Will Aston Villa record their fourth away win in a row?

The eagerly awaited game between West Ham and Aston Villa promises to be a top-class match on matchday 29 of this year’s Premier League season. Both teams will go into the match with great confidence after their convincing victories in the European Cup competitions and will be looking for further successes in order to maintain their position in the ranking of the top teams.

Aston Villa, led by head coach Unai Emery, are currently in an outstanding fourth place in the table, which would mean a place in the UEFA Champions League. However, they face an extremely difficult away assignment at the London Stadium. West Ham seem to have regained their competitive spirit after reaching the quarter-finals of the Europa League. With a convincing 5:0 win in the second leg against SC Freiburg, they have fought their way into the last eight teams in this competition

In the match between West Ham and Aston Villa, the bookmakers’ predictions see minimal advantages for the away team. Our assessment also points in this direction after the latest results of both teams.

West Ham – Statistics & current form

At the turn of the year, the Hammers experienced a downright negative run. They failed to win eight consecutive competitive games, putting many of their goals in serious jeopardy. Since the end of February, however, the situation has improved significantly. West Ham have gone three games unbeaten in the league, with two wins and a draw. In these three games, they scored nine goals and once again showed their attacking quality on the pitch.

In particular, their impressive 5-0 win over SC Freiburg in the Europa League second leg during the week showed just how strong West Ham can be in front of a home crowd. With 43 points from 28 games, the Hammers currently sit seventh in the table and are now ten points behind Spurs, who are fifth in the table and would therefore be eligible to qualify for the Europa League.

Will West Ham fire up the goal machine again?

The fans had plenty to cheer after the last three competitive games in front of a home crowd. A 5-0 win over SC Freiburg, a 2-2 draw against Burnley and a 4-2 victory over Brentford FC once again show the attacking approach of manager David Moyes’ team. We are therefore convinced that betting on over 1.5 goals in the first half at odds of 2.20 in the match between West Ham and Aston Villa is extremely interesting.

The home side have picked up 23 points from 14 games at home this season and are therefore in the lower third of the table in terms of these statistics. In Danny Ings, the West Ham striker will welcome his old club, where he scored goals for two years. He scored his first goal of the season in the 2-2 draw against Burnley and will now be hoping to finally break his spell. If you look at the odds for another goal from him in the game between West Ham and Aston Villa, they are already over 3.0 at the top.

Predicted West Ham line-up:

Aston Villa – Statistics & current form

Aston Villa currently occupy fourth place in the Premier League, behind the league’s three giants. The gap between them and the top three is now eight points. It is therefore clear that fourth place must be the target for this season. With 55 points from 28 games and a goal difference of 59:41, they have one of the best attacking lines in the league.

With Leon Bailey, Moussa Diaby and Ollie Watkins, they have players in their ranks who have incredible pace and are therefore very difficult for the defense to control. The former Leverkusen players have both established themselves in the team and enjoy the confidence of the coach week after week. In the season so far, the Villans have impressed with their enthusiasm, especially in away games. With 24 points away from home, they occupy fourth place in the away table. Our betting tip for the match between West Ham and Aston Villa continues to point in this direction after two consecutive away wins for Villa. Betano is offering odds of 2.50 for an away win

Will coach Unai Emery change the formation back to a classic 4-4-2?

After the recent painful 4-0 defeat to Tottenham in the direct duel for fourth place in the table, Unai Emery seems to have admitted he made a mistake. After celebrating three consecutive competitive wins in the classic 4-4-2 system, he switched to a 5-3-2 system for the top-of-the-table game against Tottenham. However, none of what they had shown in the previous games was on show in this encounter.

However, they showed against Ajax Amsterdam that they are more comfortable in a 4-4-2 system and can cause other teams considerable problems. Ollie Watkins could set a record in the game against West Ham. Should he score another brace in the away game against West Ham, he would become one of only three players to score twice in three consecutive away games. Only Dennis Bergkamp in September 1997 and Harry Kane in September 2017 have achieved this.

Predicted Aston Villa line-up:

West Ham – Aston Villa head-to-head / H2H record

Aston Villa beat the Hammers 4-1 in the first leg and could win both games in a season for the first time since 2010/11 with another victory. An interesting statistic is that Aston Villa have had little success in the last seven meetings. Since 2020, West Ham have prevailed five times in total, but have failed to win the last two meetings. Five of seven games ended with over 2.5 goals in the match. Our recommendation for the match West Ham vs Aston Villa is odds of 2.50 for an X2 & over 2.5 goals in the match. We also assume that Aston Villa will not end the game as losers this time

West Ham – Aston Villa betting tip

To go back to our main betting tip, we are firmly convinced that the away team will prevail once again. In the match between West Ham and Aston Villa, various bookmakers are offering odds well above the 2.0 limit for an away win