West Ham United (The Hammers) have just played Arsenal (The Gunners)
in a Premier League London Derby, East v North-A 2-2 DRAW. In PREVIOUS MEETINGS, West Ham have won 35 matches, drawn 40 and Arsenal have won 72. It didn't look good for The Hammers, who play The Gunners.
Their first meeting was in the FA Cup in 1906 and they met next in the replay, won by Arsenal and then the first meeting in the League Division One in 1923. Here are those first four results, Arsenal, then known as Woolwich Arsenal; which you know all about that bit of history, don't you?
| 13 Jan 1906 | Woolwich Arsenal v West Ham United | D | 1-1 | FA Cup |
| 18 Jan 1906 | West Ham United v Woolwich Arsenal | L | 2-3 | FA Cup replay* |
| 27 Aug 1923 | West Ham United v Arsenal | W | 1-0 | League Division One |
| 10 Sep 1923 | Arsenal v West Ham United | L | 4-1 | League Division One |
The two London clubs have only ever met in ther TOP Division, League Cup and FA Cup.....in no other structure. West Ham has won 6 FA Cup ties and 5 draws, Arsenal 4.
In the League Cup: West Ham won 1 and Arsenal 2, no draws.
Final score today 2-2...goals: Arsenal: 7 mins, Odegaard 10 mins THEN Benrahma 33, pen, West Ham:Bowen 54'
Saka misses penalty 52'
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