West Ham v Aston Villa: Premier League – live | Premier League




Key events

Today’s Premier League results

  • Arsenal 2-0 Wolves

  • Oh, Everton 0-3 Brighton

  • Ipswich 0-2 Liverpool

  • Newcastle 1-0 Southampton

  • Nottm Forest 1-1 Bournemouth

Share

Updated at 

“Having suffered another depressing start to my Everton boys’ season, I am looking forward to a palate cleanser of bright football from Villa,” writes Mary Waltz. “I think they will retain their well-earned top four status from last season.”

I don’t think they will, personally, though they’ll be loads of fun to watch and it wouldn’t shock me if they went quite deep in the Champions League.

Share

A reminder of the teams

West Ham (possible 4-2-3-1) Areola, Coufal, Kilman, Mavropanos, Emerson; Soucek, Rodriguez; Bowen, Kudus, Lucas Paqueta; Antonio.
Substitutes: Fabianski, Cresswell, Summerville, Ward-Prowse, Fullkrug, Ings, Todibo, Wan-Bissaka, Irving.

Aston Villa (possible 4-2-2-2) Aston Villa: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Onana, Tielemans; Bailey, McGinn; Watkins, Rogers.
Substitutes: Gauci, Diego Carlos, Barkley, Duran, Buendia, Philogene-Bidace, Nedeljkovic, Maatsen, Ramsey.

Referee Tony Harrington.

Share

Season previews

Share

Team news

Guido Rodriguez and Max Kilman are the only summer signings to start for West Ham, though Niclas Fullkrug and friends are on the bench.

Ollie Watkins starts up front for Villa, whose team also includes their big summer signing Amadou Onana.

Share

Updated at 

Preamble

Hello and welcome to live coverage of West Ham v Aston Villa at the London Stadium. This claret and blue contest is one of the better fixtures of the opening weekend, a hard-to-call meeting between a team that is making a fresh start and another that is about to explore new territory. Villa’s Champions League campaign starts next month, so for now their focus is to pick up where they left off in the Premier League.

West Ham want less of the same: not so much an improvement in results as a change of style now that Julen Lopetegui has replaced David Moyes. They’ve had a very good transfer window, bringing in Niclas Fullkrug, Max Kilman and Jean-Clair Todibo among others. A team that has lived and breathed counter-attacks for the last few years may take a while to adjust to having more of the ball. We’ll soon find out.

Kick off 5.30pm.

Share


Source link

Posted: 2024-08-17 17:06:58

Iga Swiatek refuses to shake umpire's hand at Olympics and abandons interview to cry | Tennis | Sport
 



... Read More

Emma Raducanu makes sly dig after claims sponsor 'took away huge benefit' | Tennis | Sport
 



... Read More

UK’s worst postcodes for broadband outages ranked - where is your town on the list?
 



... Read More

Keir Starmer warned he has 'lost support of Labour Party' | Politics | News
 



... Read More

Michael Jordan: Star golfer describes moment icon 'got all quiet' before embarrassing him | Golf | Sport
 



... Read More

'I'm a dog trainer and there are 3 breeds I would never personally own'
 



... Read More

Matthew Hudson-Smith wins Team GB's first men's 400m gold in 100 years | Other | Sport
 



... Read More

Record homeless figures in England prompt calls to tackle ‘national scandal’ | Homelessness
 



... Read More