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 through the FA Cup third spherical in what was Graham Potter’s first match in command 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 in search of revenge this weekend.
West Ham will have to be at their greatest to flee the Midlands with out defeat, that means vital enhancements are wanted from final weekend’s limp loss at house to Crystal Palace. Accidents within the ahead line have made for an undesirable problem at first of Potter’s reign and he shall be hopeful of winter reinforcements.
Regardless of their uncharacteristically torpid defeat to Monaco within the Champions League midweek, Villa have began the brand new yr in spectacular type. They received their first three fixtures of 2025 earlier than producing a two-goal comeback at Arsenal final weekend to salvage a treasured level.
Right here is 90min’s information to a staple Premier League fixture.
Aston Villa vs West Ham H2H Report (Final 5 Video games)
Present type (all competitions)
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Aston Villa |
West Ham |
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Monaco 1-0 Aston Villa – 21/01/25 |
West Ham 0-2 Crystal Palace – 18/01/25 |
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Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa – 18/01/25 |
West Ham 3-2 Fulham – 14/01/25 |
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Everton 0-1 Aston Villa -15/01/25 |
Aston Villa 2-1 West Ham – 10/01/25 |
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Aston Villa 2-1 West Ham – 10/01/25 |
Man Metropolis 4-1 West Ham – 04/01/25 |
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Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester – 04/01/25 |
West Ham 0-5 Liverpool – 29/12/24 |
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Nation |
TV channel/reside stream |
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United Kingdom |
Sky Sports activities Predominant Occasion, Sky Sports activities Premier League, Sky Extremely HD, Sky GO, Sky GO Further, NOW TV |
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United States |
fuboTV, Peacock, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, Telemundo |
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Canada |
fuboTV Canada, Fubo Sports activities Community 5 Canada |
Amadou Onana is a doubt to characteristic this weekend after struggling a hamstring harm final weekend through 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 might nonetheless miss out this weekend, nevertheless.
Pau Torres continues to be within the therapy room and Diego Carlos’ departure signifies that Ezri Konsa and Tyrone Mings shall 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.
West Ham are brief on attacking choices at current, however might welcome captain Jarrod Bowen again into the squad after Graham Potter revealed he’d been reintegrated into coaching. Crysencio Summerville can also 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 have 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 tough band of forwards and even the power exerted midweek should not stop Unai Emery’s facet from securing a 3rd victory towards the Irons this time period.
