Aston Villa vs West Ham

31 October 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 1–2

Ollie Watkins 34’

Ben Johnson 7’
Declan Rice 38’
Pablo Fornals 80’
Jarrod Bowen 84’

Match summary

West Ham won comfortably, 4-1 away at Aston Villa. West Ham led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Ben Johnson put West Ham ahead in the 7th minute, set up by Declan Rice, Ollie Watkins equalised in the 34th minute, set up by Emiliano Buendía, and Declan Rice put West Ham back in front in the 38th minute, set up by Said Benrahma. In the second half, Pablo Fornals made it 1-3 in the 80th minute and Jarrod Bowen made it 1-4 in the 84th minute, set up by Manuel Lanzini.

The chances backed that up: West Ham created 3.00 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Aston Villa's 0.69 from 9. Aston Villa had a player sent off.

Match stats

9 Shots 21

3 Shots on Target 9

3 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 2

1 Red Cards 0

0.69 xG 2.66

0.69 Non-penalty xG 2.66

3 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Aston Villa West Ham

Kick-off

7’

Ben Johnson
Assist: Declan Rice

0-1

Ollie Watkins
Assist: Emiliano Buendía

1-1

34’

38’

Declan Rice
Assist: Said Benrahma

1-2

Half-time1-2

80’

Pablo Fornals

1-3

84’

Jarrod Bowen
Assist: Manuel Lanzini

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Aston Villa

Ezri Konsa Ngoyo
John McGinn

West Ham

Jarrod Bowen
Pablo Fornals

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Aston Villa 0.69 xGWest Ham 3.00 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

West Ham attacking Aston Villa attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	DEF	90			2	0.03	0.00	0
Kortney Hause	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	52			1	0.01	0.00	0
Matt Targett	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	2
Marvelous Nakamba	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
John McGinn	MID	90			2	0.11	0.07	1
Jacob Ramsey	MID	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emiliano Buendía	FWD	54		1	0	0.00	0.41	1
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90	1		2	0.48	0.00	0
Leon Bailey	FWD	74			2	0.05	0.00	0
Ashley Young	Sub	76			0	0.00	0.01	1
Tyrone Mings	Sub	36			0	0.00	0.00	0
Anwar El Ghazi	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.02	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukasz Fabianski	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Johnson	DEF	90	1		1	0.04	0.00	0
Kurt Zouma	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Angelo Ogbonna	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Cresswell	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.05	2
Tomas Soucek	MID	90			3	0.12	0.00	0
Declan Rice	MID	90	1	1	3	0.12	0.11	2
Jarrod Bowen	MID	90	1		6	1.72	0.05	2
Pablo Fornals	MID	90	1		2	0.69	0.05	2
Said Benrahma	MID	66		1	2	0.05	0.12	2
Michail Antonio	FWD	90			2	0.13	0.50	1
Manuel Lanzini	Sub	24		1	1	0.06	0.90	1
Nikola Vlasic	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vladimir Coufal	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 32% Avg odds 2.96

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.48

West Ham win 40% Avg odds 2.39

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Aston Villa W W L L L

West Ham L W L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Aston Villa 1-3 West Ham, 03 Feb 21 Next meeting: West Ham 2-1 Aston Villa, 13 Mar 22 All Aston Villa vs West Ham meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.