Overview

• Kick-off is 3pm BST on Saturday, 4 October, at the Emirates Stadium, and the match will not be available to watch or stream live in the UK.
• Arsenal are without Noni Madueke, Kai Havertz, Piero Hincapie and Gabriel Jesus, while West Ham report Aaron Wan-Bissaka fit, George Earthy sidelined for at least a month and Jean-Clair Todibo close to a return.
• Arsenal’s proficiency from corners meets a West Ham weakness at defending set pieces, a “big problem” Nuno Espirito Santo says the Hammers are working to fix.
• Bukayo Saka could make his 200th Premier League appearance for Arsenal, as West Ham lean on in-form Jarrod Bowen, who has seven goal contributions in 12 meetings with the Gunners.
• Off the pitch, Robert Pires has suggested Arteta may face consequences without a trophy this season, and separate reports via the Mail point to a speculative Otto Maly–led Emirates expansion that could cost around £760m for a modest capacity increase.