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West Ham vs Aston Villa Prediction & Betting tips
If it were up to the away table, Aston Villa would currently be on course for the title. The Lions won all three away games and even finished off Arsenal FC 3-0 at the Emirates Stadium. The fact that only seventh in the overall table is only due to the three home defeats.
But now the men from Birmingham are competing abroad again. It is all the more surprising that in the run-up to the game between West Ham and Aston Villa, the odds of the bookmakers turn towards the home side, as the betting base odds comparison shows.
One possible explanation is that the Londoners have only lost one of their last eight Premier League games against Aston Villa. In addition, the Hammers currently have a lot of momentum. West Ham lost only one of the last seven league games and was even able to win the last two games in a row with 1-0.
However, this also drives up the rate for the fourth away win in the Lions’ fourth away game. The outsider bet accordingly promises a high return, which is why we risk tip 2 against Aston Villa at West Ham.
West Ham:
At the end of the 2019/20 season, West Ham United was only 16th. Since their promotion to the Premier League in summer 2012, it was the Hammers’ worst final placement ever.
It was all the more surprising that those responsible saw little reason for changes. Coach David Moyes, who only took office in December 2019, was allowed to continue. Little happened on the transfer market. Only the proceeds from the sales of Diangana, Ajeti and Hugill were reinvested in comparatively small names such as Soucek and Coufal.
The course of the season so far is correspondingly positive. After West Ham started the 2020/21 season very badly with two defeats, only one more of the following seven Premier League games was lost: a narrow 2-1 defeat at champions Liverpool FC.
Before that, the Hammers even defeated Leicester 3-0 and scored one point each against Tottenham and Manchester City. In connection with the two 1-0 victories against Fulham and Sheffield, there is currently a placement in the upper half of the table, which must now be defended against Villa.
It is above all the well-coordinated behavior that makes the footballers from London’s East End so dangerous. Coach David Moyes has only changed his starting line-up to four positions in the nine game days of the Premier League. Only one team has made even fewer readjustments so far: today’s guest from Birmingham, against whom the third three in a row is now supposed to be played.
Aston Villa:
In the summer of 2016, founding member of the Premier League Aston Villa was relegated from the English top division. It took three years before Dean Smith managed to return to the top floor of English football via the playoffs in the third attempt.
The past season was very close. The Blue & Claret Army almost got back into the championship by post. In the end, the Birmingham club took just one point more than relegated Bournemouth and stayed first class because of a 1-1 draw that was won away from today’s opponent West Ham.
Although the Hammers failed to win their fifth consecutive guest appearance, the Lions at London Stadium had plenty of reason to cheer. So they are now happy to return to London’s East End four months later under completely different circumstances.
After all, Villa is currently something of the team of the hour in England in foreign places. Dean Smith’s team won all three away games and took nine out of a possible nine points away. Aston Villa has already won two of these wins in London, where both Fulham and Arsenal were defeated 3-0.
To put that in perspective, it helps to take a look at the previous 21 away games in the English capital. In these 21 games, with three draws and 16 defeats, only two guest appearances were won. Now, for the first time in 30 years, they could even win three consecutive away games in London.
With a view to the latest gala performance at the Emirates Stadium in the 3-0 win at Arsenal FC, we definitely trust the Lions to achieve this coup. Accordingly, we risk the supposed outsider bet and recommend West Ham against Aston Villa to tip the next three of the Blue & Claret Army, which would thus remain on course for European competition.
West Ham vs Aston Villa head to head matches
26.07.20 PL West Ham Aston Villa 1 : 1
16.09.19 PL Aston Villa West Ham 0 : 0
25.07.18 CF Aston Villa West Ham 1 : 3
02.02.16 PL West Ham Aston Villa 2 : 0
26.12.15 PL Aston Villa West Ham 1 : 1