Arsenal 2-0 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 1 January 2008

Result

Arsenal 2-0 West Ham United

Premier League · Tuesday 1 January 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Arsenal 2-0 West Ham United: match report

Arsenal won against West Ham United 2-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 1 January 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.

Eduardo da Silva opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Eduardo da Silva (2') and Emmanuel Adebayor (18'). West Ham United did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; West Ham United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 49 points from 20 and West Ham United 10th on 29 points from 19. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and West Ham United 10th with 49.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Ham United in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 3 for West Ham United.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-D-W-W-L and West Ham United's W-D-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Eduardo da SilvaArsenal · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal · 2-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Carlton ColeWest Ham United
  • 64'Yellow card · George McCartneyWest Ham United
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Mark NobleWest Ham United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 4, draws 3, West Ham United 3.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Almunia, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Justin Hoyte, Cesc Fàbregas, Tomáš Rosický, Mathieu Flamini, Eduardo da Silva, Emmanuel Adebayor

West Ham United line-up (4-5-1)

Robert Green, Lucas Neill, George McCartney, Anton Ferdinand, Matthew Upson, Joseph Paintsil, Jonathan Spector, Carlton Cole, Fredrik Ljungberg, Mark Noble, Hayden Mullins