West Ham vs Arsenal LIVE: Premier League team news and line-ups

Follow live coverage as West Ham United face Arsenal in the Premier League today.

Mikel Arteta’s side let two points slip in the title race last time out as they gave up a two-goal lead to draw at Liverpool and were fortunate to not lose in the end. Even so they sit top of the table but their lead has been cut to three points, after Man City won on Saturday with ease against Leicester.

West Ham, meanwhile, have put three points between themselves and the bottom three after winning two of their last three matches but David Moyes’ side still sit only 15th and can ill-afford too many more slip-ups. They have won only six of their 15 home league games this term.

We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:

West Ham vs Arsenal LIVE updates

• Kick-off at 2pm GMT

• West Ham XI - Fabianski, Coufal, Kehrer, Zouma, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Paqueta, Bowen, Antonio, Benrahma

• Arsenal XI - Ramsdale, White, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney, Partey, Odegaard, Xhaka, Saka, Jesus, Martinelli

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Arsenal have won all five of their away London derbies in the Premier League this season by an aggregate score of 11-0. Only twice before have they won six consecutive league derbies on the road, doing so in February 1989 and March 2014. Can the Gunners replicate that feat here? The teams are out and kick-off is imminent!

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Arteta makes one enforced change to the team that started at Anfield a week ago, with Oleksandr Zinchenko missing out through injury. That means Tierney is introduced at left-back for his first league start since Boxing Day – which came in a 3-1 home win over West Ham. William Saliba is still absent, so Holding continues alongside Gabriel in defence.

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West Ham make eight changes from the team that started Thursday's Europa Conference League draw at Gent, with only Rice, Coufal and Bowen starting both games. Eight of the side that started last Saturday's league win at Fulham are in from the off here, with Angelo Ogbonna joining fellow defender Nayef Aguerd on the injury list while Fornals and Ings are on the bench.

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ARSENAL SUBS: Matt Turner, Emile Smith Rowe, Eddie Nketiah, Jakub Kiwior, Leandro Trossard, Jorginho, Fabio Vieira, Reiss Nelson, Reuell Walters.

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ARSENAL (4-3-3): Aaron Ramsdale; Ben White, Rob Holding, Gabriel Magalhaes, Kieran Tierney; Martin Odegaard, Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka; Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli.

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WEST HAM SUBS: Alphonse Areola, Joseph Anang, Ben Johnson, Pablo Fornals, Manuel Lanzini, Flynn Downes, Maxwel Cornet, Danny Ings, Emerson.

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WEST HAM (4-2-3-1): Lukasz Fabianski; Vladimir Coufal, Kurt Zouma, Thilo Kehrer, Aaron Cresswell; Declan Rice, Tomas Soucek; Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta, Said Benrahma; Michail Antonio.

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West Ham, meanwhile, remain desperate for points in their bid to pull away from danger. David Moyes' team claimed a vital 1-0 win at Fulham last week and begin this game three points clear of the bottom three. However, with a tough run-in awaiting them and rivals Nottingham Forest and Leeds United yet to play this weekend, the Hammers are still glancing nervously over their shoulders.

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Declan Rice may be a piece of Arsenal’s future but is a problem in the present

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As Mikel Arteta prepares a plan to get around Declan Rice this weekend, he is also preparing a plan to include him next season. The Arsenal manager has already started thinking about the evolution of his team, and the club are currently seen as the likeliest to secure Rice’s signature if he does move.

There have already been back-channel overtures and personal terms are seen as easy to sort. West Ham United are not even getting into a discussion about a sale right now, though, and that’s where the real difficulties will be.

The relegation-threatened club would want at least £100m for Rice, and the possibility of him staying obviously hasn’t been discounted. That position will only be strengthened if West Ham stay up, which makes Arsenal’s visit on Sunday so important to the future for a lot of figures. A home victory would put David Moyes’ side on the brink of survival, such is the congestion in that half of the table. Any win, especially after last week’s victory, now has a disproportionate effect. The flip side is that another defeat might put them right back in it.

Miguel Delaney on an Arsenal transfer target they face today:

Rice may be a piece of Arsenal’s future but is a problem in the present

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This London derby could have huge ramifications at both ends of the table, with Arsenal under pressure at the summit after seeing Manchester City cut their lead to just three points on Saturday. Mikel Arteta's league leaders squandered a 2-0 lead in a 2-2 draw at Liverpool last time out, and another slip-up here would seemingly put City in the ascendency in the title race.

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of this Premier League clash between West Ham and Arsenal at the London Stadium!

Confirmed lineups - West Ham vs Arsenal

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Here are the teams for today’s game:

West Ham XI - Fabianski, Coufal, Kehrer, Zouma, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Paqueta, Bowen, Antonio, Benrahma

Arsenal XI - Ramsdale, White, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney, Partey, Odegaard, Xhaka, Saka, Jesus, Martinelli

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