Top of the league Arsenal will play at home against West Ham in the Sunday evening late kick off at The LV bet stadium. With the game being shown on Sky sports football.
Arsenal are finally coming to the back end of a busy schedule that has seen them play five games in three weeks. Their last game was a 3-1 win against FC Zurich in the Uefa Women’s Champions league, goals scored by Jordan Nobbs and a brace by Lina Hurtig, Serina Piubel scoring for FC Zurich. Their last league game however was a 2-0 win against Liverpool (goal which also saw Arsenal match their own and Manchester City consecutive win record of 12 which means a win on Sunday would see them break their own record.
West ham currently sit 5th in the Barclays Women’s Super league. Winning three of their five league games played. Their last league game was a home 3-2 win against Reading. Goals in that game were scored by Dagný Brynjarsdóttir and a brace by Viviane Asseyi. Reading goals were scored by Charlie Wellings and a penalty scored by Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen.
Team news
Arsenal will be without centre backs Leah Williamson (ankle) , Rafaelle Souza (ankle) and Teyah Goldie (ACL). Laura Wienroither wasn’t in the squad at all for Arsenal’s midweek Champions league game due to illness so could be a doubt.
West Ham were without Emma Snerle for the Reading game after picking up a small injury in training, Paul Konchesky explained in her post match conference after the Reading game that she will mostly be available for the game against Arsenal. Maisy Barker and Grace Garrard are also unavailable.
Arsenal Vs West Ham previous matches
Since coming into the Women’s Super league West Ham have failed to secure any points against Arsenal playing each other a total of Seven times in the league with a further 2 cup games. The last fixture between these two was the last fixture of the last season’s Barclays Women’s Super League. Arsenal won that game 2-0, goals scored by Stina Blackstenius and Steph Catley.
Arsenal Vs West Ham League Head 2 Head
| ARSENAL | vs | WEST HAM | ||
| Games played | 7 | 7 | Games played | |
| Games won | 7 | 0 | Games won | |
| Games Lost | 0 | 7 | Games Lost | |
| Games Drew | 0 | 0 | Games Drew | |
| Goals for | 27 | 7 | Goals for | |
| Goals against | 7 | 27 | Goals against |
The current top scorer in this fixture is Kim Little with five goals in seven fixtures. The midfielder has played the most minutes for Arsenal this season, starting every game, following on from playing the most minutes last season.She has started the season well with commanding midfield performances, Lia Wälti who scored her first league goal for Arsenal last weekend. Another player to watch on Sunday if plays is Lotte Wubben Moy who is playing well in replacement Leah williamson, and put in another good performance midweek.
West ham’s Vivienne Asseyi scored her first league goals for West ham last weekend and will be looking to score more against a team that hasn’t conceded in the league since playing Manchester united at home last season. Another player Arsenal will need to look out for is their captain Dagný Brynjarsdóttir who currently has three goals in five one of those being against Chelsea.
Predicted line ups
Arsenal
West ham
Arsenal Women vs West Ham Women
30th September 2022
6:45 pm
LV Bet Stadium
Sky Sports
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