Football / Bunker Nuggets

West Ham v Arsenal, 16:15

• Arsenal are the top scorers in the PL with 27 goals 18 more than the Hammers have notched this season
• Defensively not much between them with Arsenal conceding 11 goals and West Ham 13
• The Gunners have not been involved in a draw all season in the PL with 6 wins and 2 defeats
• After back to back defeats against the two Manchester sides Arsenal have won four consecutive PL matches scoring 14 goals and conceding just three
• Away from home they have won both matches apart form the two in Manchester
• Arsenal are the only side to have scored six goals twice this season including a 6-1 win away at Everton
• Robin van Persie has been the first score in two of Arsenal’s last three matches
• Three players top the Gunners scoring chart with four goals including Dutch defender Thomas Vermaelen
• Carlton Cole is top scorer for West Ham also with four goals withthree coming at home and three also in the first half
• West Ham have scored 66% of their goals in the first half of matches 6 out of 9
• Despite scoring 27 goals the Gunners have yet to score in the opening 15 minutes of a PL match – they have though scored five times in the last 10 minutes of matches which is the joint most in the PL 
• Arsenal are one of three sides to have scored in all their PL matches this season along with Chelsea and Manchester City
• West Ham are one of two sides not to have conceded in the last 10 minutes of matches this season along with Tottenham
• The Hammers have lost four of their five games by just a single goal this season
• Arsenal’s Alexandre Song and West Ham’s Julian Faubert are amongst the most booked players in the PL this season with four yellow card, and three of Faubert’s cards have come at Upton Park
• Arsenal are one of six sides not to have been awarded a penalty this season in the PL