Aston Villa vs West Ham. Prediction and Betting Tips for 2022-2023 English Premier League (August 28, 2022).

Aston Villa finished in 14th place last season with 45 points from 13 victories and six draws. The Lions scored a total of 52 goals, which is a decent offensive record for a midtable team. 

Steven Gerrard's side started the new Premier League campaign with defeats to Bournemouth (0:2) and Crystal Palace (1:3), and a 2:1 victory over Everton. Earlier this week, they celebrated success over Bolton (4:1) in the second round of the League Cup. 

Today the hosts will be without Augustinsson and Diego Carlos. 

West Ham are a solid team, but they lack the depth to compete with the top-5. They dropped out of the fight for a Champions League berth at the end of the tournament and finished in 7th place with 56 points from 38 games. The Hammers enjoyed an exciting European campaign, reaching the semifinals of the Europa League, in which they lost to Eintracht. 

David Moyes' side endured a terrible start to the new season. They suffered defeats in all three games - after losses against Man City (0:2) and Nottingham Forest (0:1), the Hammers yielded to Brighton (0:2). Without points and zero goals scored, they sit bottom of the table. In the Conference League playoffs, the Hammers beat Viborg and advanced to the group stage of the tournament.

Aguerd, Coufal, Dawson have been ruled out of this match.