Julen Lopetegui takes cost of the Hammers for the primary time after a hefty summer season rebuild, following the top of David Moyes’ highly-acclaimed second spell at London Stadium led to considerably of a whimper.
It could take time for the array of recent signings to gel and West Ham haven’t loved the most effective of type throughout pre-season, failing to win their final three friendlies.
Unai Emery’s Villa symbolize a frightening first activity for the Spaniard after qualifying for the Champions League with a top-four end final season.
A relatively curious switch window dominated by bulking out the squad whereas sticking to Revenue & Sustainability Guidelines has left a little bit of a query mark as as to whether Villa have genuinely improved or not, as they put together to combat on a number of fronts.
Date, kick-off time and venue
West Ham vs Aston Villa is scheduled for a 5.30pm BST kick-off tonight, Saturday August 17, 2024.
The match will happen at London Stadium.
These sides drew 1-1 in east London final season
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The place to observe West Ham vs Aston Villa
TV channel: Within the UK, the sport will likely be televised reside on Sky Sports activities Major Occasion and Premier League.
Reside stream: Followers can catch the competition reside on-line by way of the Sky Go app.
West Ham vs Aston Villa workforce information
A hamstring damage suffered on the Copa America has stored West Ham midfielder Edson Alvarez out of pre-season and he’ll stay sidelined this weekend.
Lopetegui is about to embed Max Kilman into his defence from the off as Crysencio Summerville, Luis Guilherme, Niclas Fullkrug and Jean-Clair Todibo additionally compete for debuts. Aaron Wan-Bissaka may additionally play after becoming a member of from Manchester United earlier this week.
Lucas Paqueta will proceed to be out there for choice regardless of the continued spot-fixing prices being investigated by the FA, which the Brazilian denies.
Villa begin the season with Boubacar Kamara and Tyrone Mings within the remedy room. There are additionally query marks over Ollie Watkins’ health given he didn’t play in pre-season however reserve goalkeeper Robin Olsen is again match.
Amadou Onana is about to debut in central midfield whereas fellow new signings Jaden Philogene, Ross Barkley and Ian Maatsen are all in rivalry. Teenage right-back Kosta Nedeljkovic is a shock contender to start out.
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Jhon Duran stays at Aston Villa regardless of loads of switch curiosity
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West Ham vs Aston Villa prediction
West Ham boast a really respectable report on this fixture however have a variety of work to do to gel a brand new squad and supervisor collectively. Villa aren’t wanting query marks themselves.
Face to face (h2h) historical past and outcomes
Villa have solely overwhelmed the Hammers as soon as since Could 2015, which was a 4-1 thrashing at Villa Park final season.
West Ham vs Aston Villa match odds
Odds by way of Betfair (topic to alter).