LiontipsAston Villa vs West Ham. Prediction and bets on the English Premier League match
Command Analysis
Current form
After a series of failures, Aston Villa has stabilized its results in the Premier League and has not suffered a single defeat in the last four rounds - two wins and two draws. However, even such results do not yet allow them to enter the top six of the European Cup - eighth place with a gap of two points from the top 6. In the previous round, the Birmingham team played away to Arsenal, lost 0:2, but managed to recover and snatched a draw with a score of 2:2. In the middle of the week, Aston Villa had a difficult away match in the Champions League against Monaco. The opponent scored an early goal, after which Unai Emery charges had a tangible advantage, but were unable to equalize the score. The team has a match in the final round with Celtic ahead of them, where the fate of a place in the top 8 will be decided.
Disqualifications and injuries
Torres, McGinn, Barkley, House and Onana are all out today due to injury.
Interesting trends for betting
- Aston Villa have not won in the first half in their last five matches
- Birmingham have scored at least three goals in six of their last seven Premier League games
Probable line-up: Martinez - Cash, Konsa, Mings, Matsen - Tielemans, Kamara - Bailey, Rodgers, Ramsey - Watkins.
Current form
West Ham significantly strengthened their squad on the eve of the season, inviting Julen Lopetegui to the position of head coach. However, the Hammers did not live up to expectations, and were unable to even enter the top 10. As a result, there was a change of coach, and Graham Potter took charge of the team. The Londoners do not demonstrate stable play and results under his leadership. In the last two rounds, there was a home victory over Fulham (3:2) and an away defeat to Crystal Palace with a score of 0:2. In the standings, West Ham, on the eve of the start of the 23rd round, occupies 14th place with 26 points. From the transfer news, we note that Cornet left the team - the player moved to Genoa.
Disqualifications and injuries
Fullkrug, Bowen, Antonio, Summerville and Todibo will miss the match through injury, while Mavropanos will serve a suspension.
Interesting trends for betting
- West Ham have won in the first half in two of their last three matches
- In seven of the Hammers' previous ten Premier League matches, there has been an exchange of goals
Probable line-up: Fabianski - Wan-Bissaka, Casey, Kilman, Emerson - Alvarez, Rodriguez - Kudus, Soucek, Soler - Paqueta.
Trends
West Ham to score in first half
In the last two head-to-head meetings, West Ham scored goals in the opening 45 minutes
2.65Bet 1st half: total under 1.5 goals
The bet has won in three of the last four head-to-head matches
1.51Bet Exact score 2:1
In their previous two head-to-head matches this season, Aston Villa have won by this score
7.20Tip and bets
This season, the rivals have played each other twice, in the Premier League and in the Cup. Both matches ended with Aston Villa winning with an exact score of 2:1. We don’t think that the Birmingham team will be able to win more confidently today. After all, they have a difficult schedule of games now, an unsuccessful match in the Champions League against Monaco is behind them, and a key meeting in terms of the fight for the top 8 with Celtic is ahead. We expect that West Ham will not lose with a difference of more than one goal today.
Our prediction is a West Ham win with an Asian handicap (+1.5) at odds of 1.60
Bet on total
In two head-to-head encounters this season, Aston Villa and West Ham have traded goals. Overall, they currently have a five-game streak in head-to-head encounters in which both sides have scored. We don't expect that streak to end today.
Second bet - both teams to score with odds of 1.78
Yellow Card Betting
Let note a promising trend in yellow cards. West Ham have not received more than two warnings in nine of their previous ten head-to-head encounters at Aston Villa in the Premier League. Based on these statistics, we recommend another bet.
Prediction - West Ham total yellow cards under 2.5 with odds of 1.80
