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Aston Villa vs West Ham: Preview, predictions and lineups

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Aston Villa host West Ham United for the second time this January, with the 2 claret and blue foes doing battle within the Premier League on Sunday.

The perimeters locked horns throughout the FA Cup third spherical in what was Graham Potter’s first match in control of West Ham, however the former Chelsea coach was unsuccessful on his debut at Villa Park because the Irons fell to a 2-1 defeat. They are going to be looking for revenge this weekend.

West Ham will should be at their finest to flee the Midlands with out defeat, which means important enhancements are wanted from final weekend’s limp loss at dwelling to Crystal Palace. Accidents within the ahead line have made for an undesirable problem firstly of Potter’s reign and he will likely be hopeful of winter reinforcements.

Regardless of their uncharacteristically torpid defeat to Monaco within the Champions League midweek, Villa have began the brand new 12 months in spectacular kind. They received their first three fixtures of 2025 earlier than producing a two-goal comeback at Arsenal final weekend to salvage a valuable level.

Right here is 90min’s information to a staple Premier League fixture.

Aston Villa vs West Ham H2H File (Final 5 Video games)

Present kind (all competitions)

Aston Villa

West Ham

Monaco 1-0 Aston Villa – 21/01/25

West Ham 0-2 Crystal Palace – 18/01/25

Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa – 18/01/25

West Ham 3-2 Fulham – 14/01/25

Everton 0-1 Aston Villa -15/01/25

Aston Villa 2-1 West Ham – 10/01/25

Aston Villa 2-1 West Ham – 10/01/25

Man Metropolis 4-1 West Ham – 04/01/25

Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester – 04/01/25

West Ham 0-5 Liverpool – 29/12/24

Nation

TV channel/stay stream

United Kingdom

Sky Sports activities Principal Occasion, Sky Sports activities Premier League, Sky Extremely HD, Sky GO, Sky GO Additional, NOW TV

United States

fuboTV, Peacock, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, Telemundo

Canada

fuboTV Canada, Fubo Sports activities Community 5 Canada

Amadou Onana

Amadou Onana is uncertain to function / Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/GettyImages

Amadou Onana is a doubt to function this weekend after struggling a hamstring harm final weekend throughout the draw with Arsenal. The midfielder lasted simply 37 minutes earlier than being changed and will subsequently be unavailable for West Ham’s go to.

Fellow midfielder Ross Barkley is absent for Villa however John McGinn is closing in on a return following a hamstring harm of his personal. The Scotland worldwide may nonetheless miss out this weekend, nevertheless.

Pau Torres continues to be within the therapy room and Diego Carlos’ departure implies that Ezri Konsa and Tyrone Mings will likely be requested to line up at centre-back as soon as once more.

Aston Villa lineup vs West Ham (4-2-3-1): Martinez; Money, Konsa, Mings, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans; Bailey, Rogers, Ramsey; Watkins.

Konstantinos Mavropanos

Konstantinos Mavropanos is suspended / Crystal Pix/MB Media/GettyImages

West Ham are brief on attacking choices at current, however may welcome captain Jarrod Bowen again into the squad after Graham Potter revealed he’d been reintegrated into coaching. Crysencio Summerville can be nearing a return, although Sunday’s conflict will come too quickly, however Michail Antonio and Niclas Fullkrug are out.

Potter should additionally readjust his backline due to Konstantinos Mavropanos’ suspension, however is unlikely to have the ability to name upon Jean-Clair Todibo.

West Ham lineup vs Aston Villa (3-4-2-1): Fabianski; Wan-Bissaka, Kilman, Cresswell; Coufal, Alvarez, Rodriguez, Emerson; Paqueta, Soucek; Kudus.

West Ham had been immensely underwhelming in final weekend’s defeat to Palace, totalling an XG of simply 0.28 at London Stadium. Not solely did they fail to create probabilities, the Hammers struggled to include
Palace’s velocity and energy on the counter-attack.

Villa are primed to trigger them comparable points on Sunday with their difficult band of forwards and even the power exerted midweek should not stop Unai Emery’s facet from securing a 3rd victory in opposition to the Irons this time period.

Prediction: Aston Villa 2-0 West Ham

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