Matchday

Premier League 25/26 · 14 Dec 2025

West Ham United 2–3 Aston Villa

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Nov 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.3 – 1.2
Actual xG
1.0 – 0.6
Goals
2 – 3

Footybot made West Ham United favourites at 41%.

Aston Villa won a close one on the chances: 0.6 xG to 1.0.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Morgan Rogers, 63.6 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Morgan Rogers +14.2.

Well below it: Lucas Paquetá −19.2, Aaron Wan-Bissaka −17.3, Marco Bizot −14.6.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

West Ham United

7 Dec 2025D 1–1at Brighton & Hove Albion Premier League
4 Dec 2025D 1–1at Manchester United Premier League
30 Nov 2025L 0–2v Liverpool FC Premier League
22 Nov 2025D 2–2at Bournemouth Premier League
8 Nov 2025W 3–2v Burnley Premier League

Aston Villa

11 Dec 2025W 2–1at Basel Europa League
6 Dec 2025W 2–1v Arsenal Premier League
3 Dec 2025W 4–3at Brighton & Hove Albion Premier League
30 Nov 2025W 1–0v Wolverhampton Premier League
27 Nov 2025W 2–1v BSC Young Boys Europa League

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

West Ham United

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Konstantinos Mavropanos Defender9000–50.4−7.7
Mateus Fernandes Midfielder90100.1149.8−2.5
Freddie Potts Midfielder88010.0847.5+2.2
Jarrod Bowen Midfielder90100.6647.4−3.2
Soungoutou Magassa Midfielder81000.0145.0−6.6
Crysencio Summerville Midfielder89000.1244.1−4.7
Jean-Clair Todibo Defender9000–40.5−7.4
Alphonse Aréola Goalkeeper9000–39.7−14.0
Callum Wilson Forward900–38.1–
Lucas Paquetá Midfielder8900–38.0−19.2
El Hadji Malick Diouf Defender90000.0535.6−10.9
Tomáš Souček Midfielder800–32.7–
Aaron Wan-Bissaka Defender9000–32.3−17.3
Mohamadou Kanté Midfielder100–11.3–
Guido Rodríguez Midfielder100–0.0–

Aston Villa

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Emiliano Buendía Midfielder1500–87.2–
Lucas Digne Defender15000.0171.3–
Morgan Rogers Midfielder90200.5863.6+14.2
Ian Maatsen Defender7500–55.9+4.6
Matty Cash Defender9000–54.9+5.8
Youri Tielemans Midfielder9001–54.0−0.3
Amadou Onana Midfielder6400–48.6−3.4
Victor Lindelöf Defender9001–48.5+1.7
Boubacar Kamara Midfielder9000–47.6−6.0
Donyell Malen Forward26000.0246.6–
John McGinn Midfielder9000–46.2−4.9
Ezri Konsa Defender9000–45.5−3.7
Marco Bizot Goalkeeper9000–42.1−14.6
Ollie Watkins Forward7500–39.3−12.5