Ozil plays Martinelli in behind down the right, but as the ball reaches the byline he can only cut it back to Martin in goal.
90' +5
Arsenal go back to the halfway line with the corner.
90' +2
Seven minutes added on here.
90' +1
Chambers and Haller go for a low cross from the right. Chambers goes with his head, Haller goes with his foot, Chambers gets kicked in the head. He looks alright after a moment.
90'
The West Ham fans took great amusement a few minutes ago as the stadium announcer mistakenly said David Luiz was coming on as Guendouzi was introduced. That's about the only entertainment they've had in the second half.
88'
R. Nelson enters the game and replaces N. Pépé.
Pepe goes off after scoring Arsenal's second and assisting their third. Nelson comes on.
86'
M. Guendouzi enters the game and replaces G. Xhaka.
Xhaka is off after appearing to pick up an injury - he had previously gone off after taking a ball to the side of the head, but it wasn't obvious what happened this time. Guendouzi comes on for the last few minutes.
83'
Pepe gets in behind as Arsenal turn over possession in midfield. He outpaces Ogbonna but is caught by Masuaku as he looks to cut back inside onto his left foot, which he might be a little reliant on.
82'
West Ham finally manage to get a cross in towards Haller from the left, but it's asking a lot of him and he can't get up to meet it first.
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80'
Mike Dean restarts play with a drop ball to Arsenal as a dazed-looking Xhaka finally stumbles off.
78'
N. Holland enters the game and replaces R. Snodgrass.
Snodgrass goes off, replaced by 21-year-old midfielder Holland.
Xhaka is lying on his front, holding his face. A physio is on. Not quite sure what happened there.
76'
West Ham have a spell of possession for the first time in what feels like a while, but they don't really do anything with it.
72'
West Ham were not good in the first half despite leading at the break. They really weren't. In the second half, it seems as if some of Arsenal's players have just realised that, actually, they're not that bad at football and their opponents were there for the taking.
70'
S. Haller enters the game and replaces Felipe Anderson.
Haller comes on for Anderson as West Ham look to save the game. They look absolutely all over the place now.
69'
P. Aubameyang has scored a goal for Arsenal! Assist by N. Pépé.
GOAL! 3-1, Aubameyang this time, Arsenal are on fire! He holds the ball up for Pepe at the right side of the area before playing it back to him with a backheel. Pepe lifts it in left-footed, and Aubameyang contorts his body to fire a superb volley into the bottom-right corner.
68'
In the 58 minutes before this commentary contained the phrase "there is absolutely no indication that Arsenal will even come close to scoring a goal tonight," Arsenal had zero shots on target. In the 10 minutes since, they've scored twice.
66'
N. Pépé has scored a goal for Arsenal! Assist by P. Aubameyang.
GOAL! 2-1 Arsenal, brilliant from Pepe! The Gunners have remembered how to play! Pepe gets the ball from Aubameyang at the right side of the penalty area, shifts it onto his left and curls a beautiful shot into the far top corner.
An assist for Aubameyang for a simple pass out to Pepe on the right, before he applied a sumptuous finish.
63'
Arsenal are finally coming alive now. Ozil looks to dink a pass from the right side of the area to Martinelli on the left, but the ball doesn't quite find its way through.
62'
Arsenal have bodies in the box but Maitland-Niles completely wastes the chance by attempting one of the most sluggish step-overs you'll ever see. He's easily tackled.
60'
Gabriel Martinelli has scored a goal for Arsenal! Assist by S. Kolašinac.
Chambers blocks Anderson's shot from the edge of the area, before Antonio and Fornals go up for a header at the edge of the six-yard box and get in each other's way.
GOAL! 1-1, Martinelli out of nowhere! It's Arsenal's first shot on target of the night. Torreira finds Kolasinac in space on the right, he puts in a low cross and Martinelli applies a good finish from close range.
Kolasinac gets the assist, crossing low from the left for Martinelli to stab home.
59'
Aubameyang is the joint Premier League golden boot holder, Pepe got a combined 35 goals and assists last year, Ozil once made 19 assists in a league season and Jurgen Klopp called Martinelli a 'talent of the century'. But on the evidence of the first 57 minutes, there is absolutely no indication that Arsenal will even come close to scoring a goal tonight.
58'
Aubameyang gets into a crossing position on the right. West Ham throw-in.
57'
Snodgrass pulls the ball back for Rice to hit first-time from range. He side-foots powerfully with his right and catches it well, but it's straight at Leno.
55'
Snodgrass gets in behind down the right after an awful pass from Xhaka, but a defender manages to get a foot onto his shot and deflect it behind for a corner. It's cleared at the third attempt.
53'
The corner is headed away by the first defender to Torreira, at an angle to the right at the edge of the area. He swipes his right foot at it, and sends a shot flying high and wide.
52'
Anderson's pass infield from the left toward Antonio goes astray at the edge of the area, and Arsenal counter. Pepe comes inside from the right but Balbuena gets a foot in. Corner.
51'
A. Masuaku enters the game and replaces A. Cresswell.
Both sides' left-backs have gone off injured now. Cresswell hurt himself in the process of fouling Pepe, and Masuaku comes on to replace him.
The free-kick is taken left-footed by Ozil, and headed away at the edge of the six-yard box.
49'
A. Cresswell gets yellow.
Cresswell is booked for a crunching foul on Pepe as he looked to cut inside before nutmegging him and going back outside. The defender looks to have hurt himself in the process, with a physio on bending his knee from side to side.
48'
Maitland-Niles is fouled in the right-back position. Anderson picks up the loose ball before the whistle goes and looks to bend on in from range with Leno off his line, but he sends it straight into the keeper's arms.
47'
Snodgrass wins an early corner on the right as the hosts look to attack straight away. Sokratis heads it out as far as Noble who hits it on the half-volley from 20 yards, but his shot loops well over the bar.
45' +6
HALF-TIME: WEST HAM 1-0 OGBONNA
45' +5
Arsenal try to attack down the right, but can't find a way through. They go back to the halfway line and lose the ball. There's been a lot of that.
45' +2
Noble looks to find a crossing position on the right, but Torreira makes a great slide tackle to put it out for a throw.
45' +1
Five minutes of added time here, presumably mostly from Tierney's injury.
45'
We're back for the second half, West Ham get the ball rolling. Two shots on target so far in this game, both from the Hammers.
44'
Pepe holds the ball up with some stepovers before playing in Maitland-Niles on the overlap, but his low cross is straight at the goalkeeper.
42'
Balbuena passes back to Martin and Aubameyang gives chase, but even he can't quite latch onto it. He got closer than most of us would.
40'
West Ham look to come forward again and the ball comes to Fornals in the box, but his left-footed shot is scuffed into a defender.
38'
A. Ogbonna has scored a goal for West Ham United! Assist by Pablo Fornals.
Cresswell looks to cross from the left touchline, but it deflects behind for a corner.
GOAL! West Ham lead 1-0, Ogbonna turns in from the corner! Snodgrass delivers left-footed from the left. It's cleared as far as Noble who shoots from the edge of the area, but it's blocked. Rice keeps the attack alive by diverting the ball to Fornals on the right, he crosses and Ogbonna heads in from about eight yards out. There's a lengthy VAR check to make sur eit didn't strike the Italian's arm, but the goal stands. Action! Excitement!
Fornals gets the assist, dinking a little cross in from the right for Ogbonna to head in after a corner wasn't cleared.
36'
Pepe looks as if he's going to be alright to carry on, but there's a lot of whistling and jeering from the home fans. It's absolutely fair enough, as they've paid good money to watch what has been a genuinely abysmal game of football.
35'
Pepe is down now. He took a heavy challenge from Cresswell.
34'
Now West Ham come forward and Antonio is slipped in for a shooting opportunity down the left, but it's a narrow angle and a fairly simple save.
30'
Bellerin injured in the warm-up, Tierney off now as well. A painful night for Arsenal's full-backs.
29'
S. Kolašinac enters the game and replaces K. Tierney.
Tierney goes off with what looks like a dislocated right shoulder. Kolasinac replaces him.
26'
A shot! A shot at goal! The free-kick is delivered from the right in towards the far post. It's headed away but only as far as Fornals on the other side of the penalty area. He takes a touch before curling a right-footed effort straight down Leno's throat.
25'
Tierney fouls Snodgrass just to the right side of the penalty area, in a good position for a free-kick. Tierney's 'I didn't do it' jazz hands are excellent, but the decision stands.
24'
R. Snodgrass gets yellow.
Snodgrass sees the first yellow card of the evening for a late sliding tackle on Martinelli. Bit harsh.
22'
Martinelli and Sokratis sandwich Antonio as the forward looks to win a header over on the right. West Ham take the free-kick short then slip a through ball in for Anderson to chase. He looks to be bundled over by Xhaka as he runs onto it, but Mike Dean isn't interested and it's a goal kick.
20'
Maitland-Niles whips in a cross from deep on the right towards the far post, but Balbuena gets his head to it.
19'
Xhaka threatens to inject some excitement into proceedings as the ball sits up perfectly to be thwacked towards goal from 30 yards, but instead he opts to try and lift a disguised pass over the line of defence. It's headed away.
18'
Pepe and Maitland-Niles combine to win a goal kick by the left corner flag as Fornals and Cresswell press them high. Aubameyang then gets at best his second touch of the game so far.
16'
This has not been an exciting first 16 minutes. Arsenal knock the ball around their own half for a while and lose it as soon as they go forward, before Fredericks makes some headway down the right and eventually gives away a throw-in by the corner flag.
14'
"You've only come to see the Arsenal" rings out from the away end for the first time tonight. Given the sensational football the Gunners have been playing recently, you could hardly blame the locals for turning up. Pepe becomes the second player to hit the deck after receiving a light brush of a hand to the side of the head.
11'
Antonio gets up at the near post to head the corner clear, and Arsenal pick the ball up in midfield to prevent a counter-attack.
10'
First corner of the game for Arsenal now. They went from right to left, from Pepe to Ozil to Martinelli, with the Brazilian winning the corner off Fredericks.
9'
Tierney flies forward for the first time down the left, but his Scotland team-mate Snodgrass makes a good sliding challenge.
8'
Maitland-Niles does well to hook his leg backwards by the corner flag and win the ball off Fornals, who looked to have slipped in behind him. The ball cannons out off one of their legs, and a goal kick is given.
6'
Tierney needlessly puts a harmless cross out for a corner as nobody gives him a shout. The corner is cleared to the edge of the area but Mike Dean stops play as Torreira is down holding his head. Ogbonna gave him a bit of a slap in the head, something that would apparently cause an adult human to fall over.
5'
Rice bodies Ozil off the ball just inside the West Ham half and finds Anderson, who is breaking with Antonio in a two-on-four. The Brazilian finds Antonio, but he shoots over from the edge of the area under pressure from two yellow shirts.
4'
Snodgrass drops to his knees, cursing and holding his lower back after taking a whack from behind as Arsenal looked to attack for the first time.
2'
After 103 seconds, the ball leaves the Arsenal half for the first time. Tierney's pass is immediately intercepted by Noble.
1'
We're off and running, as Aubameyang gets the game underway. Arsenal go back to defence, and give away a throw-in halfway inside their own half within 30 seconds of the whistle.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the final match of this gameweek’s Premier League action, as Freddie Ljungberg looks for his first win in charge of Arsenal against Manuel Pellegrini’s West Ham at the London Stadium.
Arsenal dropped into the bottom half after Newcastle’s win yesterday, and their last win in any competition came against Vitoria in October – ten games ago. West Ham are only a point above the relegation zone, and on the worst form in the league with just one win and one draw from their last eight matches.
WEST HAM (4-4-1-1): David Martin; Aaron Cresswell, Angelo Ogbonna, Fabian Balbuena, Ryan Fredericks; Pablo Fornals, Declan Rice, Mark Noble, Robert Snodgrass; Felipe Anderson; Michail Antonio.
SUBS: Sebastien Haller, Carlos Sanchez, Pablo Zabaleta, Issa Diop, Nathan Holland, Arthur Masuaku, Roberto Jimenez.
ARSENAL (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Kieran Tierney, Sokratis, Calum Chambers, Ainsley Maitland-Niles; Granit Xhaka, Lucas Torreira; Gabriel Martinelli, Mesut Ozil, Nicolas Pepe; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
The teams are on their way out of the tunnel, and kick-off is just a few moments away. Who are you backing?
In the likes of Haller, Lacazette, Nelson and Saka, there are at least some potential game-changers on the respective benches. West Ham will be up to 13th if it stays like this, level on points with Arsenal - with both teams four points above the relegation zone.
That's it from me here tonight. Until the next time, goodbye!
Three points lift Arsenal back into the top half, and back within two points of sixth. They're still seven points off the top four and 22 behind Liverpool, but baby steps. West Ham, meanwhile, are right back in trouble. Just four points from nine games now, and they're only one point clear of the bottom three.
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