West Ham vs Arsenal score, result, highlights as hosts breeze past Gunners to reach Carabao Cup quarterfinals

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West Ham reached the quarterfinals of the Carabao Cup by beating Arsenal for the first time in almost five years with a commanding victory at London Stadium.

Ben White headed into his own net under little pressure to give the Hammers an early lead, although goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale - making his first start in more than a month - complained he had been impeded in the absence of VAR technology for the tie.

The Hammers did not have a shot during the first half but swiftly made up for their lack of threat after the break, Ramsdale saving from Jarrod Bowen within seconds of the restart before Mohammed Kudus and Bowen struck.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta sent on first-team regulars Gabriel Martinelli, Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Declan Rice during the second half and may be left to rue playing a weakened starting lineup after seeing his side dumped feebly out of the competition.

West Ham vs Arsenal result

  Fulltime Goalscorers
West Ham 2 Ben White (og) '16, Mohammed Kudus '50
Arsenal 1 Martin Odegaard '90+6

Starting lineups:

West Ham (4-2-3-1): Fabianski (GK) – Coufal, Mavropanos, Aguerd, Emerson – Alvarez, Soucek – Kudus, Paqueta, Benrahma – Bowen

Arsenal (4-3-3): Ramsdale (GK) – White, Kiwior, Gabriel, Zinchenko – Jorginho, Havertz, Vieira – Nelson, Trossard, Nketiah

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After Kudus doubled West Ham's lead with a classy touch and finish from Nayef Aguerd's long pass, Bowen fired in the third via a deflection off Jakub Kiwior.

Gunners captain Odegaard drilled in a consolation deep into stoppage time as Arsenal suffered their first defeat against English opponents this season.

Rice became Arsenal's record signing when he arrived for £105 million in July but the Three Lions midfielder endured a forgettable return, emerging from the bench to mockery from the home fans.

West Ham are next in action when they visit Brentford in the Premier League on Saturday, while Arsenal travel to Newcastle United later that day.

Arsenal ousted by West Ham

These sides were in contrasting form before their round of 16 encounter, Arsenal thrashing Sheffield United 5-0 on Saturday as part of a four-match unbeaten run in all competitions including victory over Manchester City.

David Moyes' players had gone four games without a win and suffered three consecutive defeats, so a date against opponents they had not beaten since January 2019 did not look like the ideal opportunity to improve their fortunes.

All eight first-half attempts were by Arsenal, including the only effort on target, when Kai Havertz glanced a dangerous header towards goal that was alertly tipped over the bar by Lukasz Fabianski, playing against the club he spent seven years with until 2014.

White's 16th-minute header was a strange way for West Ham to go ahead. Ramsdale immediately protested, and replays appeared to show that Tomas Soucek had been holding his shirt.

Moyes gave the fourth official his view of the incident in expressive style, but any questions about how deserving West Ham were of the advantage were answered by their approach during the second half, when their instructions had clearly been to attack more.

Kudus, who signed for £38m from Ajax in August, moved Oleksandr Zinchenko off balance with his first touch and sent his strike between the legs of Gabriel to put his side well on their way to a first win in nine matches against Arsenal.

West Ham's attacking ambitions did not end there, Bowen seizing on White's partial clearance on the edge of the penalty area following a corner and firing a shot towards goal which took a nick off Kiwior to divert the ball beyond the grounded Ramsdale.

Those defeats to Aston Villa, Olympiacos and, surprisingly, Everton at home on Sunday had looked like a worrying slump for West Ham. This convincing win was an impressive response.

Ramsdale, Rice suffer Carabao Cup misery

Much of the attention from Arsenal's critics will be on the six changes Arteta made to his starting lineup, and a glance at the first-half statistics may have left the former player for Moyes at Everton feeling this was not to be his night.

Ramsdale was restored ahead of on-loan David Raya for the first time in almost a month, earning the unwanted distinction of becoming the first Arsenal goalkeeper to let in three goals this season.

Arteta probably hoped he would not need to use his glittering cast on the bench. Introduced alongside Takehiro Tomiyasu in place of the sub-par Zinchenko, Rice joined the action and duly misplaced numerous passes to mocking cheers from most of the stadium.

Rice is revered at West Ham for winning the UEFA Europa Conference League at the club last season. This time, he received renditions of "you should have stayed with the big club" during a forgettable appearance on a pitch where he used to celebrate.

Unbeaten in the league after 10 games, Arsenal's impressive start has only been notably tarnished by their two defeats in cup competitions, also losing at Lens in the Champions League on November 3.

How perturbed Arteta and his players will be at departing the Carabao Cup is debatable, as is the resolve they have among their second string on the evidence of this unexpectedly tame exit.

Arteta will undoubtedly have been mindful of Saturday's trip to Newcastle, but he still emphasised the importance of his understudies demonstrating their desire to win and take a step towards a first major trophy since the 2019/20 FA Cup.

A second successive victory at Newcastle, who are unbeaten in six league games and won their last-16 tie 3-0 at Manchester United, would go a long way towards ensuring this defeat is remembered as a minor blip rather than a sign of squad weakness.

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West Ham vs Arsenal as it happened, highlights, commentary

Fulltime: West Ham 3-1 Arsenal

West Ham are through to the Carabao Cup quarterfinals! A much-improved second-half display takes the hosts through in style after they established a fortunate 1-0 lead at the break through Ben White's own-goal.

Arsenal are ousted emphatically. That's their second defeat of the season, having also lost at Lens in the UEFA Champions League. Not an impressive performance from the majority of the title hopefuls' reserves.

90 +6 mins: GOAL – West Ham 3-1 Arsenal (Martin Odegaard)

The captain, on as a substitute, won't derive a great deal of satisfaction from this one, as fine a low finish as it is into the far corner of the net from inside the penalty area. 3-1!

89 mins: West Ham 3-0 Arsenal

West Ham are closing in on their first win in nine meetings with Arsenal. Should Mikel Arteta have picked a stronger side? How concerned will he be at not having to play in another competition?

86 mins: West Ham 3-0 Arsenal

Bukayo Saka, typically, has been involved in two promising moves for Arsenal, who must increasingly sense this is not to be their night.

They win a corner on the left. West Ham partially clear. Substitute Martin Odegaard sends in a dipping shot from distance, and Lukasz Fabianski gathers at the second attempt.

83 mins: West Ham 3-0 Arsenal

Declan Rice fluffs his lines again. A mocking cheers goes up around most of the stadium.

82 mins: West Ham 3-0 Arsenal

James Ward-Prowse enters the fray on his 29th birthday. Jarrod Bowen fires in a corner, Arsenal clear, and Lucas Paqueta then tries an outrageous flick with the ball at his feet, demonstrating how much West Ham are enjoying this.

80 mins: West Ham 3-0 Arsenal

Mohammed Kudus rampages forward and sees a shot deflected behind. West Ham are after a fourth.

77 mins: West Ham 3-0 Arsenal

West Ham are blowing bubbles at the moment. It's all too easy. Arsenal are unbeaten in the Premier League but this will not be a night they are likely to remember.

74 mins: West Ham 3-0 Arsenal

Jarrod Bowen takes possession from the freekick resulting from that Gabriel Martinelli foul and hammers a dangerous inswinging cross into the penalty area.

It evades everyone but West Ham remain on top.

73 mins: West Ham 3-0 Arsenal

Vladimir Coufal charges into Arsenal territory on the left and is fouled by substitute Gabriel Martinelli. Arsenal look hapless at the moment.

70 mins: West Ham 3-0 Arsenal

The flow of chances has slowed here, as West Ham might have wanted. Their fans are audibly loving this.

67 mins: West Ham 3-0 Arsenal

Arsenal waste a corner. Then Declan Rice plays a pass out of play when the midfielder was trying to find fellow substitute Bukayo Saka.

You can probably imagine how the fans of Rice's former club responded to that.

64 mins: West Ham 3-0 Arsenal

A reminder that West Ham didn't have a shot during the first half. What a turnaround this has been.

61 mins: West Ham 3-0 Arsenal

Is this curtains for Arsenal's Carabao Cup campaign?

Ben White heads a cross clear to the edge of the penalty area, where Jarrod Bowen has a crack at goal. The nick the shot takes off Jakub Kiwior is enough to wrong-foot Aaron Ramsdale, diverting the ball past the grounded goalkeeper, who looks suitably frustrated as he digests what's happened.

West Ham are cruising!

60 mins: GOAL – West Ham 3-0 Arsenal (Jarrod Bowen)

West Ham deservedly have a third!

57 mins: West Ham 2-0 Arsenal

Arsenal record signing Declan Rice - a £105m arrival from West Ham during the summer - comes on. The reception he receives sounds mixed.

Not the comeback he would have wanted, as matters stand.

55 mins: West Ham 2-0 Arsenal

As we eye the prospect of one of the big guns going out here, a reminder that there are two more games you can following live with The Sporting News tonight.

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53 mins: West Ham 2-0 Arsenal

Jarrod Bowen flings himself at a cross. He can't connect, but there's a roar of approval. West Ham are well on top right now.

51 mins: West Ham 2-0 Arsenal

Nayef Aguerd raked a diagonal pass into the penalty area from the halfway line for that goal.

Mohammed Kudus brought the delivery down dead with his first touch, cutting inside to deceive Oleksandr Zinchenko before firing a precise low drive into the far corner of the net and through the legs of Gabriel.

Superb work by the new signing!

50 mins: GOAL – West Ham 2-0 Arsenal (Mohammed Kudus)

Exceptional touch, almost matched by the finish. West Ham double their lead!

48 mins: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

The hosts have made a decent start to the half. They look like they've been told the best form of defence is attack.

Could an end to their eight-game winless run in this fixture be in the offing?

46 mins: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

West Ham immediately have their first attempt on target of the night – and it's a good one!

Lucas Paqueta surges through the middle and releases Jarrod Bowen inside the penalty area on the right. The forward applies the finish from close range but the advancing Aaron Ramsdale makes a magnificent save, pawing the ball with an outstretched arm.

Ben White hooks behind. Arsenal escape!

Halftime: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

West Ham lead at the break despite having no attempts at goal! Ben White's blundering header makes the difference, and contrary to what you may have read on this blog earlier, it appears that Aaron Ramsdale was being impeded by Tomas Soucek when that corner that led to Arsenal going behind went in.

There's no VAR tonight, though.

45 mins: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

There will be two added minutes. Oleksandr Zinchenko unsuccessfully tries to find Eddie Nketiah in space.

44 mins: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

Arsenal have had 68% of possession, all eight attempts at goal and the only one on target.

West Ham had Ben White's generosity to call upon, though.

41 mins: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

The TV cameras are focusing on Arsenal's enviably high-quality bench.

Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice are among the options, should the Gunners want to use them. Whether manager Mikel Arteta would want to, with a Premier League trip to Newcastle three days away, is questionable.

38 mins: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

Leandro Trossard collects possession midway inside West Ham territory on the left flank and uses the outside of his boot to spin a pass to Oleksandr Zinchenko inside the penalty area, who lifts a first-time ball onto Eddie Nketiah's run at the near post.

The hat-trick man from Saturday's 5-0 hammering of Sheffield United is far less lethal this time. No need for Lukasz Fabianski to make a save.

35 mins: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

West Ham are ahead for the first time in four matches in all competitions.

32 mins: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

Fabio Vieira takes a corner from the right for Arsenal. Kai Havertz flicks it down into the turf and up from the edge of the six-yard box, but no-one can apply a finishing touch as it bounces wide of the far post.

West Ham will be happy with the way the flow of play is going. They've not been ruffled since taking the lead.

30 mins: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

Arsenal fans sing "England's, England's number one" to Aaron Ramsdale, who's back in goal tonight after being out of favour for more than a month.

West Ham's faithful respond by taunting Ramsdale as he takes a goal-kick.

28 mins: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

West Ham manager David Moyes wasn't happy with something after that corner, too. He was having a word with the fourth official – possibly to protest against Arsenal's arguments that Aaron Ramsdale had been unfairly challenged.

27 mins: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

Arsenal aren't happy with Tomas Soucek and Nayef Aguerd's physicality as they challenge Aaron Ramsdale in the air at the far post following a West Ham corner from the same right-hand side from which they scored.

The unlikely figure of defender Konstantinos Mavropanos won the corner, the former Arsenal player cantering well out of what you presume is his comfort zone on the right.

25 mins: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

Arsenal have had one or two chances, including a sight of goal for Ben White inside the penalty area. They haven't really come much closer to scoring, though.

22 mins: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

Here's that Ben White own-goal.

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19 mins: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

Arsenal mount a decent response to going one behind, creating two moments of concern inside the West Ham penalty area.

There's no end product, but that goal hasn't given the hosts the momentum.

17 mins: West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

Hard to explain that goal, especially if you're Ben White or an Arsenal fan.

Gabriel did well to intervene and nod a dangerous cross behind initially after Oleksandr Zinchenko didn't track his man inside the box.

Jarrod Bowen fired a useful but not-overwhelmingly-dangerous corner into the six-yard box from the right, where defender White, who was in space and not under a great deal of pressure, glanced a header straight past Aaron Ramsdale.

The goalkeeper felt he had been impeded. He was being challenged, but it likely wouldn't have made much difference if he had been left alone, such was the speed and short distance from goal of White's header.

One for the bloopers reel!

16 mins: GOAL – West Ham 1-0 Arsenal (Ben White own-goal)

Aaron Ramsdale is protesting but Arsenal have the lead after Ben White loses his bearings!

15 mins: West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

Arsenal defend a long throw-in well. Then Said Benrahma tracks back diligently to ward off trouble at the other end.

12 mins: West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

The game has quietened down somewhat since Kai Havertz went close with that header a few minutes ago. It's been an exciting start at London Stadium, though.

9 mins: West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

First atttempt on target – and a great save!

Reiss Nelson fizzes a dangerous inswinger into the six-yard box from that freekick on the left for Arsenal. Kai Havertz glances it cleverly on towards the far roof of Lukasz Fabianski's net, and the goalkeeper does well to react quickly and tip the effort over the crossbar!

7 mins: West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

Arsenal are having more of the ball inside the opposition half now. Edson Alvarez is dispossessed and concedes a freekick in a crossable position on Arsenal's left, fouling Kai Havertz.

4 mins: West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

First half-chance for West Ham, who break well on the right. Mohammed Kudus sends Lucas Paqueta away inside the channel, but the Brazilian's low pass, attempting to find Jarrod Bowen's run in front of goal, is overhit.

1 min: West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

"Champions of Europe, you'll never sing that," announce a multitude of West Ham fans in the stands.

Declan Rice, who helped them win that Europa Conference League title last season, is on the bench for Arsenal.

10 mins to kickoff: Arsenal will be wearing their eye-catching away kit tonight. Describing it is tricky, but the club say: flowing over a bright yellow background, black meandering graphics suggest the continuous motion of supporters in N7 on match days.

West Ham's colours are a bit more straightforward: their usuaul claret and blue.

30 mins to kickoff: While you can follow West Ham vs Arsenal live on this blog, there are also two more live games for you to choose from with us tonight.

Kyle Bonn has everything you need to keep up to speed with Bournemouth vs Liverpool, and the equally excellent Dom Farrell is reporting on Man United vs Newcastle United. It's all set for a great night of Carabao Cup coverage.

50 mins to kickoff: Arsenal go one better and make six changes, with Aaron Ramsdale back in goal in place of David Raya for the first time in more than a month.

Club-record signing Declan Rice starts on the bench against his former club.

Arsenal (4-3-3): Ramsdale (GK) – White, Kiwior, Gabriel, Zinchenko – Jorginho, Havertz, Vieira – Nelson, Trossard, Nketiah

55 mins to kickoff: Team news! Here's how West Ham start as David Moyes makes five changes from the side who lost 1-0 to Everton on Sunday.

West Ham (4-2-3-1): Fabianski (GK) – Coufal, Mavropanos, Aguerd, Emerson – Alvarez, Soucek – Kudus, Paqueta, Benrahma – Bowen

1 hour to kickoff: West Ham midfielder James Ward-Prowse turns 29 today, and Arsenal expert Adrian Clarke has listed two reasons why he's a gift for his club: no individual has created more chances from dead balls (16), and the team’s XG from set plays is the second-highest in the division as a result.

We'll find out soon whether the former Southampton creator will be involved tonight.

1 hour 20 mins to kickoff: A good omen for West Ham: they beat current champions Manchester City 3-1 in the top flight on this day 30 years ago, with David Burrows, Matt Holmes and Lee Chapman scoring.

Retrotastic!

1 hour 40 mins to kickoff: Unsurprisingly, it sounds like Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is going to rotate his side tonight.

“It’s critical for them to show what they can do when it’s really important and they are given a chance and a moment when they are in or out," he said of his fringe players.

"How are you going to approach that game and are you going to win for the team? If you want to grow as a team and you don’t have that mindset, it’s very difficult. 

“The mindset of every three days being able to do it in different ways, when you have a big game next to it or when you just played in the Champions League – what’s the behaviour of the team? How the team responds to that is very important.”

2 hours to kickoff: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News' live coverage of tonight's Carabao Cup tie between West Ham and Arsenal. The visitors' record signing, Declan Rice, could feature against the club with whom he won the UEFA Europa Conference League last season, but his former boss, David Moyes, wouldn't necessarily welcome that.

"He was a brilliant member of the team, led [us] well and conducted himself impeccably as a West Ham captain," Moyes said in the build-up to this one. "This is the man who lifted the first European trophy in 58 years at West Ham United, so he should be welcomed back with open arms.

"I'm really looking forward to seeing Dec. I don't know if I really want him to play, but I really hope he's there."

Stay with us for build-up, team news and live coverage of this Round of 16 match!

West Ham vs Arsenal lineups, team news

Defender Emerson Palmieri returned following a one-game suspension for West Ham, who made five changes from their defeat to Everton.

Lukasz Fabianski and Konstantinos Mavropanos started against their former team.

West Ham lineup (4-2-3-1): Fabianski (GK) – Coufal, Mavropanos, Aguerd, Emerson – Alvarez, Soucek – Kudus, Paqueta, Benrahma – Bowen

Arsenal boss Arteta freshened his side with six changes, but Gabriel Jesus and Thomas Partey were still sidelined through injury.

Aaron Ramsdale replaced David Raya in goal for his first start in more than a month, and Reiss Nelson also featured from the off.

Arsenal lineup (4-3-3, right to left): Ramsdale (GK) – White, Kiwior, Gabriel, Zinchenko – Jorginho, Havertz, Vieira – Nelson, Trossard, Nketiah

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Ben Miller has been writing about sport for 25 years, following all levels of football as well as boxing, MMA, athletics and tennis. He’s seen five promotions, three relegations, one World Cup winner and home games in at least three different stadiums as a result of his lifelong devotion to Brighton & Hove Albion. His main aim each week is to cover at least one game or event that does not require a last-minute rewrite.