Game week two of the English Premier League saw a London derby, with Arsenal hosting West Ham. The Gunners looked back in form on the opening day of the season and were hoping to seal the three points over a West Ham side that lost on the opening day. Arsenal will also travel to Liverpool the following week and Mikel Arteta was hoping to head into that fixture with a winning momentum and in this tactical analysis, we will look at the tactics of both Arsenal and West Ham from their fixture. We shall start the analysis by looking at the lineups.
Lineups
Arteta made three changes to the side that beat Fulham the previous week, with Sead Kolašinac, Bukayo Saka and Dani Ceballos coming in for Kieran Tierney, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Mohamed Elneny. Tierney had picked up an injury in the warm-up and hence had to be replaced by Kolašinac. Arsenal set out with their usual 3-4-3 formation though it was more of a 5-2-3 in play.
David Moyes made just one change to the side that lost to Newcastle, with Arthur Masuaku coming in place of captain Mark Noble. Declan Rice led the side in spite of speculation about him leaving and the Hammers shifted from their 4-5-1 formation the previous week to a 5-4-1 style this week.
