Venue: Boleyn Ground
Kick off: 12:45pm
Arguably the pick of Saturday’s Premier League games is the first of the lot as top-four hopefuls, West Ham United and Arsenal, collide at the Boleyn Ground.
The Hammers’ push for a Champions League finish has stuttered a little recently, but victory over the Gunners would put them well and truly back in the race.
West Ham are unbeaten in nine, but after three straight Premier League victories they have drawn the last two and now face a third straight London derby.
Since an incredible late fightback at Everton, Slaven Bilic’s side have drawn 2-2 against both Chelsea and Crystal Palace, although they can feel hard done by to have just two points instead of six.
West Ham have dropped to sixth having lost ground to those around them, but they are still only three points behind Manchester City in fourth.
Today’s clash is the first of two huge games for Bilic’s boys, with Manchester United the next to visit East London for an FA Cup quarter-final reply.
The winner will go through to face Everton at Wembley.
Going out of both the FA Cup and Champions League last month made it a disappointing March for the Gunners, but they are still just about in the title race thanks to back-to-back league wins.
Clean sheets were kept in both, with a 2-0 triumph at Everton followed up last week with a convincing 4-0 win over Watford, the side that ended their dream of winning the FA Cup three years in a row.
Teenage forward Alex Iwobi has stood out in the two recent wins and scored in both of his first two league starts, something only Ian Wright and Davor Suker (scored in first three) also managed in the Premier League.
The 19-year-old is said to be discussing a new contract, but he may miss the start of next season if he goes to the Rio Olympics with Nigeria.
In his pre-match press conference, Wenger admitted that he had watched West Ham star Dimitri Payet on several occasions before deciding against making a move for the former Marseille man because he had enough creative players.
West Ham possible starting lineup: Adrian, Tomkins, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Kouyate, Noble, Antonio, Payet, Lanzini, Sakho.
Arsenal possible starting lineup: Cech, Bellerin, Koscielny, Gabriel, Monreal, Coquelin, Elneny, Sanchez, Ozil, Iwobi, Welbeck.