Aston Villa vs West Ham prediction and betting tips on January 26, 2025

Game Prediction

Aston Villa and West Ham will compete in the 23rd round of the English Premier League on January 26, 2025. The former have not yet given up hope of repeating last season’s result, while the guests have not yet guaranteed themselves a place in the division – no one will give up a victory that easily.
Our prediction for the match Aston Villa vs West Ham
“The Villans” started to improve their performance immediately after Unai Emery had arrived in Birmingham. Speaking about the previous cycle, they, while simultaneously playing in the Conference League, jumped into the quartet of the leaders of the Premier League, pushing aside Tottenham. “The Hammers”, having sold their captain, Rice, to Arsenal, managed to reach the play-offs of the Europa League. And the team finished the Premier League in 9th position due to 52 points.
This was not enough for the London club’s management, and Lopetegui took over the coaching position from Moyes in the summer. And the specialist was disappointing: despite a very serious strengthening in the off-season, the team was constantly hanging around at the bottom of the table. As a result, he was finally removed in January. Potter made his debut in the cup game against “the Villans” and the team lost with a 2-3 score. Still, then it beat strong Fulham. However, the success was followed by a 0-2 defeat made by Crystal Palace. The representative of Birmingham got acquainted with the Champions League format, and started off strong there – there happened 3 victories, including a 1-0 success in the confrontation with Bayern. Then the results were more modest; moreover, there was a failure in the battle against Brugge. However, the club ended 2024 with a victory over RB Leipzig. After that, the team could easily lose to Monaco this week. Such a burden had an impact at the inner arena, where there was a decline in the Premier League and elimination from the League Cup after a good start. Speaking about the previous round, where the team played against Arsenal, everything ended with a 2-2 draw – the result pleased mainly the competitors.
“The Villains” have scored and conceded nearly the same number of goals, fluctuating around the “1.5” mark. The club from the capital, scoring 1.23 goals, concedes almost twice on average in response.
Aston Villa vs West Ham: key statistics and trends
- Aston Villa has failed to win twice in a row.
- 68% of Aston Villa matches have ended with “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per meeting is 3.05.
- West Ham has lost 5 of 6 previous confrontations.
- 64% of West Ham struggles have brought “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per battle is 3.18.
Aston Villa vs West Ham: possible starting line-ups
Aston Villa (possible line-up): Martinez – Digne, Mings, Konsa, Cash – Onana, Kamara, Ramsey, Tielemans, Rogers – Watkins.
West Ham (possible line-up): Fabianski – Emerson, Kilman, Mavropanos, Wan-Bissaka – Rodriguez, Alvarez, Soler, Soucek, Kudus – Lucas Paquetá.
Previous head-to-head matches: Aston Villa vs West Ham
“The Villans” are unbeaten in their 5 previous head-to-head matches and have won both of their previous ones.
Free prediction for the match Aston Villa vs West Ham
The guests are very weak, and the hosts are motivated. Let’s believe that Emery will beat Potter with “a -1.0 goal handicap” (odd: 1.87).
