Aston Villa vs West Ham prediction and betting tips on January 10, 2025
Game Prediction
A match between Aston Villa and West Ham will take place in the 1/32 finals of the FA Cup on January 10, 2025. The clubs pay more attention to the Premier League, but will not refuse success in another tournament.
Our prediction for the match Aston Villa vs West Ham
“The Villans” continued their progress under the leadership of Emery last season. As a result, they achieved sensational success: having overtaken a number of giants, including Tottenham, they closed the quartet of leaders. “The Hammers” took 52 points and finished in 9th position, while also playing in the Europa League play-offs.
After that, the club from London replaced Moyes by Lopetegui. Obviously, the specialist is being given ambitious tasks, which was confirmed by the scale of the summer transfer campaign. Still, the club was among the contenders for relegation by December, and Julen was on the verge of resignation. However, the issue was at least postponed by a series of 4 matches without defeat. The team ended the year with a 0-5 defeat to Liverpool. And the Spaniard mentor was finally fired after a 1-4 defeat to Manchester City.
As for “the Villans”, this season was, first of all, the time of their debut in the Champions League. They started there strongly, with 3 victories, including over Bayern. Then the team gave in there too, but eventually managed to win again. Speaking about the inner arena, the things are not so optimistic. They were eliminated early in the League Cup, they can’t seem to regain stability in the Premier League, and it’s not for nothing that after they lost to Newcastle in a crushing manner the victory over Manchester City. Then they at least beat Leicester – 2-1.
Aston Villa vs West Ham: key statistics and trends
- Aston Villa has won 2 of 4 matches.
- On average, Aston Villa scores 1.5 goals and concedes 1.6 goals per meeting.
- 70% of Aston Villa confrontations have ended with “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per game is 3.1.
- West Ham has lost 2 previous matches.
- On average, West Ham scores 1.2 goals and concedes 1.95 goals per struggle.
- 65% of United matches have brought “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per battle is 3.15.
Aston Villa vs West Ham: possible starting line-ups
Aston Villa (possible line-up): Martinez – Digne, Pau Torres, Diego Carlos, Konsa – Tielemans, Kamara, Rogers, McGinn, Bailey – Watkins.
West Ham (possible line-up): Areola – Emerson, Kilman, Mavropanos, Wan-Bissaka – Kudus, Rodriguez, Soler, Soucek, Bowen – Füllkrug.
Previous head-to-head matches: Aston Villa vs West Ham
“The Villans”, after 5 consecutive wins by “the Hammers”, have now had 4 consecutive wins and draws.
Free prediction for the match Aston Villa vs West Ham
Despite the replacement of the coach, the guests from London remain the underdog. Even taking into account all the “buts”, “the Villans” will win (odd: 1.67).