{"id":1237703,"date":"2021-12-13T19:25:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T19:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1237703"},"modified":"2021-12-13T19:25:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T19:25:12","slug":"david-moyes-arsenal-west-ham-giantkilling-goliath","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/david-moyes-arsenal-west-ham-giantkilling-goliath\/","title":{"rendered":"David Moyes has never won away against Arsenal, but West Ham are giant-killing specialists this season"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Moyes, befitting to his name, has often taken on the role of the former in football\u2019s David-and-Goliath narrative, which may explain his 17 winless games away to Arsenal in the Premier League.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apart from his less-than-successful (to put it mildly) tenure as Manchester United manager, Moyes\u2019 career trajectory of Everton-Sunderland-West Ham has often meant he’s travelled to the division\u2019s so-called \u2018Big Six\u2019 as a much-unfancied visitor.<\/p>\n

Despite occupying the dugout on 599 Premier League occasions across spells on Merseyside, Wearside, Old Trafford and Stratford, Moyes has never beaten Arsenal on the road, coming up short 17 times. It’s\u00a0the most a manager has played away at a single club without ever winning in the competition.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, as Moyes celebrates his 600th game in charge of a Premier League club on Wednesday night, will the champagne cork pop post-match? Or will Moyes be tending to the wounds of another capitulation in north London, be it at Highbury or the Emirates?<\/p>\n

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Arsenal vs West Ham odds with\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>William Hill<\/a>\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • Arsenal to win (23\/20) | Draw (5\/2) | West Ham to win (9\/4)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Enhanced odds: Michail Antonio to score anytime is 5\/2 (was 2\/1)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Enhanced odds: Emile Smith-Rowe to have over 1 shot on target is 4\/1 (was 14\/5)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    18+ only.\u00a0Be Gamble Aware<\/a>. Odds in this article are correct at 18:00, 13\/12\/2021.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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    On the face of it, Moyes’ issues away to Arsenal are not exclusive to himself on a personal, managerial level. West Ham have lost 10 of their last 11 away league games against Arsenal. The club’s only win in that morale-sapping sequence came on Dimitri Payet’s debut <\/span>in August 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The talismanic showings of an illustrious former fling have long since departed E20, but the club have shifted from the over-reliance on a single star six years ago to a more holistic structure, with every player just as important to the end product that Moyes has cultivated.<\/p>\n

    The result has seen West Ham transition from the punching bag of the division’s top hitters, to a heavyweight hitter themselves, moving up the weight classes but holding their own with every kilogram of class added. They now have a <\/span>fistic subconscious to batter every opponent to the canvas.<\/p>\n

    That mentality has seen them already claim the scalps of Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham at home, winning by an aggregate scoreline of 7-4, while Manchester United and Manchester City have been eliminated from the League Cup thanks to Moyes and his band of giant-killing brothers.<\/p>\n

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    West Ham have now beaten Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham in the Premier League this season. <\/p>\n

    They've also knocked both Manchester sides out of the League Cup. ?? pic.twitter.com\/AaLT3kh8tv<\/a><\/p>\n

    — Squawka (@Squawka) December 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n