West Ham v Arsenal LIVE: Premier League team news, line-ups and prediction ahead of crucial clash in title race and relegation fight – UK Times

It’s advantage Arsenal in the title race. If Arsenal beat West Ham on Sunday and Manchester City fail to beat Crystal Palace at home, it would mean the Gunners would be able to lift the title at the Emirates with a victory over relegated Burnley in their final home game of the season.

This looks to be Arsenal’s trickiest game by far, as the Hammers are battling for survival. After that, the Gunners will play relegated Burnley and finish their season at a Palace team who will be preparing for a European final a few days later.

• Sunday 10 May: West Ham (a)
• Monday 18 May: Burnley (h)
• Sunday 24 May: Crystal Palace (a)
• Saturday 30 May: PSG (Champions League final)

A heavy defeat to Brentford may not have been totally deserved for Nuno Espirito Santo’s side, yet is nonetheless ill-timed and highly-damaging. Now the visit of title-chasing Arsenal is unwelcome, too.

But if West Ham can get something from the Arsenal game then a trip against Newcastle and a home clash with Leeds to finish the season might just be the ticket to get them clear of the drop zone.

• 9 May – Arsenal (H)
• 17 May – Newcastle (A)
• 24 May – Leeds (H)

Arsenal remain without Jurrien Timber and Mikel Merino. Mikel Arteta even admitted the pair may not return before the end of the season as they struggle to recover from ankle and foot injuries respectively.

Possible line-up XI: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Rice, Lewis-Skelly, Saka, Eze, Trossard, Gyokeres

The Hammers are a point shy of safety and opened the door to Tottenham with a 3-0 defeat to Brentford last time out, with Spurs duly obliging by beating Aston Villa, leaving Nuno Espirito Santo’s men running out of time.

But Nuno can call on a full-strength team, with keeper Lukasz Fabianski the only absence with a lower back injury.

Possible line-up: Hermansen, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Disasi, Diouf, Bowen, Fernandes, Soucek, Summerville, Wilson, Castellanos

It’s rare for Premier League game to feel so consequential at both top and bottom, but here we are: it’s West Ham v Arsenal in a massive clash for the relegation fight and the title race. We’ll have all the build-up between now and 4:30pm.