Aston Villa vs West Ham United H2H as the hosts aim to keep up their fine winning run in the Premier League at Villa Park. It’s a 16:30 kick-off on Sunday in Birmingham as the Hammers look to burst Villa’s home bubble.
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Aston Villa vs West Ham United H2H Record
There have been 119 meetings in all competitions between Aston Villa and West Ham.
- Aston Villa Wins: 38
- Draws: 35
- West Ham United Wins: 46
West Ham lead the overall H2H by 8 victories and they’ve been something of a bogey team for Villa in recent years. David Moyes’ team have won on their last 3 visits to Villa Park with Pablo Fornals firing in the winner in this fixture last term.
It’s worth noting that the Londoners are unbeaten in 10 Premier League meetings overall when considering the Aston Villa vs West Ham United H2H predictions for this one. That run stretches back to a 1-0 Villa home win in 2015. Tom Cleverley was the scorer that day as Tim Sherwood’s side pushed for survival.
Last time out…
The most recent meeting came in March at the London Stadium. It finished 1-1 with both goals coming in the opening half hour. Ollie Watkins fired in a penalty to put the visitors ahead before Said Benrahma levelled things up.
Both sides would go on to have successful ends to the season with Villa clinching 7th place thanks to a fine late run to qualify for Europe while West Ham eased away from relegation trouble and also won the Conference League.
Aston Villa vs West Ham United H2H: Potential MVP
Ollie Watkins was on the scoresheet for England over the international break and is doing a good job of strengthening his claim for a place in Gareth Southgate’s Euro 2024 squad.
The striker has 4 goals and 4 assists in the Premier League so far this season. He netted a hat-trick in his last league outing at Villa Park as the Claret and Blues hammered Brighton 6-1.
⚽️ Players in Europe's top 5 leagues with 4+ goals and 4+ assists this season:
🥇 Harry Kane – 8G 4A
🥈 Mohamed Salah – 5G 4A
🥉 Ollie Watkins – 4G 4A pic.twitter.com/3t1Me6NYUm— WhoScored (@WhoScored) October 20, 2023
Watkins also struck the post late in Villa’s last game as Unai Emery’s side were denied a dramatic late derby win against Wolves.
He has scored 3 goals in his 6 previous appearances against West Ham, a healthy individual return. However Watkins has yet to be on the winning side against this opposition, losing 5 of those games, all of which have been for Villa.
Aston Villa: Players in focus
Diaby the danger man?
Moussa Diaby has made a bright start to his Villa career with 2 goals and 3 assists so far in the Premier League.
Douglas Luiz keeping Tielemans on the bench
Douglas Luiz has emerged as one of Villa’s most important players with little sign of new boy Youri Tielemans breaking into this team. The Belgian is already reportedly open to a move away.
Pressure on Pau
Doubts about Pau Torres’ physicality and suitability to the Premier League remain and that will be tested here against a powerful West Ham side.
West Ham United: Players in focus
Bowen banging in the goals
Jarrod Bowen is West Ham’s form player with 5 goals so far in the 2023/24 Premier League, only 1 fewer than he managed in all of last season.
Ward-Prowse the set piece specialist
James Ward-Prowse has scored twice against Villa in his career and both came via free-kicks in the same game for Southampton at Villa Park in 2020.
Ings set for Villa Park return
Danny Ings joined West Ham from Aston Villa in January but has only scored 2 Premier League goals so far for the Hammers.
Final Prediction
West Ham’s impressive recent record against Aston Villa makes a strong case for the visitors here but Unai Emery’s team are on fire at home.
They’ve won their last 10 Premier League home matches and have scored 13 goals in 3 league outings at Villa Park so far this term.
We’re saying 2-1 to Aston Villa with Ollie Watkins to score the first goal.
