The standings tells us that 9 points split the two opponents in this Premier League game. West Ham United have both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- West Ham United have the most points from losing position (13) in Premier League
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
It's no vacation for neither West Ham nor Aston Villa as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
West Ham United form and stats
West Ham United have collected 24 points from their Premier League home games so far after 7-3-4.
Defender Johnson got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.64/10. Johnson hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Liverpool in the Premier League.This is expected to be a close game, with West Ham United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with West Ham United as a small favourite), we find seven games. West Ham United has won five of these, drawn two and lost zero.
The match schedule is unforgiving for West Ham United as they have a new game in only four days, a Europa League match thankfully also at home. Sevilla are visiting.
West Ham United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at London Stadium with 25 goals in 14 league matches. West Ham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Aston Villa form and stats
6 wins, 0 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Aston Villa playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Aston Villa has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Villa have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Damian Emiliano Martinez. It's been 282 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
Aston Villa play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Leeds United (placed 16th). Defender Cash was the best team player with a rating of 8.35. Cash scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and won 7 of 11 duels.
That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Southampton.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Aston Villa in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Aston Villa, two draws and one defeat.
The visiting Villa have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 14 games. 17 goals have been conceded by Aston Villa in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The previous head-to-head meeting ended Aston Villa - West Ham United 1-4, played this season. Statistics for the previous ten meetings involving these two participants are: five wins for West Ham United, four draws and one win for Aston Villa. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Antonio 8 goals |  J. Bowen 8 goals |   O. Watkins 7 goals |
West Ham United missing players
Aston Villa missing players
| West Ham United | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 46 | 25 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 40 |
| 35 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 37 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 68% | 79% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 78% |
| 54% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 59% |
| 39% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 14% | 30% |
| 32% | 36% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 15% |
| 61% | 71% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | 48% |
| 25% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | 33% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 19% |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 5.1 | 4.6 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.9 | 13.3 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.6 | 11.7 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 37% | 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 32% | 39% |
| 13.7 | 11.7 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.8 | 13.4 | 12.6 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4 |
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- West Ham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- West Ham United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- West Ham United have the most points from losing position (13) in Premier League
- West Ham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 68 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 50 | 69 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 71 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 51 | 63 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 37 | 56 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 48 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 47 |
| 6 | West Ham United | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 45 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 45 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 43 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 27 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 40 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 10 | Southampton | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 31 | -8 | 35 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 33 |
| 12 | Leicester City | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 25 | -3 | 33 |
| 13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 | -6 | 33 |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -15 | 31 |
| 15 | Brentford | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -15 | 27 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 64 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 36 | -35 | 23 |
| 17 | Everton | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 46 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -18 | 22 |
| 18 | Burnley | 26 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -14 | 21 |
| 19 | Watford | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 54 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -27 | 19 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 61 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 30 | -44 | 17 |
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