Aston Villa v West Ham Match Result
The Full-Time Result betting odds suggest that Aston Villa are likely winners of this FA Cup third round tie. They are comfortably the better team this season and home advantage could well ensure that they land a victory and take a step closer to the prospect of landing this prestigious piece of silverware.
Jhon Duran continues to be suspended for the Villans, although Morgan Rogers returns from suspension and could link up well with Ollie Watkins, with the team having landed five wins from their previous eight encounters. This includes a 2-1 win over Manchester City just before Christmas, while they returned to winning ways against Leicester City with a victory by the same scoreline.
Villa have scored two goals in each of their previous three encounters and some will regard them as banker material, although cup clashes can often see the form book thrown out of the window and West Ham have avoided defeat in six of their ten games on the road, with a draw in this clash leading to extra-time and potentially penalties.
The big concern is that the past two matches have seen the London side thrashed, with a 5-0 reverse at home to Liverpool being followed by a 4-1 tonking at the hands of Manchester City. Previously to this, there was a 1-0 success at Southampton although that hardly looks like a good result considering the number of defeats that the Saints are racking up.
West Ham did previously land draws against Bournemouth and Brighton, with this coming after a hard-earned victory over Wolves. There was also a 2-0 success at Newcastle at the end of November, although many punters won’t regard the Hammers as a good bet, even at the biggest possible prices.
Goals Under/Over
Over 2.5 Goals has a reasonable chance of happening according to the latest football betting odds. Aston Villa are an attack-minded team who don’t keep too many clean sheets, with a sum total of thirty-two goals being scored in eleven matches at Villa Park. This is an average of nearly three per match and it’s easy enough to see the goal count going high for a clash where the winner has to be decided on the day.
In the previous six Aston Villa matches, we have seen the respective teams go over the goal line, with some of the recent Villans’ games involving 2-1 wins over Leicester and Manchester City as well as a 2-2 draw with Brighton. They were also soundly beaten 3-0 away to Newcastle and the Birmingham side haven’t kept a clean sheet since defeating Southampton seven games ago.
As for West Ham, they have shipped nine goals in their previous two games which both went Over 2.5 Goals, although the previous three encounters were all Under 2.5 Goals games. Indeed, three of their four past away clashes have seen Unders happen, although perhaps Niclas Fullkrug can offer a lively scoring threat.
BTTS
Many punters consider Aston Villa matches to be fairly reliable when it comes to the BTTS Yes outcome. Out of the eleven home matches played by the Villans this term, we’ve seen both teams find the net on eight occasions. Unai Emery’s side have largely been successful on home soil although they are prone to conceding the odd goal along the way.
There’s also the fact that Villa’s nine games have seen two-thirds of these clashes end with a BTTS Yes outcome, with Ollie Watkins continuing to lead the line in the absence of Jhon Duran, although it was Ross Barkley and Leon Bailey who stepped up to the plate in the recent clash against Leicester.
West Ham should comfortably stay in the top flight this season although the supporters would dearly love to see their team embark on a cup run. Although there’s a roughly equal share of their away games that have ended with either BTTS Yes or BTTS No, the fact that there are no replays means that an attack-minded style of football might be deployed.
First Goalscorer
Ollie Watkins has found himself out of favour in recent matches, although Jhon Duran’s red card at Newcastle means that the England man has enjoyed a run of starts and he is likely to be a popular bet to break the deadlock. However, Morgan Rogers has had an eye for goal in recent encounters and could be worth punting at bigger odds.
The midfielder has six on the board and there have been two goals in the previous three encounters. Ross Barkley has landed four goals since the end of October and perhaps he could be given another opportunity to shine in the middle of the park.
Niclas Fullkrug arrived from Borussia Dortmund for £27 million in the summer, although the German international has struggled to find the net for West Ham so far. He did score a consolation goal at Manchester City last weekend and perhaps he will get the opportunity to lead the line.
Tomas Soucek is a midfielder who has excellent aerial ability in both boxes, with the Czech Republic international having found the net four times this term, while Mohammed Kudus the other Hammers player worthy of consideration.