The Hammers are currently occupying seventh position in the table, having collected 43 points from 28 games, 12 adrift of Villa, who are sitting at the fourth position.
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West Ham United will play host to Aston Villa in a Premier League fixture at London Stadium on Sunday. Both sides are heading into the match on the back of dominant European wins in the second leg of their round of 16 ties on Thursday, with the hosts thrashing Freiburg 5-0 in the Europa League, while the Lions secured a 4-0 Europa Conference League-win over Ajax. Meanwhile, when it comes to the English top flight standings, the Hammers are currently occupying seventh position, having collected 43 points from 28 games, 12 adrift of the visitors, who are sitting at the fourth position.
The London Stadium awaits. ⚪ pic.twitter.com/fMszEOSk6u
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) March 16, 2024
West Ham’s last Premier League match ended in a thrilling 2-2 draw with relegation threatened Burnley on March 10 thanks to equalisers from Lucas Paqueta (46′) and Dany Ings (91′). The result extended their unbeaten run in the league to three games, recording two wins in the period. On Thursday, the Hammers needed to overturn a one goal deficit against Frieburg to advance to the quarter-finals of the Europa League and they did that in style, putting five goals past the German outfit without reply. Mohammed Kudus’ late double and one effort each from Paqueta, Jarrod Bowen and Aaron Creswell helped last season’s Europa Conference League winners to progress to the last 8 stage of Europe’s second tier club competition.
Aston Villa, on the other hand, saw their three game Premier League wining run come to an end with a 4-0 thrashing against Tottenham Hotspur last Sunday. Villa are now just two points clear of fifth-placed Spurs, who have a game in hand, in the Premier League table. Nevertheless, the Lions quickly bounced back, putting four goals past Ajax without reply in the Conference League on Thursday thanks to one effort each from Ollie Watkins, Leon Bailey, Jhon Duran and Moussa Diaby. Uani Emery’s men are now through to the quarter-finals of Europe’s third tier club competition with an aggregate victory of 4-0 versus the Dutch side.
West Ham United probable starting lineup: Areola, Coufal, Zouma, Mavropanos, Emerson, Alvarez, Ward-Prowse, Kudus, Paqueta, Bowen, Ings
Aston Villa probable starting lineup: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Lenglet, Digne, Rogers, Tielemans, Luiz, Bailey, Diaby, Duran
West Ham United
| Opponents | Score |
| Freiburg | 5-0 (W) |
| Burnley | 2-2 (D) |
| Freiburg | 1-0 (L) |
| Everton | 1-3 (W) |
| Brentford | 4-2 (W) |
Aston Villa
| Opponents | Score |
| Ajax | 4-0 (W) |
| Tottenham | 0-4 (W) |
| Ajax | 0-0 (D) |
| Luton | 2-3 (W) |
| Nottingham | 4-2 (W) |
| Last 5 match-results | Score |
| Aston Villa beat West Ham | 4-1 |
| West Ham draw Aston Villa | 1-1 |
| West Ham beat Aston Villa | 0-1 |
| West Ham beat Aston Villa | 2-1 |
| West Ham beat Aston Villa | 1-4 |
The Premier League fixture between West Ham and Aston Villa will take place at London Stadium on Sunday at 7:30 pm IST.
| West Ham vs Aston Villa | Key Details |
| Date | March 17 |
| Venue | London Stadium |
| Kickoff time in UK | 2:00 pm |
| Kickoff time in India | 7:30 pm |
The live telecast of the Premier League matches in India will be available on Star Sports network. Besides, football fans in India can also live stream the game through Hotstar VIP. Meanwhile, those in UK can catch the live action via BBC network.
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