West Ham vs Aston Villa Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th August 2024

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

We expect to see some solid dedication from both West Ham and Aston Villa as starting a season with a defeat is an undesirable outcome for anyone's morale.

West Ham go into their next Premier League match, scoring a humble average of 1.5 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 15 times, while conceding 25. That amounts to an average of 2.5 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring zero times.

Aston Villa travel to their next away match on Saturday having performed a tolerable average of 1.7 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 17 goals, whilst shipping 20 goals against. An average of two goals against a game. They hung on to two clean sheets in this streak.

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time The Hammers played Aston Villa. The pair finished even in a 1-1 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand.

West Ham vs Aston Villa Prediction

West Ham Form

West Ham are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Chelsea by a 5-0 score, before winning 3-1 against Luton. They were back on the losing side in a 3-1 defeat against Manchester City. West Ham only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at London Stadium in the Premier League. They also drew four and lost one of these six encounters, in which they scored nine and conceded nine goals.

Aston Villa go into a new season as candidates for the podium, but will count themselves lucky to achieve more than a third place.

Aston Villa Form

Aston Villa only managed to gain a single draw in their past three games. First, they suffered a 2-0 defeat against Olympiacos. Then a 3-3 draw with Liverpool followed, before Crystal Palace claimed a 5-0 victory. Aston Villa won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches says 13 goals conceded and seven scored.

Aston Villa go into a new season as candidates for the podium, but will count themselves lucky to achieve more than a third place.

You could argue a case on behalf of both teams, but form quite simply looks better, and the prices with the bookmakers for a home win are decent. Therefore, West Ham get the nod here against Aston Villa.

West Ham vs Aston Villa Squads

West Ham Squad

Julen Lopetegui will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Aston Villa from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Alphonse Areola (0/0), Lukasz Fabianski (0/0), Wesley Foderingham (0/0), Aaron Cresswell (0/0), Emerson (0/0), Jean-Clair Todibo (0/0), Kaelan Casey (0/0), Konstantinos Mavropanos (0/0), Kurt Zouma (0/0), Max Kilman (0/0), Nayef Aguerd (0/0), Vladimir Coufal (0/0), Andy Irving (0/0), Crysencio Summerville (0/0), Edson Alvarez (0/0), George Earthy (0/0), Guido Rodriguez (0/0), James Ward-Prowse (0/0), Lucas Paqueta (0/0), Luis Guilherme (0/0), Mohammed Kudus (0/0), Oliver Scarles (0/0), Tomas Soucek (0/0), Danny Ings (0/0), Jarrod Bowen (0/0), Lewis Orford (0/0), Maxwel Cornet (0/0), Michail Antonio (0/0), Niclas Fuellkrug (0/0).

Aston Villa Squad

Here is the full team squad of Aston Villa. The 52 year-old Unai Emery will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Emiliano Martinez (0/0), James Wright (0/0), Joe Gauci (0/0), Robin Olsen (0/0), Alex Moreno (0/0), Diego Carlos (0/0), Ezri Konsa (0/0), Ian Maatsen (0/0), Kortney Hause (0/0), Kosta Nedeljkovic (0/0), Leander Dendoncker (0/0), Lino Sousa (0/0), Lucas Digne (0/0), Matty Cash (0/0), Pau Torres (0/0), Sil Swinkels (0/0), Tyrone Mings (0/0), Amadou Onana (0/0), Boubacar Kamara (0/0), Emiliano Buendia (0/0), Enzo Barrenechea (0/0), Jacob Ramsey (0/0), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (0/0), John McGinn (0/0), Lamare Bogarde (0/0), Ross Barkley (0/0), Youri Tielemans (0/0), Cameron Archer (0/0), Jhon Duran (0/0), Leon Bailey (0/0), Morgan Rogers (0/0), Ollie Watkins (0/0), Samuel Iling-Junior (0/0).

West Ham vs Aston Villa Team News

West Ham are as close to having an entire squad available as they can, with only one playerout for the side which faces Aston Villa.

Guido Rodriguez sit this one out for West Ham due to an injury.

Worst-case scenario, Aston Villa have a total of six players out for their next match.

Boubacar Kamara, Ezri Konsa, Jhon Duran, Kortney Hause, Tyrone Mings and Emiliano Buendia all face a spell on the sidelines for Aston Villa due to various injuries.

West Ham vs Aston Villa Lineups

West Ham vs Aston Villa H2H

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time The Irons played Aston Villa. The pair finished even in a 1-1 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand. West Ham tend to have the upper hand against Aston Villa, grabbing all three points five times in ten matches. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 16/11.

West Ham vs Aston Villa Results

In the last ten matches between West Ham and Aston Villa over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on at least three goals are at 4/7 with bookies.

West Ham vs Aston Villa Betting Tips

Michail Antonio is the most prolific Premier League marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Aston Villa look to Leon Bailey, hoping he can add to his current total of two Premier League goals in his latest games.

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

West Ham managed an average of 1.6 goals in the past ten encounters against Aston Villa, who scored 1.1 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals happened five times, while both teams scored eight times. West Ham saw over 2.5 goals in nine of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Aston Villa, who scored 1.3 times on average in these matches.