Aston Villa against West Ham: Preview, predictions and lists

Aston Villa is hosting West Ham United for the second time this January, with the two red-blue opponents competing against each other in the Premier League on Sunday.

In Graham Potter’s first game as a coach of West Ham, there was a duel between the two teams in the third round of the FA Cup, but the former Chelsea coach was unsuccessful in his debut in Villa Park, the Irons had to be 1-2 accept. You will practice revenge this weekend.

West Ham will have to be in the best form to escape the Midlands without defeat, which means that after the weak home defeat against Crystal Palace, considerable improvements are required last weekend. Injuries in the striker line were an unwanted challenge at the beginning of Potter’s rule and he hopes for reinforcement in winter.

Despite her Unusually lethargic defeat against Monaco In the Champions League during the week, villa have started in the new year in an impressive form. They won their first three games in 2025, before they took a comeback with two goals at Arsenal last weekend and saved a valuable point.

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Aston Villa vs. West Ham H2H balance (last five games)

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It is questionable whether Amadou Onana will be there this weekend after suffering a thigh injury last weekend During the draw against Arsenal. The midfielder only played 37 minutes before he was replaced and could then not be available for West Ham’s visit.

Midfield colleague Ross Barkley is missing from Villa, but John McGinn is about to return after a thigh injury. The Scottish international could still be canceled this weekend.

Pau Torres is still in the treatment room and the departure of Diego Carlos means that Ezri Konsa and Tyrone Mings have to be used again as a central defender.

Setup by Aston Villa against West Ham (4-2-3-1): Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans; Bailey, Rogers, Ramsey; Watkins.

West Ham is currently only a few attacks, but could welcome captain Jarrod Bowen again in the squad after Graham Potter announced that he was being integrated into training again. Crysencio Summerville is also about to return, although the duel will come too early on Sunday, but Mikhail Antonio and Niclas Fullkrug fail.

Due to the lock of Constantinos Mavropanos, Potter also has to change his defensive series, but will probably not be able to fall back on Jean-Clair Todibo.

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

West Ham was immensely disappointing during the defeat against Palace last weekend and reached an XG of only 0.28 in the London stadium. Not only did they not manage to develop opportunities, the hammers also troubled to curb them
Palace’s speed and strength in the counterattack.

Villa is ready to cause them similar problems with their tricky striker gang on Sunday, and even the energy spent during the week should not prevent the UNAI EMERY team from securing a third victory against the Irons this season.

Predict: Aston Villa 2: 0 West Ham

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