Aston Villa vs West Ham Prediction & Betting Tips (26 January)

On the Aston Villa side, the important attacking midfielder McGinn, the potentially starting defenders Pau Torres and Diego Carlos and the Nice midfielder Barkley are missing, injured. Unai Emery can, on the other hand, count on the offensive frame Watkins (9 goals and 4 assists in the PL) who scored against Everton on an offering from the other English international Rogers (6 goals and 4 assists in the PL). This week, former Marseillais Kamara was named man of the match. Courted this winter, supersub Duran (7 goals in PL) remained on the bench against the Toffees. Winger Philogene was sold to Ipswich while Dutch international Malen, in the same position, arrived from Dortmund. The offensive sector is greatly diminished by the absences of attackers Bowen (5 goals and 4 assists in PL), Fullkrug (2 goals and 1 assist in 9 PL games) and Antonio (1 goal in PL).

The last city is recovering from a serious road accident. In addition, the not always starting defender Todibo must also withdraw while the replacement goalkeeper Areola and the winger Summerville are uncertain. Brazilian international Paqueta (4 goals in PL) scored this week as did Soucek (5 goals in PL) and Soler (1 goal in PL). Ghanaian winger Kudus (3 goals in PL) is available.