Aston Villa vs West Ham United

Aston Villa and West Ham United are set to square off at Villa Park in a handsomely-looking Premier League showdown.

Aston Villa fought back from an early second-half deficit to hold Wolverhampton to a 1-1 away draw in the West Midlands derby on the stroke of October’s international break but relinquished a three-game winning league streak in the process. Back to Villa Park, where they’ve won their last ten Premier League matches in succession, Unai Emery’s men must be confident about posting their first top-flight victory over West Ham since May 2015. Since that success, the ‘Lions’ have gone winless in ten consecutive Premier League H2Hs (D4, L6), going down 1-0 in this corresponding fixture last term. However, Villa’s home league performances this season have been outstanding, with the Birmingham outfit winning all three matches they hosted by a combined score of 13-2, most recently demolishing Brighton 6-1!

In the meantime, Mohammed Kudus opened his Premier League account with a crucial late equalizer in a 2-2 home draw against Newcastle United last time out, helping West Ham avoid defeat for the second time in four games (W1, D1). David Moyes’ men had gone unbeaten on their first three league travels of 2023/24 (W2, D1) before slumping to a 3-1 loss at Liverpool on their last top-flight road trip. But that result won bother Moyes, who hasn’t lost any of his last 14 Premier League encounters against Aston Villa as a manager (W8, D6). Connoisseurs of action-packed football will hope both teams can score and concede in West Ham’s seventh consecutive fixture outside the London Stadium! That’s a distinct possibility, considering three of their last five away league H2Hs have seen over 3.5 goals and both teams scoring.