Aston Villa vs West Ham Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Aston Villa may be somewhat distracted by their Champions League endeavours at the moment but their league form has been decent heading into this meeting with Graham Potter's West Ham.

Kick-off date/time: Sunday 26th January, 2025: UK – 4:30pm / US ET – 11:30am / US PT – 8:30am

How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports / US – USA Network

How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / US – Fubo

Aston Villa Team News: McGinn to return?

Having trained all week, John McGinn could be involved but midfield teammates Amadou Onana and Ross Barkley are not ready to return just yet.

The likes of Jacob Ramsey and Jhon Duran could be rotated into the side in light of the congested fixture schedule, while Diego Carlos has departed the club and joined Jose Mourinho's Fernerbahce.

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans; McGinn, Rogers, Ramsey; Duran

Unavailable: Torres (Injured), Onana (Injured), Barkley (Injured)

Questionable: McGinn (Fitness)

West Ham Team News: Summerville & Bowen pushing for inclusion

The Hammers have some defensive issues to deal with as Konstantinos Mavropanos is suspended and Jean-Clair Todibo remains out, although the latter is expected back from injury soon.

In better news, Crysenscio Summerville and Jarrod Bowen have begun training with the group, but they may not be risked in this fixture.

Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Fabianski; Wan-Bissaka, Kilman, Cresswell; Kudus, Alvarez, Soucek, Emerson; Paqueta, Soler; Ings

Unavailable: Todibo (Injured), Mavropanos (Suspended), Antonio (Injured), Fullkrug (Injured)

Questionable: Summerville (Injured), Bowen (Injured)

Aston Villa vs West Ham Prediction

Although Aston Villa have struggled to juggle domestic and European commitments at times this season, they are currently unbeaten in their last four Premier League games and fought back well from two goals down to draw at Arsenal last weekend.

With the final round of league phase fixtures in the Champions League approaching though, Unai Emery's men may have one eye on that given that their automatic qualification prospects for the round of 16 hangs in the balance.

It's one win and one defeat in the Premier League since Graham Potter took charge of West Ham, while his first game in the hot seat was an FA Cup exit to this very opponent.

The Hammers have been inconsistent all season but they will hope to catch Villa cold here given that this fixture is sandwiched between two European games. Emery's men have only won one out of six occasions this season in the fixture directly following a Champions League tie, so the visitors could be worth looking at in the draw no bet market.

Aston Villa vs West Ham Tip: West Ham draw no bet