Arsenal face West Ham United in the Premier League at Upton Park on Boxing Day.
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FESTIVE FORM (DECEMBER 26 - JANUARY 3)
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WEST HAM UNITED v ARSENAL - MATCH FACTS
- West Ham have lost eight and won none of their last 10 Premier League games against Arsenal
- Theo Walcott has scored in his last three Premier League appearances against West Ham
- Olivier Giroud has scored three goals in his two appearances against the Hammers and Santi Cazorla has two in two
- After going seven games without a victory in the Premier League away at a Sam Allardyce team (D3 L4), Arsene Wenger has enjoyed two victories in a row
- West Ham have won their last three Premier League games played on December 26, scoring nine goals in the process
- Arsene Wenger’s only defeat in a Premier League game on December 26 came in 1999 (3-2 to Coventry)
- Arsenal are the only side to score 6+ goals on December 26, when they thrashed Leicester 6-1 in 2000
- Carlton Cole has scored three times in three previous games on December 26
- West Ham have scored just three times in the first half of matches in the Premier League this season - a league-low proportion of 21 per cent of their goals.
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