#FT: Aston Villa 4-1 West Ham United
Venue: Villa Park
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Aston Villa
Emiliano Martínez, Pau Torres, Ezri Konsa, Lucas Digne, Matty Cash, Douglas Luiz, Boubacar Kamara, Nicolò Zaniolo (Leon Bailey), John McGinn, Ollie Watkins, Moussa Diaby (Youri Tielemans).
Subs: Bertrand Traoré, Calum Chambers, Clément Lenglet, Robin Olsen, Diego Carlos, Omari Kellyman, Leander Dendoncker.
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West Ham United
Alphonse Areola, Nayef Aguerd, Kurt Zouma, Emerson , Vladimír Coufal, Tomás Soucek (Mohammed Kudus), Edson Álvarez, James Ward-Prowse, Michail Antonio (Pablo Fornals), Lucas Paquetá (Danny Ings), Jarrod Bowen.
Subs: Lukasz Fabianski, Thilo Kehrer, Divin Mubama, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Saïd Benrahma, Angelo Ogbonna.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
30’ Goal! Aston Villa 1, West Ham United 0. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
51’ Goal! Aston Villa 2, West Ham United 0. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
54’ Emerson (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
56’ Goal! Aston Villa 2, West Ham United 1. Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Edson Álvarez.
67’ Substitution, West Ham United. Mohammed Kudus replaces Tomás Soucek.
74’ Goal! Aston Villa 3, West Ham United 1. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by John McGinn with a through ball.
76’ Substitution, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey replaces Nicolò Zaniolo.
85’ Substitution, Aston Villa. Youri Tielemans replaces Moussa Diaby.
86’ Substitution, West Ham United. Danny Ings replaces Lucas Paquetá.
89’ Goal! Aston Villa 4, West Ham United 1. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
90’ Substitution, West Ham United. Pablo Fornals replaces Michail Antonio.
Both teams have so much quality, it’s great to see. West ham had a massive chance to level at 2-2 but Paqueta was a bit to slow to get on Antonio’s cross. Villa are so dangerous going forward, they need to find the courage to play this way against the top sides.