Aston Villa vs West Ham United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Steven Gerrard and David Moyes go head-to-head in the Premier League with the Hammers yet to claim a point in 22/23
Follow live coverage as Aston Villa face West Ham United in the Premier League today.
Villa have started the campaign in indifferent form under Steven Gerrard, sandwiching a win over Everton between defeats at Bournemouth and Crystal Palace. Their search for consistency means home form remains vital and they’ll be looking for the points against a side yet to claim one this year - or even score a goal so far. Tyrone Mings is again a notable omission in the back line, while Philippe Coutinho and Danny Ings are both starters.
David Moyes has therefore brought in summer signing Gianluca Scamacca as he hopes to get his Hammers side firing, following three straight defeats to Man City, Forest and Brighton, which leaves West Ham bottom of the early table. Thilo Kehrer is also in the XI after giving away a penalty on his debut.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Aston Villa vs West Ham United
Aston Villa have won just one of their last 12 Premier League games against West Ham (D5 L6) and are winless in their last eight since a 1-0 win in May 2015.
Aston Villa vs West Ham United
West Ham make five changes after defeating Viborg 3-0 in the Europa Conference League during the week. Areola, Ogbonna, Lanzini, Cornet and Benrahma drop out for Fabianski, Zouma, Rice, Bowen and Emerson.
Aston Villa vs West Ham United
Villa make two changes to the side that beat Bolton 4-1 in the League Cup last time out: Young and Mings drop out for Cash and Konsa.
Aston Villa vs West Ham United
SUBS: Angelo Ogbonna, Flynn Downes, Conor Coventry, Michail Antonio, Alphonse Areola, Manuel Lanzini, Maxwel Cornet, Vladimir Coufal, Said Benrahma.
Aston Villa vs West Ham United
WEST HAM (5-4-1): Lukasz Fabianski; Ben Johnson, Thilo Kehrer, Kurt Zouma, Aaron Cresswell, Emerson; Jarrod Bowen, Tomas Soucek, Declan Rice, Pablo Fornals; Gianluca Scamacca.
Aston Villa vs West Ham United
SUBS: Jacob Ramsey, Cameron Archer, Tim Iroegbunam, Robin Olsen, Ludwig Augustinsson, Marvelous Nakamba, Emiliano Buendia, Leon Bailey, Ashley Young.
Aston Villa vs West Ham United
ASTON VILLA (4-3-1-2): Emiliano Martinez; Matthew Cash, Calum Chambers, Ezri Konsa Ngoyo, Lucas Digne; Douglas Luiz, Boubacar Kamara, John McGinn; Phillipe Coutinho; Ollie Watkins, Danny Ings.
Aston Villa vs West Ham United
Villa enter this one in 15th, after collecting just three points from their first four games. West Ham, meanwhile, arrive at the bottom of the table. They’ll know they need to collect at least their first point of the season today to alleviate some of the pressure building.
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