BIG MATCH FACTS

zWest Ham failed to win after being three goals ahead in a Premier League game for the first time since September 1998 (3-4 v Wimbledon). Arsenal, meanwhile, avoided defeat in a Premier League game they trailed by 3+ goals for only the second time – previously doing so against Bournemouth in January 2017 (3-3). zThis was the third time in the Prem this season that a team has led by 3+ goals and failed to win (also West Brom 3 Chelsea 3 and Spurs 3 West Ham 3) – the most instances in a single top-flight campaign since 2010-11 (also three). z The Hammers have only won one of their last 11 games against Arsenal in the league (D3 L7), failing to win any of their four meetings in the last two campaigns (D1 L3). zYesterday’s meeting with the Gunners was the earliest from the start of a PL match (32 mins) that West Ham have scored three goals since May 2007 against Bolton (29 mins). zWest Ham’s Jesse Lingard scored his fifth goal against Arsenal in all competitions – the most against any opponent in his pro career. zTomas Soucek is the first player to score both a goal and an own goal in the same home PL game for West Ham since Frank Lampard versus Leicester at Upton Park in November 1998. zWest Ham are the first team to score two own goals in a single Prem game since Swansea in January 2017, which was also against the Gunners. zArsenal’s Alexandre Lacazette scored his 11th goal of the league campaign, one more than he netted in all of 2019-20.