looked to be off.

Malik Ouzia at Emirates Stadium

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Typical. Odegaard has tried to play that disguised pass three or four times without success. Then he scuffs one and it comes off a treat.

Didn’t mean that, did he?

GGOOOAAAALL!! Arsenal 1-1 West Ham | Saka

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52 mins: Odegaard’s effort lands at Saka and he rolls it home!

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51 mins: That Arsenal fury with the refereeing decisions, somewhat ironic given Michael Oliver’s wrong call to give them a penalty, heightens as Bowen leaves Tierney on the floor at an aerial duel.

Nothing really in it, in terms of foul play, and the Scot can carry on.

Malik Ouzia at Emirates Stadium

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Thomas Partey spent most of the first few years of his Arsenal career booting balls into the Clock End but all of a sudden that placed effort from the edge of the box has become a bit of a trademark. Good save.

SAVE!

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47 mins: Now Arsenal come forward as Fabianski palms Partey’s hit from range wide.

WEST HAM CHANCE!

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46 mins: Antonio gallops away from the defence and fires at Ramsdale from the near post as the pressure builds on his back. A smart stop by the goalkeeper.

Kick off!

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No changes from either sides, West Ham a goal to the good.

Second half coming up!

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The players jog back out, West Ham shooting up to 14th as things stand.

Stats check

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Arsenal dominating the ball with 72 per cent of possession, generating six shots to three.

But only one of those attempts has hit the target for the hosts, compared to two for West Ham - who lead by a goal to nil.

Two corners apiece, nine fouls from the Hammers to five.

First-half highlights

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How West Ham broke the deadlock:

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A tale of two penalty calls.

West Ham won their spot-kick after Saliba was adjudged to have taken Bowen down inches inside his own area, and Benrahma did the rest.

After lots of Arsenal pressure, Odegaard’s shot hit Cresswell to win a penalty for the home team but VAR quickly sent Michael Oliver to the screen to overturn his error.

Half time!

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Boos from the home fans as the first half ends.

West Ham a goal to the good!

NO PENALTY

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45+4 mins: A clear and obvious error, that. Disallowed.

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Oh VAR will really want to check that, it’s clearly off his head.

PENALTY ARSENAL!

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45+3 mins: A handball from Odegaard’s shot!

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45+2 mins: Arsenal on top as the half-time break approaches. Martinelli dances down to the byline and wins a corner...

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45 mins: Arsenal fans showing their frustrations with claims against West Ham’s physicality, and Coufal goes through Martinelli after a chunky slide wins the ball.

It leaves his opponent limping and the defender is booked.

Three minutes added on as the free-kick drifts through the crowd and into touch.

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41 mins: Odegaard looks sharp, Rice gets in his face well, the ball goes wide, cross is belted clear. Rinse and repeat.

Malik Ouzia at Emirates Stadium

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The goal has done nothing to change the shape of this game in terms of possession or territory but there is noticeably more energy and belief in West Ham’s closing down.

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38 mins: Some cute build-up play from Arsenal which is kind of exposing the hole left by Gabriel Jesus.

A bit of a lack of cutting edge in the box, the ball reaching Nketiah who ignores Martinelli to fire into a defender.

CHANCE ARSENAL!

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34 mins: Dawson there again as Nketiah pops up in the box yet hesitates before a lay-off to Saka, who just loses out to Dawson as the defender nips in.

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32 mins: Every West Ham player bar Paqueta is rushing around putting on the pressure as Arsenal pen them in.

Saka floats in a nice ball but Dawson nods out well.

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29 mins: Arsenal knew they would be tested after the World Cup break but it’s come sooner than they’d have liked.

West Ham have been a real stodgy team to play when losing under Moyes, can he finally get one over the Gunners?

Malik Ouzia at Emirates Stadium

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Well, talk about against the run of play. It’s been one way traffic but West Ham are ahead with a fine penalty from Benrahma.

As has become tradition here this season, conceding the first goal prompts a huge rallying call from the home crowd, whipped up by Mikel Arteta.

GGGOOOOOAAAALLLLL!!! Arsenal 0-1 West Ham | Benrahma

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26 mins: Benrahma steps up...

DOWN THE MIDDLE!

PENALTY WEST HAM!

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24 mins: Bowen goes down and Michael Oliver points to the spot!

Saliba just clipped the West Ham winger as he broke into the box. VAR is having a little look though...

Penalty given.

CHANCE ARSENAL!

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23 mins: Saka fantastically heads on Partey’s deep cross and Odegaard is there to fire at goal - but Fabianski denies him!

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21 mins: West Ham’s longest period of pressure yet with successive corners, the second landing for Benrahma on the edge of the box and Ramsdale plucks out his shot.

A quick play the ball sends Nketiah through on the counter but West Ham block his effort.

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19 mins: Lovely football from Arsenal as Xhaka slides in a ball in behind for White to latch onto... a decent low cross is slid out for a corner.

Malik Ouzia at Emirates Stadium

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Martin Odegaard’s first touch is just exquisite. That’s a few times now he’s found a bit of space between the lines but has had to receive the ball at awkward heights or with a bit too much pace on. It doesn’t seem to matter.

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12 mins: Xhaka latches onto Odegaard’s pass and swings a right boot at an effort that dribbles nicely for Fabianski to claim.

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10 mins: A strong first ten minutes for Arsenal but their left flank has been targeted by West Ham, Bowen sending a fine cross in hard and low. Ramsdale palms away.

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9 mins: An unfortunate first booking of the game as Bowen gets the ball but also lots of man, namely Martinelli.

Malik Ouzia at Emirates Stadium

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A let-off for West Ham and almost the perfect start from Arsenal, who’ve been on the front foot in these first few minutes.

Positive early signs in terms of the link-up between Nketiah and Saka which could be interesting because Jesus has tended to be much stronger linking with Martinelli on the opposite flank.

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7 mins: Correct call.

Saka wasn’t offside as the initial pass came in but he did get a touch to flick it onto the offside Nketiah.

From there, a nice lay-off saw the England winger thrash it home - but it’s chalked off.

GGGGOO-NO!

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4 mins: Arsenal have the ball in the back of the net!

The flag is up though after Saka’s finish but VAR will check that...

Malik Ouzia at Emirates Stadium

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It was a good tackle from Declan Rice on Gabriel Martinelli and I think plenty of West Ham’s players would’ve been happy to play on there but Lukasz Fabianski still has friends in these parts.

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2 mins: A 4-2-3-1 formation for both teams with Nketiah flanked by Martinelli and Saka. Antonio up top for West Ham.

A short break as Martinelli feels the after-effects of a tough but fair challenge from Rice. He’ll carry on.

Kick off!

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Here we go...

Arsenal vs West Ham LIVE!

Here come the players!

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Kick off is moments away...

Classic encounter

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A repeat of this will do for Arsenal fans...

Warm-ups complete!

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A big night for Eddie Nketiah, who leads the Arsenal line tonight.

“I have no doubts that Nketiah is going to do his job amazingly and everyone trusts him,” said teammate Oleksandr Zinchenko ahead of the game.

“We have such a great group of people. We have this feeling of togetherness.”

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Bukayo Saka has just trotted over to the Amazon TV position on the touchline and shared a big hug and a chat with Thierry Henry, who is on punditry duty - much to the delight of the home fans sat just behind them.

“I asked him to score two goals!” jokes the Frenchman.

Countdown to kick-off

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Just 15 minutes until we get underway in north London!

Around the grounds

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Liverpool relaunch their top-four bid - and potentially a title push - with a 3-1 win at Aston Villa.

Aaron Cresswell previews the game on Amazon Prime Video

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“Arsenal have been fantastic all season, we know it’ll be a tough game, but it’s up to us to put that right and get three points today.”

Malik Ouzia at Emirates Stadium

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Moyes a big fan of Arteta

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David Moyes managed Mikel Arteta at Everton and heaped praise on the Arsenal boss ahead of tonight’s match.

“I think the best time to face Arsenal was about three years ago, as since Mikel has come in he's done a brilliant job!

“They've gone against the grain a bit and they've built a very good team.

“As a manager, to get players into management and see them do well is a great thrill. Mikel is always someone who had his own mind, had a really good career, worked under Arsene Wenger and Pep Guardiola, who is arguably the best manager of this period, so he'll have picked up advice from them.”

Remember the name

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Arsenal winger Amario Cozier-Duberry has made the bench of a Premier League game for the first time.

The 18-year-old scored one and set up two in the Gunners’ FA Youth Cup dismantling of Millwall last week, adding to his two goals in both the U21 Premier League 2 and EFL Trophy.

Antonio fit for West Ham

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The Hammers also welcome two fitness doubts into their line-up.

Aaron Cresswell shakes off a niggle to start at left-back with no Kurt Zouma.

Michail Antonio leads the line in Gianluca Scammaca’s injury - the Italian has an ankle injury.

Saliba starts for Arsenal

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Two fitness boosts for the Gunners as William Saliba is in the XI after his World Cup run.

Oleksandr Zinchenko is on the bench too, after a calf issue.

Reiss Nelson, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Gabriel Jesus and Emile Smith Rowe miss out.

How West Ham line up tonight

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West Ham XI: Fabianski; Coufal, Kehrer, Dawson, Cresswell; Rice, Soucek; Bowen, Paqueta, Benrahma; Antonio.

Subs: Areola, Coventry, Downes, Fornals, Johnson, Lanzini, Mubama, Ogbonna, Emerson.

Tonight’s Arsenal line-up

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Arsenal XI: Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tierney; Odegaard, Partey, Xhaka; Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli.

Subs: Turner, Cedric, Zinchenko, Elneny, Lokonga, Vieira, Marquinhos, Cozier-Duberry.

Arsenal in the house

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Team news any minute now!

Michail Antonio interview

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Malik sat down with Michail Antonio during the break as the West Ham striker gave his take on a tough first half of the campaign.

“We were a bit up and down,” Antonio said.

“[The break] has given us an opportunity to work on our consistency, get back into the season and do what we know we can do: play like we have over the last couple of years and try to get our philosophy back.”

Read the full story!

Arteta on Saliba selection

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William Saliba will be the key name Arsenal fans look out for when their teamsheet drops, having returned to training on Friday after the World Cup final.

“Let’s see depending on how he comes back as well,” said Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta last week.

“We have the data on what he’s done in training in terms of minutes.

“He didn’t participate much but it was a huge experience for him. When he gets back we’ll see.”

Moyes considers Bowen up front

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Jarrod Bowen could be deployed as West Ham’s lead striker tonight if Gianluca Scamacca and Michail Antonio fail late fitness tests.

“Gianluca has got an ankle injury and Mick had a calf strain. We're hoping they both have a chance, but they are doubtful,” manager David Moyes told reporters ahead of the game.

“I think every club is going to have issues with players returning after the World Cup.

“Jarrod [Bowen] is more than capable of playing down the middle. We've done the same with Marko Arnautovic and Michail Antonio, so who says we can't do it with Jarrod?”

Team news coming up!

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Both Arsenal and West Ham should reveal their line-ups in the next 20 minutes!

Stay tuned...

Our man in north London

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Malik Ouzia will be bringing us expert analysis and player ratings from tonight’s match, with Marc Mayo on play-by-play calls.

Around the grounds

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Liverpool may be a threat to Arsenal’s Premier League lead if they can put together a very fine second half of their campaign.

Goals from Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk (surely an OG, if I’m honest...) have them two up at the break.

Follow the second half live!

Match odds

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Arsenal win: 12/25

Draw: 16/5

West Ham win: 47/10

Odds via SafeBettingSites (subject to change).

Head-to-head record

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The Hammers’ last win at the Emirates came over seven years ago with Arsenal claiming victory in 10 of their last 13 meetings.

Arsenal wins: 71

Draws: 40

West Ham wins: 35

Evening Standard score prediction

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Arsenal have been a huge bogey team for West Ham in recent years but the visitors should make things tough for a side shorn of their star forward.

Nonetheless, the Hammers’ own deficiencies in attack will constrict their chances of an upset.

A 1-0 win to Arsenal.

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Predicted West Ham XI: Fabianski; Coufal, Kehrer, Dawson, Emerson; Rice, Soucek; Fornals, Paqueta, Benrahma; Bowen.

Early West Ham team news

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West Ham are likely to be without Nayef Aguerd after he injured his thigh at the World Cup.

Kurt Zouma is set to miss out after knee surgery last month with Maxwel Cornet (calf) absent and doubts over Aaron Cresswell (hamstring), Gianluca Scamacca (ankle) and Michail Antonio (thigh).

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Predicted Arsenal XI (4-3-3): Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tierney; Odegaard, Partey, Xhaka; Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli.

Early Arsenal team news

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Mikel Arteta will have to decide whether to start William Saliba, who was only set to return to training for a short period after the World Cup final but should be fresh having played only 27 minutes for France in Qatar.

Gabriel Jesus (knee) and Emile Smith Rowe (groin) are out while Reiss Nelson is also sidelined after going off against Juventus with a hamstring injury.

There are also question marks over Oleksandr Zinchenko (calf) and Takehiro Tomiyasu (hamstring).

How to watch

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TV channel: The game will be broadcast live on Amazon Prime Video, a subscription to which costs £7.99 per month.

Live stream: The Amazon Prime Video app and website offer a live stream service across mobile devices, laptops and tablets.

Hello and welcome!

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Arsenal face West Ham in the final match of this Boxing Day set of games as the Premier League returns.

The league leaders get underway at 8pm with live commentary coming up from Emirates Stadium!