Aston Villa v West Ham United, 22 March 2026

Score2-0 to Aston Villa
RefereePaul Tierney
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVilla Park
Attendance42,130

View Aston Villa v West Ham United head to head

Kick-off: 2.15pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 54 Aston Villa won: 17 Drawn: 23 West Ham United won: 14 Aston Villa scored: 65 West Ham United scored: 59 . Aston Villa had now completed a league double over West Ham United for the first time since 2010-11 in the Premier League.

2 Aston Villa

Manager: Unai Emery

0 West Ham United

Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo

Goals:

John McGinn 15 G
Ollie Watkins 68 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Pau Torres
Defender/Midfielder Matty Cash
Defender/Midfielder Lucas Digne
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Defender/Midfielder Amadou Onana
Midfielder Ross Barkley
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder/Forward Morgan Rogers
Midfielder/Forward Jadon Sancho
Forward Ollie Watkins

Starting lineup:

Mads Hermansen Goalkeeper
El Hadji Malick Diouf Defender
Axel Disasi Defender
Dinos Mavropanos Defender
Freddie Potts Defender/Midfielder
Aaron Wan-Bissaka Defender/Midfielder
Mateus Fernandes Midfielder
Tomáš Souček Midfielder
Jarrod Bowen Midfielder/Forward
Taty Castellanos Forward
Pablo Felipe Forward

Substitutions:

Leon Bailey for Jadon Sancho 67
Douglas Luiz for Ross Barkley 67
Youri Tielemans for John McGinn 67
Emi Buendía for Morgan Rogers 77
Tammy Abraham for Ollie Watkins 87

Substitutions:

Adama Traoré for Freddie Potts 46
Callum Wilson for Taty Castellanos 46
Mohamadou Kanté for Tomáš Souček 83
Soungoutou Magassa for Aaron Wan-Bissaka 83

Cards:

Cards:

Aaron Wan-Bissaka 45 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Marco Bizot
Defender Ian Maatsen
Defender Tyrone Mings
Defender/Midfielder Lamare Bogarde
Midfielder Leon Bailey
Midfielder Emi Buendía
Midfielder Douglas Luiz
Midfielder Youri Tielemans
Forward Tammy Abraham

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola
Goalkeeper Finlay Herrick
Defender Max Kilman
Defender/Midfielder Soungoutou Magassa
Defender/Midfielder Oliver Scarles
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Walker-Peters
Midfielder Mohamadou Kanté
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré
Forward Callum Wilson

Comments:

League position: 4th . Aston Villa avoided losing four consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since April 2022 (four). . Villa had now scored more than one goal in 24 of their last 40 home games in the Premier League. . They had now won two of their last six home games in the Premier League (lost three). . Aston Villa were awarded a penalty in the 26th minute for a foul but was reversed after a VAR review.

Comments:

League position: 18th . West Ham United had now lost 26 of their last 50 games in the Premier League (won 11). . The Hammers had now failed to keep a clean sheet in 25 of their last 28 games in the Premier League. . They had now taken 15 points from their last ten games in the Premier League (won four). . Jean-Clair Todibo was originally named in the starting line-up before suffering an injury in the pre-match warm-up. Freddie Potts was promoted to the starting XI with Finlay Herrick taking his place on the bench.

2 Aston Villa

Manager: Unai Emery

Goals:

John McGinn 15 G
Ollie Watkins 68 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez
Defender Pau Torres
Defender/Midfielder Matty Cash
Defender/Midfielder Lucas Digne
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Defender/Midfielder Amadou Onana
Midfielder Ross Barkley
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder/Forward Morgan Rogers
Midfielder/Forward Jadon Sancho
Forward Ollie Watkins

Substitutions:

Leon Bailey for Jadon Sancho 67
Douglas Luiz for Ross Barkley 67
Youri Tielemans for John McGinn 67
Emi Buendía for Morgan Rogers 77
Tammy Abraham for Ollie Watkins 87

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Marco Bizot
Defender Ian Maatsen
Defender Tyrone Mings
Defender/Midfielder Lamare Bogarde
Midfielder Leon Bailey
Midfielder Emi Buendía
Midfielder Douglas Luiz
Midfielder Youri Tielemans
Forward Tammy Abraham

Comments:

League position: 4th . Aston Villa avoided losing four consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since April 2022 (four). . Villa had now scored more than one goal in 24 of their last 40 home games in the Premier League. . They had now won two of their last six home games in the Premier League (lost three). . Aston Villa were awarded a penalty in the 26th minute for a foul but was reversed after a VAR review.

0 West Ham United

Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Mads Hermansen Goalkeeper
El Hadji Malick Diouf Defender
Axel Disasi Defender
Dinos Mavropanos Defender
Freddie Potts Defender/Midfielder
Aaron Wan-Bissaka Defender/Midfielder
Mateus Fernandes Midfielder
Tomáš Souček Midfielder
Jarrod Bowen Midfielder/Forward
Taty Castellanos Forward
Pablo Felipe Forward

Substitutions:

Adama Traoré for Freddie Potts 46
Callum Wilson for Taty Castellanos 46
Mohamadou Kanté for Tomáš Souček 83
Soungoutou Magassa for Aaron Wan-Bissaka 83

Cards:

Aaron Wan-Bissaka 45 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola
Goalkeeper Finlay Herrick
Defender Max Kilman
Defender/Midfielder Soungoutou Magassa
Defender/Midfielder Oliver Scarles
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Walker-Peters
Midfielder Mohamadou Kanté
Midfielder/Forward Adama Traoré
Forward Callum Wilson

Comments:

League position: 18th . West Ham United had now lost 26 of their last 50 games in the Premier League (won 11). . The Hammers had now failed to keep a clean sheet in 25 of their last 28 games in the Premier League. . They had now taken 15 points from their last ten games in the Premier League (won four). . Jean-Clair Todibo was originally named in the starting line-up before suffering an injury in the pre-match warm-up. Freddie Potts was promoted to the starting XI with Finlay Herrick taking his place on the bench.