Follow live coverage as Aston Villa face West Ham United today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
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WEST HAM SUBS: Lukasz Fabianski, Wes Foderingham, Luis Guilherme, Danny Ings, Guido Rodriguez, Andy Irving, Kaelan Casey, Ollie Scarles, Lewis Orford.
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WEST HAM (3-4-2-1): Alphonse Areola; Vladimir Coufal, Maximilian Kilman, Aaron Cresswell; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Edson Alvarez, Carlos Soler, Emerson; Lucas Paqueta, Tomas Soucek; Mohammed Kudus.
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ASTON VILLA SUBS: Robin Olsen, Oliwier Zych, John McGinn, Jhon Duran, Emiliano Buendia, Andres Garcia, Donyell Malen, Ian Maatsen, Lamare Bogarde.
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ASTON VILLA (4-2-3-1): Emiliano Martinez; Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne; Youri Tielemans, Boubacar Kamara; Leon Bailey, Morgan Rogers, Jacob Ramsey; Ollie Watkins.
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New West Ham manager Graham Potter’s dugout debut for the Irons came against Villa in the FA Cup, falling to a 2-1 defeat. Since then, he’s struggled to break the sluggish, inconsistent form which resulted in Julen Lopetegui’s sacking – beating Fulham 3-2 before being well beaten by Crystal Palace in a 2-0 defeat last time out.
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Sitting eighth in the table as they handle competing across multiple front this season, Villa have turned their patchy autumn form around and are unbeaten in the league so far in 2025. That constitutes a four-game unbeaten run, including back-to-back victories over Leicester and Everton, before producing a rapid-fire comeback to draw 2-2 with Arsenal last time out, equalising within 13 minutes of going 2-0 down.
Aston Villa vs West Ham United
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Hello, and welcome to live coverage of this match in the Premier League, as Aston Villa face West Ham United at Villa Park.
Aston Villa vs West Ham United
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Follow all the goals and latest action from the Premier League here with The Independent. Team news and line-ups coming up shortly…
