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Premier League, Emirates Stadium, Saturday 22 February 2025, 3pm GMT
West Ham United make the shortest away trip of the Premier League season when we visit Arsenal on the last weekend in February.
Less than five miles separate London Stadium with Emirates Stadium, where the Hammers are targeting back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time, having triumphed 2-0 on our most recent visit in December 2023.
The Gunners have finished as runners-up in each of the previous two seasons, amassing 84 and 89 points respectively and losing just eleven of 76 matches played, but the wait for a first Premier League title since 2003/04 goes on.
Arsenal sit second in the table again at the time of writing, and have lost just twice, but are looking up at Liverpool, rather than Manchester City, this time around.
How to get there…
Supporters are strongly advised not to drive to this match.
Emirates Stadium is very well connected when it comes to public transport, with both Underground and mainline routes passing nearby.
The ground is within walking distance from Arsenal (Piccadilly line), Finsbury Park (Victoria and Piccadilly lines and Great Northern rail) and Highbury & Islington (Victoria line and Great Northern rail) stations. Crowd management and queuing systems will be in place at all three stations after the game.
There will be no service on the Windrush line between Highbury & Islington and New Cross/Clapham Junction/Battersea Park/Crystal Palace/West Croydon, with replacement buses in operation.
Supporters who use the Central line should note that there will be no service between Leytonstone and Hainault (via Newbury Park). Replacement buses will operate.
Supporters should note that Holloway Road station (Piccadilly line) will be exit-only before matches with pre-match eastbound trains non-stopping, and closed for up to two hours post-match.
Alternatively, you can take a TfL bus, with stops located on Holloway Road, Nag's Head, Seven Sisters Road, Blackstock Road and Highbury Corner.
Visit tfl.gov.uk to plan your route to and from the match.
Finally, if you cycle to the match, a parking area for bikes is clearly signposted.
Where to stay…
At home, most likely, seeing as Emirates Stadium is situated just five miles west of London Stadium!
Of course, if you’re travelling to London from outside the capital, there are literally thousands of hotels, guest houses, apartments and more to choose from if you need overnight accommodation.
What to do…
London, of course, has attractions for all the family and to suit all budgets and tastes.
While the capital’s top tourist spots are well-known, let’s concentrate instead on things to do in and around north London.
You could have a walk up to Alexandra Palace and take in the superb view southwards across the London skyline.
If you’d rather do something nearer the centre of the city before jumping on the train or Tube to Emirates Stadium, have a stroll around Regent’s Park and visit London Zoo, which is open from 10am-4pm, with last entry at 3pm.
Directly north of Regent’s Park is Primrose Hill, which also offers fantastic views across central London to the south.
Between Regent’s Park and the Emirates is the trendy Borough of Camden, which is home to a wide variety of eateries, pubs, bars and independent shops.
Speaking of places to eat, drink and be merry, Upper Street, which runs directly north from Angel Underground station to Highbury & Islington station, is also full of bars, pubs and restaurants.
What’s happened there before…
West Ham United were the first visiting team to win at Emirates Stadium after Arsenal opened their new home in the summer of 2006.
The Irons were struggling in the Premier League when Bobby Zamora struck a long-range winner and Robert Green’s unbeatable performance in goal secured a shock 1-0 victory over the Gunners in April 2007.
We ended a run of eight straight defeats in N5 – seven in the Premier League and one in the EFL Cup – when Tomáš Souček and Dinos Mavropanos scored in a 2-0 win at the end of December 2023.
However, we have tasted defeat on 14 of our 18 visits to Emirates Stadium overall, winning three times and drawing once.
Our other Premier League victory at Emirates Stadium was under Slaven Bilić in August 2015, when Cheikhou Kouyaté and Mauro Zárate found the net on Dimitri Payet’s Premier League debut for the Club.
