West Ham vs Aston Villa preview, team news, prediction, kick-off, channel
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Saturday 25 July 2020 11:37, UK
Team news, stats and prediction ahead of West Ham vs Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday (kick-off 4pm).
Team news
West Ham will check on the fitness of Jarrod Bowen ahead of the visit of Aston Villa. Winger Bowen had to come off after picking up a slight knock at Manchester United in midweek. Ryan Fredericks and Robert Snodgrass could return to the squad after spells out injured.
Ahmed Elmohamady is out for Villa's trip to London with a hamstring injury.
The defender was forced off in Tuesday's 1-0 win over Arsenal but Neil Taylor may return as he continues to battle his own hamstring problem.
Wesley and Tom Heaton remain out with the long-term knee injuries they suffered in January and Bjorn Engels is sidelined with an Achilles issue.
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Charlie's prediction
West Ham securing their survival against Manchester United does change things. I thought they were excellent. David Moyes doesn't get the credit, because they lost a couple of silly games, but they've had some great results since then. They've shown great quality and character under Moyes since the restart, I don't recall them playing badly.
Jack Grealish has not been outstanding for Aston Villa, he's played his part but it's been workmanlike rather than footballing genius. It's been Trezeguet who's been dragging them through here. When we all started back, I couldn't see for the life of me how Villa were going to get out of it. I said if they could get to West Ham needing a win to stay up, that would be their route out - and that's where we are.
CHARLIE PREDICTS: 1-1 (6/1 with Sky Bet)
Opta stats
- West Ham are unbeaten in their last four home league games against Aston Villa (W2 D2), with the Hammers keeping a clean sheet each time.
- Aston Villa have won just one of their last seven Premier League meetings with West Ham (D4 L2), winning 1-0 at Villa Park in May 2015.
- Aston Villa have failed to score in five of their last seven Premier League meetings with West Ham, though three of those five games have finished 0-0.
- West Ham have won their final Premier League game in each of the last three seasons - it's their best ever winning run on the season's final matchday in the competition.
- Aston Villa haven't won their final league match in any of the last eight seasons (excluding play-offs), with their last victory on the final day coming against Liverpool in 2010-11 (D2 L6).
