There is one English Premier League match taking place on Sunday and it features Aston Villa up against West Ham.  We take a look at the game from a betting angle.

Manchester City head into this weekend’s fixtures as the 8/11 favourites to retain the English Premier League Title, Arsenal are priced at 15/4, Liverpool 11/2 and you can get 11/1 and better the balance.

Aston Villa are 13/2 to finish in the Top 4 with West Ham priced at 30/1 and you can get 9/1 that West Ham finish in the Top 6 this season.

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ASTON VILLA

Aston Villa go into the weekend 5^th on the log with 5 wins, a draw and 2 losses in their opening 8 matches.  They are undefeated in their last 4 games during which time they have taken 10 points from a possible 12, only dropping points at Wolves last time out, 1-1 on the road.  Their last home game was a 6-1 thrashing of Brighton, a game where they started marginal favourites and overall at home this season they have a 100% record with 3 wins in 3 starts, scoring 13 goals and conceding just 2.

WEST HAM

West Ham are 7^th on the log with 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in their 8 matches.  They drew 2-2 at home to Newcastle last time out and their last away game was a 3-1 defeat to Liverpool.  West Ham have played 4 matches on the road this season taking 7 points from a possible 12 and they have scored 7 goals while conceding 6.

Aston Villa matches averaged 3.9 goals this season with 6 of the 8 games delivering profits for over 2.5 goal backers and West Ham’s stats are very similar with 6 of the 8 games reaching the 3 goal mark although the matches only averaged 3.4 goals each.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

This fixture finished 1-0 to West Ham last season and the reverse fixture was drawn 1-1.  West Ham have an impressive record against Aston Villa and they are unbeaten in their last 8 head-to-heads in the Premier League and have won 5 of their last 6.

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BETTING – Click here to bet

Aston Villa 10/11

Draw 29/10

West Ham 29/10

VERDICT

I am expecting goals in this game, but so are the bookmakers and over 2.5 goals is priced at 6/10 which given recent head-to-head history is short enough to put me off.  I am going to keep things simple here and go for Aston Villa to break their awful run against West Ham and to bag the 3 points and in so doing keep their 100% home record intact.

Suggested Bet:  Aston Villa win at 10/11

There are plenty of other betting markets to get involved in such as a Correct Score where an Aston Villa 2-1 win is trading at 15/2.  You can also bet on which player will be the first goal scorer and here Ollie Watkins is trading as a 4/1 favourite.

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Note: All prices correct at the time of writing but are subject to change