High flying West Ham United visit Aston Villa after their 0-0-result against Manchester City (after extra-time, 5-3 on penalties). Get out our complete match preview!
- Aston Villa have scored in all their home matches so far.
- West Ham United have not yet lost a game away.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Carabao Cup game only four days ago.
Aston Villa form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Aston Villa at their home stadium (Villa Park) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Villa to get some points in this home game.
In their previous game, the manager D. Smith led his Villa to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Arsenal. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Villa Park. Aston Villa's goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez was extremely busy against Arsenal, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. The goalie Emiliano Martínez was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.55 out of ten. Martínez saved a penalty and stopped the opponent with six saves.
Before that game, the home loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers with the scoreline 2-3.This is expected to be a close game, with Villa perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Aston Villa as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Aston Villa has won five of these, drawn two and lost four.
Goals decide football matches and Villa are scoring many of them at home; 8 on target from 4 league matches. Villa have conceded 4 in these home matches.
West Ham United form and stats
3-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for West Ham United in their Premier League matches away. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but West Ham are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
The West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
West Ham delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Manchester City (after extra-time, 5-3 on penalties) (placed 3rd) in their previous match; a Carabao Cup game. Goalkeeper Alphonse Aréola made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against Manchester City (after extra-time, 5-3 on penalties). Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Alphonse Aréola (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.33. Aréola stopped the opponent with seven saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with West Ham United playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were two West Ham United wins, zero draws and one defeat.
West Ham have another fixture away from home in just four sleeps, a Europa League fixture vs Genk. A demanding itinerary for the visitors!
West Ham has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. It's not easy to score on West Ham as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Aston Villa-West Ham United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Villa one win, West Ham United five wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Antonio 6 goals |   D. Ings 3 goals |  M. Benrahma 3 goals |
Aston Villa missing players
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| Aston Villa | West Ham United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 5.4 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 6.5 | 6.1 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 11.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 17 | 16.1 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| 42% | 57% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | 35% |
- All of Aston Villa's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Aston Villa have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Aston Villa have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- West Ham United have not yet lost a game away.
- West Ham United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 22 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Everton | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Leicester City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Brentford | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Watford | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Southampton | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 7 |
| 18 | Burnley | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 4 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 4 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | -21 | 2 |
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