Aston Villa will be looking to maintain their impressive run of form by defeating West Ham at the London Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Impressively, Unai Emery’s side have won each of their last eight matches across all competitions, most notably claiming a dramatic 2-1 win over Arsenal last weekend.
Villa’s latest Premier League victory lifted them up to 3rd place in the standings, just three points behind the table-topping Gunners.
The visitors will come into this clash after battling their way to a 2-1 win at Basel in the Europa League on Thursday night.
As for West Ham, they continue to show signs of improvement under Nuno Espirito Santo, with the capital club claiming 1-1 draws away at Manchester United and Brighton across the last two matchdays.
While the Hammers are still residing in the relegation zone, they are just two points behind both Leeds and Nottingham Forest.
How the bookies view it: Another Villa victory
Having won nine of their last 10 Premier League matches, it’s no surprise to see Aston Villa chalked up as even-money (1/1) favourites on bet365.
A third stalemate in succession involving West Ham is trading at 5/2 on bet365, while the home win is an unfancied 11/4 with the same firm.
Head to head: Villa seeking more of the same
While West Ham lead historically, Aston Villa have the recent edge, having avoided defeat in each of their last six meetings with the Hammers across all competitions, triumphing in three of the last five encounters.
Players to watch: Ollie to deliver another hammer blow?
Having registered four goals and two assists across his previous 10 appearances against West Ham, Ollie Watkins looks well worthy of support to deliver a goal involvement during this contest at 21/20 with PaddyPower.
West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen has been fouled twice or more in three of his last four Premier League appearances, making a repeat here an attractive option at 4/5 with PaddyPower.
Predicted line-ups
As has been the case for a number of weeks now, West Ham will again be without injured duo Lukasz Fabianski and Oliver Scarles for Sunday’s visit of Aston Villa.
Aston Villa have reported no fresh injury concerns from Thursday night’s 2-1 win over Basel, meaning that Ross Barkley and Tyrone Mings are the only two players on the away team’s treatment table.
West Ham: Areola; Mavropanos, Todibo, Killman; Wan-Bissaka, Rodriguez, Paqueta, Diouf; Soucek, Wilson, Bowen
Aston Villa: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Maatsen; Kamara, Onana; Buendia, Tielemans, McGinn; Watkins
Anything else catch the eye?
Combining both teams to score alongside over one match card will engineer an eye-catching 5/6 Bet Builder on bet365.
This formula would have proven profitable in six of West Ham’s last seven Premier League matches.
What’s more, the same combination has clicked in three of Aston Villa’s last four top-flight fixtures.
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