Aston Villa vs West Ham United Predictions

• Six of the last 14 meetings between the teams have been draws
• Five of West Ham’s last seven league games have ended with over 3.5 goals
• Six of West Ham’s last eight away games in the Premier League have seen both teams to score

Villans in red hot form

Aston Villa have had a strong start to the season, winning five of their opening eight games in the league to sit fifth, as well as picking up some solid wins on their return to the European stage.

Unai Emery’s side have been particularly good at home, they are on a ten-game winning streak at Villa Park in the Premier League and they will be hoping to continue that fine run of form when they tackle West Ham, who have also had a solid start to the campaign.

Hammers in decent nick

After a disappointing league campaign last season, West Ham have started strong this time around, losing just two of their opening eight games and sitting two points behind Aston Villa in the table.

These two have not struggled to find the net, with the Villans scoring 19 times and the Hammers 15 as they have racked up high-scoring victories in the early part of the campaign.

Only Brighton and Newcastle have scored more than Villa’s 19 and with five of West Ham’s last seven games seeing four or more goals, another high-scoring affair could be on the cards on Sunday.

Spoils could be shared at Villa Park

While Aston Villa are on an impressive run of form at home, it’s impossible to ignore West Ham’s recent record and these two teams could be forced to share the spoils on their first game back after the international break.

Six of the last 14 meetings between these two have been stalemates and they look evenly matched enough that a repeat of that is likely.

West Ham are likely to surrender much of the ball but they are dangerous from counter attacks and set pieces, where James Ward-Prowse can be deadly.

Considering the free flowing nature of both team’s scoring recently, correct score backers may side with a 2-2 draw, just as the Hammers had with Newcastle in their last outing.

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