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The Gunners head into the game sat five points clear atop of the Premier League after a superb start.
However, Arsenal will have to face the Hammers without the services of Gabriel Jesus, who picked up a long-term injury at the WC with Brazil.
As for West Ham, they are down in 16th place in the Premier League and have lost four of their last five.
Ahead of the match, Mikel Arteta has stated that Arsenal are in a really good place:
“I think we’re in a really good place. Everybody is in a high emotional state because we are where we want to be which is the top of the league,” he said when asked about the title race after his side’s 2-0 friendly loss to Juventus.
“I think we have deserved to be in the position that we’re in with the way we have played and approached games. This window has been to reinforce the position that we’re in. The good news is the amount of things we can still to do to improve to be a better team.”
