West Ham v Arsenal – Live Premier League football on ESPN

ESPN will broadcast the Premier League clash between West Ham United and Arsenal from Upton Park this evening.

Arsenal have won six and lost none of the last eight Premier League encounters with West Ham.

Arsene Wenger has won just two of his nine away games as a coach in Premier League head to head meetings with Sam Allardyce (W2 D3 L4), the first one v Bolton in April 2002 and the last one v Blackburn in August 2010.

West Ham scored the most goals from set plays in the 2011-12 Championship, while the last three league goals Arsenal have conceded have come from dead ball situations.

Teams:

West Ham United: Jaaskelainen, Reid, McCartney, Collins, Demel, Nolan, Jarvis, Noble, Diame, Carroll, Vaz Te – Subs: Henderson, Tomkins, Taylor, Benayoun, O’Neil, Cole, Maiga.

Arsenal: Mannone, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Arteta, Ramsey, Cazorla, Podolski, Giroud, Gervinho – Subs: Martinez, Koscielny, Santos, Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Coquelin, Arshavin.

Referee is Phil Dowd.

The coverage, presented by Ray Stubbs, begins at 4.30pm on ESPN, kick-off 5.30pm.