BIRMINGHAM. Aston Villa destroys West Ham United 4-1 with goals of Douglas Luiz (30′), Douglas Luiz (51′ pen), Ollie Watkins (74′) and Leon Bailey (89′). Talking about the opposition, West Ham United scored with Jarrod Bowen (56′). Aston Villa took advantage of its better ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham on Sunday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. In front of 41,734 spectators. The referee was David Coote with the collaboration of Constantine Hatzidakis and Mark Scholes. The 4th official was Thomas Bramall. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.49 degrees Celsius or 52.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 15 Total 14
- 7 On Target 4
- 6 Off Target 3
- 2 Shots blocked 7
- 84 Attack 83
- 53 Dangerous attack 50
- 84 Ball safe 70
- 17 Free Kicks 10
- 1 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 7
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 8 Total 14
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Aston Villa had a strong ball possession 58% while West Ham United was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Aston Villa had a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Aston Villa won the match.
Aston Villa shot 15 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, West Ham United shot 14 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Aston Villa didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, West Ham United received 1 yellow card (Emerson Palmieri).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Aston Villa will have 19 points to sit in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, West Ham United will stay with 14 points to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Aston Villa will play away against Nottingham Forest on the 4th of November with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Aston Villa (3 draws).
West Ham United will play away agasint Brentford on the 4th of November with a 4-3 head to head in favor of Brentford (0 draws).
Aston Villa – Formation
Aston Villa
76'
30', 51'
Aston Villa started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Unai Emery Etxegoien decided to play with the following team: Emiliano Martínez , Matty Cash , Ezri Konsa , Pau Torres , Lucas Digne , John McGinn , Boubacar Kamara , Douglas Luiz , Nicolò Zaniolo , Moussa Diaby and Ollie Watkins .
The home team had on the bench: Diego Carlos, Youri Tielemans , Bertrand Traoré, Calum Chambers, Clément Lenglet, Robin Olsen, Leon Bailey , Leander Dendoncker and Omari Kellyman.
Substitutions
Aston Villa made 2 changes: Moussa Diaby for Youri Tielemans (85′) and Nicolò Zaniolo for Leon Bailey (76′).
Best player: Douglas Luiz
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Aston Villa was Douglas Luiz.
His rating is with 2 goals, 70 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.
West Ham United – Formation
West Ham United
54'
West Ham United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
David Moyes played with: Alphonse Aréola , Vladimír Coufal , Kurt Zouma , Nayef Aguerd , Emerson Palmieri , James Ward-Prowse , Edson Álvarez , Jarrod Bowen , Tomáš Souček , Lucas Paquetá and Michail Antonio .
These were the players on the bench: Łukasz Fabiański, Pablo Fornals , Mohammed Kudus , Konstantinos Mavropanos, Danny Ings , Angelo Ogbonna, Saïd Benrahma, Thilo Kehrer and Divin Mubama.
Substitutions
West Ham United made 3 changes: Tomáš Souček for Mohammed Kudus (67′), Lucas Paquetá for Danny Ings (86′) and Michail Antonio for Pablo Fornals (90′).
Best player: Jarrod Bowen
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for West Ham United was Jarrod Bowen.
His rating is with 1 goal, 17 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
