PL: 30.10.10 Arsenal v West Ham, Ashburton Grove

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30.10.2010

Arsenal - West Ham

Barclays Premier League

16:00 @ Ashburton Grove

TV2 PL HD1

 

 

Arsenal kommer inn i denne kampen som storfavoritter etter å ha scoret 12 mål på en drøy uke. West Ham har underprestert så langt denne sesongen og ligger på sisteplass etter 9 kamper. Begge lag vant sine respektive Carling Cup-kamper i midtuka, selv om West Ham måtte ut i ekstraomganger for å slå Stoke 3-1 hjemme. Viktige spillere som Scott Parker og Carlton Cole spilte samtlige minutter i det oppgjøret, noe som definitivt regnes som en ulempe for klubben fra øst-London. Tilsvarende oppgjør i fjor endte 2-0 til The Gunners, men det ble langt i fra noen enkel trepoenger ettersom Thomas Vermaelen ble utvist for en profesjonell takling i første omgang. West Ham ble det siste laget som slo Arsenal på Highbury, og også det første bortelaget som vant en offisiell kamp på Ashburton Grove. Nettopp derfor har West Ham-supportere trua på at laget deres kan stjele 3 poeng på lørdag, uansett hva slags form lagene er i.

 

 

Arsenal

Form: LWWWW

Theo Walcott fullførte comebacket med 2 lekre mål mot Newcastle, men ettersom han fullførte alle 90 minutter blir han nok plassert på benken. Samme gjelder Nicklas Bendtner, som har kommet fra benken i to kamper på rad og scoret i begge. Cesc Fàbregas er forventet å starte, sannsynligvis i lag med Alex Dimitri Song Billong og Denílson. Kieran Gibbs haltet av banen etter 18 minutter i midtuka, og må forberede seg for et par uker på sidelinja med kneskade. Resten av skadelista er som følger: Manuel Almunia, Thomas Vermaelen, Abou Diaby, Aaron Ramsey og Robin van Persie. I tillegg er Jack Wilshere suspendert.

 

Forventet lagoppstilling:

 

Lukasz Fabianski

Bacary Sagna - Sébastien Squillaci - Laurent Koscielny - Gaël Clichy

Cesc Fábregas - Alex Song - Denílson

Sasmir Nasri - Marouane Chamakh - Andrey Arshavin

 

Man to watch: Cesc Fàbregas

 

 

West Ham

Form: WDDLW

Både Matthew Upson og Frédéric Piquionne fikk skader mot Newcastle forrige helg, og ser ut til å miste kampen mot Arsenal. Det er fortsatt en liten mulighet for at de rekker kampen. Som erstatter for Matthew Upson ser det ut til at Herita Ilunga kommer inn på venstreback og sender Gabbidon inn som midtstopper, siden James Tomkins spilte hele kampen mot Stoke i midtuka. Barrera, Dyer, Boa Morte og Behrami kjemper om plassene på kanten, som også kan bekles av Obinna om det legges om til 4-5-1. Resten av skadelista er som følger: Thomas Hitzlsperger, Zavon Hines og Jack Collison. Alle er langtidsskadd.

 

Forventet lagoppstilling:

 

Robert Green

Lars Jacobsen - Manuel Da Costa - Danny Gabbidon - Herita Ilunga

Kieron Dyer - Scott Parker - Mark Noble - Pablo Barrera

Carlton Cole - Victor Obinna

 

Man to watch: Scott Parker

 

 

 

Resultattips:

Arsenal 3-1 West Ham

Endret 29. oktober 2010 av iRoman

[Maefteda]

Flott start på tråden. Skal fikse West Ham når jeg kommer hjem idag. Lagoppstillingen er det en del feil med

[Urmaker]

Gleder meg til kamp. Ser ikke for meg at denne skal bli noe særlig problem. Det lyser selvtillit av gutta om dagen!

Resultattips: 7-0

Man to watch: Samir Nasri

[Maefteda]

West Ham

Form: WDDLW

Både Matthew Upson og Frédéric Piquionne fikk skader mot Newcastle forrige helg, og ser ut til å miste kampen mot Arsenal. Det er fortsatt en liten mulighet for at de rekker kampen. Som erstatter for Matthew Upson ser det ut til at Herita Ilunga kommer inn på venstreback og sender Gabbidon inn som midtstopper, siden James Tomkins spilte hele kampen mot Stoke i midtuka. Barrera, Dyer, Boa Morte og Behrami kjemper om plassene på kanten, som også kan bekles av Obinna om det legges om til 4-5-1. Resten av skadelista er som følger: Thomas Hitzlsperger, Zavon Hines og Jack Collison. Alle er langtidsskadd.

 

Forventet lagoppstilling:

 

Robert Green

Lars Jacobsen - Manuel Da Costa - Danny Gabbidon - Herita Ilunga

Kieron Dyer - Scott Parker - Mark Noble - Pablo Barrera

Carlton Cole - Victor Obinna

 

Man to watch: Scott Parker

 

Legger til en svær "Match Preview" fra WHUFC.com, som omhandler begge lag.

 

 

Introduction

 

• West Ham United make the eight-mile journey to the Emirates aiming to extend their recent encouraging run to one defeat in eight matches in all competitions.

 

• The Hammers have lost just one of their previous five Barclays Premier League matches, going down 2-1 at home to Newcastle United on Saturday 23 October. That defeat was followed by a 3-1 extra-time Carling Cup fourth-round win over Stoke City at the Boleyn Ground on Wednesday evening.

 

• Arsenal have won their last four matches in all competitions, scoring 14 goals in the process. The Gunners scored an impressive 3-0 Premier League victory at Manchester City last Sunday 24 October before defeating Newcastle 4-0 at St James' Park in the Carling Cup on Wednesday.

 

• Arsenal have won five of their six home matches in all competitions this season, scoring 25 goals in the process. West Bromwich Albion are the only away side to win at the Emirates this term, scoring a 3-2 Premier League success on 25 September.

 

• West Ham will be seeking to end a seven-match winless run against the Gunners stretching back to 7 April 2007, when Bobby Zamora's goal secured a 1-0 victory in north London. The Hammers did the double over Arsenal in 2006/07, with Marlon Harewood bagging the winner in the reverse Premier League fixture at the Boleyn Ground on 5 November 2006.

 

• The two sides met three times last season. A 2-2 Premier League draw at the Boleyn Ground was followed by a 2-1 FA Cup third-round win for Arsenal at the same venue. The Gunners also won 2-0 at the Emirates in the reverse Premier League fixture in March.

 

• The best Hammers awayday at Arsenal came on 14 November 1964 with a 3-0 victory. Geoff Hurst, Johnny Byrne and Martin Peters all scored without reply for a West Ham team without the injured Bobby Moore.

 

• West Ham's heaviest defeat at Arsenal was a 6-1 reverse exactly 34 years ago on 20 March 1976. Brian Kidd scored the final three goals for the Gunners, with Alan Ball getting two, against a Hammers team boasting Frank Lampard, Billy Bonds and Trevor Brooking. Arsenal finished 17th that season on 36 points, ahead of West Ham in 18th only on goal difference.

 

Team news

 

West Ham United

 

• Manager Avram Grant is without Thomas Hitzlsperger (thigh), Zavon Hines (knee) and Jack Collison (knee). The latter two are entering the final stages of their rehabilitation and are hoping to return around the turn of the year, Hitzlsperger has a February comeback date having had surgery on his torn muscle.

 

• Robert Green, Scott Parker and Mark Noble will all hope to maintain their ever-present records this season in the Barclays Premier League. Green is on a run of 135 consecutive league starts for the club and will make his 150th league appearance for West Ham should he appear at the Emirates.

 

• Matthew Upson will not return to the starting lineup after missing the midweek Carling Cup win over Stoke City as a precaution after suffering a minor hamstring injury in last weekend's defeat by Newcastle United.

 

• Lars Jacobsen is available again after missing the midweek victory over Stoke due to being cup-tied. It remains to be seen if striker Freddie Piquionne can return from his own knock last weekend.

 

Arsenal

 

• Arsenal will be without forward Robin van Persie, who has been out since suffering a foot injury playing against Blackburn Rovers in August.

 

• Centre-back Thomas Vermaelen is out with an achilles problem he suffered while on international duty with Belgium in August.

 

• Midfielder Aaron Ramsey is sidelined with a broken leg suffered in a tackle with Stoke City defender Ryan Shawcross in February.

 

• Young midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong is out for the remainder of the season after undergoing anterior cruciate ligament surgery.

 

• Left-back Kieran Gibbs could be out after suffering a knee injury in Wednesday's Carling Cup success at Newcastle United.

 

Last time out

 

West Ham United

 

• West Ham United returned to winning ways, defeating Stoke City 3-1 after extra time to reach the Carling Cup quarter-finals. Kenwyne Jones headed Stoke into a sixth-minute lead before Scott Parker equalised six minutes from full-time. Substitute Mark Noble provided the assists for Manuel da Costa and Victor Obinna to settle matters during the additional 30 minutes.

 

27 October 2010

Carling Cup fourth round

West Ham United 3-1 Stoke City

West Ham: Stech, Faubert, Da Costa, Tomkins, Ben Haim, Barrera, Kovac (Obinna 64), Parker, Boa Morte (Behrami 72), Cole, McCarthy (Noble 72)

Subs not used: Green, Reid, Ilunga, Nouble

Goals: Parker 84, Da Costa 96, Obinna 118

 

Arsenal

 

• Arsenal swept aside Newcastle United 4-0 at St James' Park on Wednesday to take their place in the last eight of the Carling Cup. Magpies goalkeeper Tim Krul deflected in an unfortunate own-goal before Theo Walcott added a controversial second. Nicklas Bendtner scored a third before Walcott completed the scoring with his second of the evening.

 

27 October 2010

Carling Cup fourth round

Newcastle United 0-4 Arsenal

Arsenal: Szczesny, Koscielny, Djourou, Eboue, Gibbs (Sagna 19), Eastmond, Rosicky. Walcott, Denilson, Vela (Fabregas 70), Bendtner (Emmanuel-Thomas 84)

Subs not used: Fabianski, Nordtveit, Arshavin, Lansbury

Goals: Krul 45 (og), Walcott 53, 88, Bendtner 83

 

 

Last meeting

 

West Ham United were defeated 2-0 by Arsenal in the clubs' most recent Barclays Premier League meeting at the Emirates on 20 March 2010. Denilson stroked Arsenal into a fifth-minute lead before Thomas Vermaelen was sent-off in added time at the end of the first half for a professional foul on Guillermo Franco. Alessandro Diamanti saw the resulting penalty saved before Cesc Fabregas made sure of the Gunners' success with a spot-kick of his own seven minutes from full-time.

 

Arsenal: Almunia, Vermaelen, Clichy, Eboue, Campbell, Fabregas, Nasri (Sagna 74), Denilson, Song, Arshavin (Eduardo 84), Bendtner (Diaby 58)

Subs not used: Fabianski, Silvestre, Rosicky, Walcott

 

West Ham United: Green, Upson, Spector, Tomkins, Daprela, Kovac (Noble 70), Behrami, Diamanti, Stanislas, Franco (Cole 57), Mido (McCarthy 75)

Subs not used: Stech, Ilunga, Spence, Ilan

 

Head to head

 

• Last six meetings (Premier League unless stated):

 

20 March 2010 Arsenal 2-0 West Ham United

3 January 2010 West Ham United 1-2 Arsenal (FA Cup third round)

25 October 2009 West Ham United 2-2 Arsenal

31 January 2009 Arsenal 0-0 West Ham United

26 October 2008 West Ham United 0-2 Arsenal

1 January 2008 Arsenal 2-0 West Ham United

 

Overall record v Arsenal (all competitions) W 33 D 38 L 52

 

 

Ten-year league records

 

West Ham United

 

2009/10 Premier League 17th (35 points)

2008/09 Premier League 9th (51 points)

2007/08 Premier League 10th (49 points)

2006/07 Premier League 15th (41 points)

2005/06 Premier League 9th (55 points)

2004/05 Championship 6th (73 points - promoted to Premier League via play-offs)

2003/04 Championship 4th (74 points)

2002/03 Premier League 18th (42 points - relegated to Championship)

2001/02 Premier League 7th (53 points)

2000/01 Premier League 15th (42 points)

 

Arsenal

 

2009/10 Premier League 3rd (75 points)

2008/09 Premier League 4th (72 points)

2007/08 Premier League 3rd (83 points)

2006/07 Premier League 4th (68 points)

2005/06 Premier League 4th (67 points)

2004/05 Premier League 2nd (83 points)

2003/04 Premier League 1st (90 points)

2002/03 Premier League 2nd (78 points)

2001/02 Premier League 1st (87 points)

2000/01 Premier League 2nd (70 points)

 

 

Background

 

West Ham United

 

• Scott Parker is West Ham's leading scorer this season with four goals - the No8 has scored twice each in the Barclays Premier League and the Carling Cup. Frederic Piquionne and Mark Noble have also netted twice in the Premier League, with the Frenchman adding a third goal in the Carling Cup third-round win at Sunderland.

 

• Danny Gabbidon's yellow card against Fulham on 2 October was the quickest caution given to a top-flight player this season. It came after just one minute and 25 seconds.

 

• It is ten matches since the Hammers scored more than once in a Barclays Premier League contest - the longest run in the top-flight.

 

Arsenal

 

• Samir Nasri is Arsenal's leading scorer in all competitions this season with seven goals - four of which have come in the Barclays Premier League. Theo Walcott has also netted four league goals and six overall. Marouane Chamakh has netted three league goals and six overall.

 

• Arsenal are the Premier League's second-highest scorers with 21 goals in nine matches. Chelsea are the only side to have hit the net more often, scoring 25 times.

 

• Andrey Arshavin is the only Arsenal player to have started all nine Premier League matches this season. Chamakh has started eight and appeared as a substitute the other.

 

 

Referee

 

• Saturday's referee is Mike Jones, who last took charge of West Ham United for the 1-0 home Barclays Premier League victory over Sunderland on 10 April 2010.

 

• Jones started refereeing at 15, and is now in his 17th season on the National List, four as an assistant and thirteen as a referee. 2009/10 is his second season as a Select Group referee.

 

• He was appointed to referee the 2009 FA Trophy final between Stevenage Borough and York City and to referee the 2007 League Two Play-Off final between Bristol Rovers and Shrewsbury Town, both at Wembley.

 

• He was the fourth official for the 2004 Carling Cup final between Middlesbrough and Bolton Wanderers and was also the man in the middle for the 1997 Conference League Cup final and the 2005 Women's FA Cup final.

 

• Jones has yet to referee the Hammers this season, but he did take charge of Arsenal's 6-0 home Premier League victory over Blackpool on 21 August.

 

 

Old boys

 

• Matthew Upson joined Arsenal from Luton Town for £2m in May 1997 at the age of 18. Upson made a total of 56 appearances for the Gunners over five-and-a-half seasons before moving to Birmingham City for £1m in January 2003

 

• Luis Boa Morte was brought to English football from Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1997 in a £1.75m deal, making 25 appearances for Arsenal before leaving for Southampton for an initial fee of £500,000 in August 1999.

 

• Among the players who have represented both clubs are Jeremie Aliadiere, James Bigden, Jimmy Bloomfield, Liam Brady, Dick Curtis, George Burgess, Kaba Diawara, Ted Drake, Stan Earle, Bert Fletcher, Ron Greenwood, Eddie Hapgood, John Hartson, Les Henley, Fergie Hunt, James Jackson, Bernard Joy, Fred Kemp, Tom Lee, Harry Lewis, William Linwood, Fredrik Ljungberg, Roddy MacEachrane, Jimmy Marshall, David Noble, John Radford, Stewart Robson, Charles Satterthwaite, Laurie Scott, Rami Shaaban, Bill Sidley, Bob Stevenson, Davor Suker, Charlie Walker, Nigel Winterburn, Ian Wright and Richard Wright.

 

 

Next up

 

• Avram Grant's side travel to St Andrew's Stadium to face Birmingham City in the Barclays Premier League on Saturday 6 November, kick-off 3pm.

 

• Arsenal travel to Ukraine to take on Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Champions League group stage on Wednesday 3 November, kick-off 7.45pm UK time.

 

Endret 29. oktober 2010 av Maefteda

[Benbjo]

Kamp på Emirates mot West Ham bør være seier. Gutta må ikke undervurdere dem, da kan det gå skikkelig galt. Tilsvarende oppgjør endte vel 2-2 i fjor? Arsenal skrudde av de siste 10 minuttene etter å ha ledet 2-0. Det blir viktig å score tidlig og ikke vente til det 80 minutt med å putte nr 2. Sette sjansene sine blir essensielt her.

 

Forsvaret til West Ham er ikke det beste, men Scott Parker, Mark Noble og Carlton Cole kan skape problemer. Skal ikke kimse av Obinna heller.

 

2-1 til Arsenal.

Endret 30. oktober 2010 av Benbjo

[invalid_user]

Ikke tilsvarende oppgjør, men kampen på Boleyn Ground. Skrev jo i førsteposten at vi vant tilsvarende oppgjør 2-0 etter at Verminator fikk rødt. Denny hadde et tidlig mål og Cesc scoret også på straffe.

[Benbjo]

Ikke tilsvarende oppgjør, men kampen på Boleyn Ground. Skrev jo i førsteposten at vi vant tilsvarende oppgjør 2-0 etter at Verminator fikk rødt. Denny hadde et tidlig mål og Cesc scoret også på straffe.

 

Ah, beklager! Var sikker på at det var på Emirates.

 

Føler meg uansett rimelig sikker foran denne kampen for en gangs skyld.

[-Lasse]

55 min til avspark nå. Fint at kampen er prioritert på TV2. Dette blir spennende Skal være 3 poenger, alt annet er uakseptabelt. Det eneste de må gjøre er å gi 100% og ikke tro det blir noen walkover.

[Benbjo]

Lauget:

Fabianski, Sagna, Koscielny, Squillaci, Clichy, Song, Fabregas, Denilson, Arshavin, Nasri, Chamakh

 

Fint lag. Absolutt i stand til å slå WH hjemme. Savner dog Walcott, men slik som Nasri har spilt i det siste kan man ikke sette ut ham.

[Elastico]

Nasri er uaktuelt å utelate, men et absolutt fint lag. Om vi skulle bytte ut noen i startelleveren ville jeg danket ut Shava. Litt dass til tider, og burde helt klart få smaken av benken.

 

Uansett veldig klar for kamp!

 

Resultattips: 4-1

[invalid_user]

Haha Maefteda, min West Ham-midtbane var 100% riktig, i motsetning til din. Hadde også Piq-fyren på topp. Men hvorfor starter ikke Carlton Cole?

[Big Tone]

Snart kamp, har god følelse. Må gå, kommer ikk til og være aktiv idag. Skal på forspiel nå, så vi snakkest.

 

 

PS; Cesc goaler idag, og Walcott. Lett.

[invalid_user]

Vors kl halv 4 på ettermiddagen? Starter man så tidlig på bygda?

[Benbjo]

Vors kl halv 4 på ettermiddagen? Starter man så tidlig på bygda?

 

Hehe, jeg reagerte også på dette. Vors i hovedstaden pleier å starte i 7-8 tiden.

 

Forresten så er jeg hos mine hedenske foreldre så får ikke sett på tv2 sine kanalar Noen som har en strøm så tar jeg i mot på PM ^^ Sopcast funker av en eller annen grunn ikke på laptopen min.

Endret 30. oktober 2010 av Benbjo

[Elastico]

Hehe, det er en helt annen mentalitet ute på bygda vettu. Som Alsaker og Bohinen beskriver det så fint!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCYHbC8o3pw

[Xanman]

Dette må være første gang jeg ser Arsenal-kamp som zombie. Skal på Halloween-fest etter kampen. Dette blir lett. 5-0.

[Gjest Slettet-PJ426FqLv6]

Disse minuttene før kampen er så irriterende. Sitter bare og ser i taket. Kan ikke kampen bare begynne Det er viktig og få det første målet her. Scorer WH først blir dette en sånn typisk kamp der vi presser og kommer til noen store sjangser, men greier ikke putte før WH kontrer inn nr 2. Som sagt, viktig og få det første målet, får vi det er dette 3p.

[Benbjo]

Gabbindon er en levende mur!

[Elastico]

Deilig at Arshavin er mye involvert idag, et mål før 30 minutter nå så vinner vi!

 

Edit: Synes likevel vi har sluppet taket, og nærmere latt WHU komme inn i kampen.

Endret 30. oktober 2010 av Elastico

[Benbjo]

West Ham med størst sjanser så langt. Vi finner ikke hull.