Aston Villa vs West Ham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 22nd March 2026

When West Ham come to Villa Park for the Premier League match on Sunday, Aston Villa will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Aston Villa approach the next Premier League round as number 4 in the table, having claimed 51 points this season so far. With 30 games behind them, West Ham amassed 29 points, placing them as number 18 before their next fixture.

Aston Villa took down West Ham in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario on Sunday.

The Villans have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly seven goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.7 goals per game, in which they conceded 13 goals, or 1.3 goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to three clean sheets in this run.

The Hammers scored 15 goals, conceded 14 and managed three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 2-3 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest this coming Sunday?

Aston Villa vs West Ham Prediction

Aston Villa Form

Aston Villa added two wins to their account in their three most recent outings, as they beat Lille by 0-1. Their next match left them empty-handed in a 3-1 defeat against Manchester United, followed up by a 2-0 win against Lille. Aston Villa managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew one and lost three, as they scored six and conceded eight goals.

West Ham Form

In their previous three outings, West Ham won by 0-1 against Fulham, drew 2-2 with Brentford, before also drawing 1-1 against Manchester City. West Ham won three of a possible six away matches in the Premier League, as well as playing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored nine while also conceding 12 times.

Aston Villa and West Ham are mostly leaning towards matches shy on goals, as it seems that not conceding is more important than attempting to score. This indicates a close encounter is on the menu this coming Sunday.

Aston Villa took 30 points from their last 14 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to nine wins after scoring 23 times and conceding 17. West Ham claimed zero wins and three points in their last ten games against teams from the top six. They scored ten times in these matches, but also conceded 26 goals. Aston Villa have a record of 15 wins, six draws and nine defeats in the Premier League this season. West Ham enjoy a record of seven wins, eight draws and 15 defeats in the Premier League.

Aston Villa vs West Ham Squads

Aston Villa Squad

Emery will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against West Ham from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Emiliano Martinez (0/26), Marco Bizot (0/5), Rhys Oakley (0/0), Ronnie Hollingshead (0/0), Ezri Konsa (0/29), Ian Maatsen (0/24), Lamare Bogarde (0/24), Lucas Digne (0/25), Matty Cash (3/27), Pau Torres (0/16), Tyrone Mings (0/13), Victor Lindelof (0/12), Yeimar Mosquera (0/0), Amadou Onana (2/21), Boubacar Kamara (1/18), Douglas Luiz (1/15), Emiliano Buendia (5/28), Harvey Elliott (0/5), John McGinn (3/23), Leon Bailey (0/8), Ross Barkley (2/13), Youri Tielemans (0/17), Alysson Edward (0/3), Andres Garcia (0/4), Brian Madjo (0/0), Jadon Sancho (0/18), Morgan Rogers (8/30), Ollie Watkins (8/29), Tammy Abraham (1/7).

West Ham Squad

Below is the full team squad of West Ham. The manager Santo will pick his starting XI against Aston Villa from these players:

Alphonse Areola (0/20), Lukasz Fabianski (0/0), Mads Hermansen (0/10), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (0/21), Axel Disasi (0/6), Ezra Mayers (0/6), Jean-Clair Todibo (0/20), Konstantinos Mavropanos (1/23), Kyle Walker-Peters (1/18), Max Kilman (0/21), Soungoutou Magassa (1/19), Crysencio Summerville (5/24), Freddie Potts (0/19), Malick Diouf (0/24), Mateus Fernandes (3/28), Mohamadou Kante (0/7), Oliver Scarles (0/12), Tomas Soucek (4/27), Adama Traore (0/21), Callum Wilson (5/24), Jarrod Bowen (8/30), Keiber Lamadrid (0/0), Pablo (0/6), Valentin Castellanos (2/10).

Aston Villa vs West Ham Team News

Aston Villa vs West Ham Lineups

Aston Villa vs West Ham H2H

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 2-3 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest this coming Sunday? Aston Villa go into their upcoming match against West Ham with a 30% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 3-3-4 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Aston Villa vs West Ham Results

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last ten matches between Aston Villa and West Ham. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 1/1 with bookies.

Aston Villa vs West Ham Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Premier League, Ross Barkley will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. The Hammers hope Tomas Soucek can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Premier League goals in his last six Premier League games.

Aston Villa won five of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Villa Park. They drew one and lost four as well, while West Ham won four of their last 10 games away. They drew two and lost four. Goals are usually flowing for Aston Villa on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened five times for West Ham in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Aston Villa managed an average of 1.5 goals, with West Ham averaging 1.7 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet nine times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of Aston Villa’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for West Ham, who managed to score 1.5 times in those matches.