Aston Villa vs West Ham

3 February 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–0

Ollie Watkins 81’

Tomas Soucek 51’
Jesse Lingard 56’, 83’

Match summary

West Ham took a 3-1 win at Aston Villa. It was goalless at half-time.

Tomas Soucek put West Ham ahead in the 51st minute, set up by Said Benrahma, Jesse Lingard made it 0-2 in the 56th minute, set up by Michail Antonio, Ollie Watkins pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 81st minute, set up by Jack Grealish, and Lingard made it 1-3 in the 83rd minute, set up by Michail Antonio.

The chances backed that up: West Ham created 1.79 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Aston Villa's 0.74 from 9.

Match stats

9 Shots 20

2 Shots on Target 10

7 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

0.74 xG 1.79

0.74 Non-penalty xG 1.79

7 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Aston Villa West Ham

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

51’

Tomas Soucek
Assist: Said Benrahma

0-1

56’

Jesse Lingard
Assist: Michail Antonio

0-2

Ollie Watkins
Assist: Jack Grealish

1-2

81’

83’

Jesse Lingard
Assist: Michail Antonio

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Aston Villa

Douglas Luiz

West Ham

Aaron Cresswell

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 0.74 xGWest Ham 1.79 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			0	0.00	0.08	1
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Matt Targett	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
John McGinn	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Douglas Luiz	MID	81			1	0.03	0.00	0
Anwar El Ghazi	MID	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ross Barkley	MID	70			1	0.07	0.03	1
Jack Grealish	MID	90		1	1	0.04	0.47	4
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90	1		4	0.52	0.00	0
Bertrand Traoré	Sub	43			1	0.05	0.00	0
Trézéguet	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.00	0
Morgan Sanson	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukasz Fabianski	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vladimir Coufal	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.43	2
Angelo Ogbonna	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Craig Dawson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Cresswell	DEF	90			2	0.07	0.26	2
Tomas Soucek	MID	90	1		4	0.29	0.12	1
Declan Rice	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Fredericks	MID	85			0	0.00	0.18	2
Jesse Lingard	MID	90	2		6	0.37	0.10	2
Said Benrahma	MID	89		1	2	0.41	0.18	3
Michail Antonio	FWD	90		2	5	0.59	0.23	2
Pablo Fornals	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jarrod Bowen	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Johnson	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 41% Avg odds 2.36

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.45

West Ham win 31% Avg odds 3.04

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

Form going into the game

Aston Villa L L W L W

West Ham W W W W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: West Ham 2-1 Aston Villa, 30 Nov 20 Next meeting: Aston Villa 1-4 West Ham, 31 Oct 21 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.