Premier League 25/26 · 22 Mar 2026

Aston Villa 2–0 West Ham United

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Feb 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Aston Villa favourites at 57%.

Aston Villa won and made the better chances: 1.7 xG to 0.9.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Konstantinos Mavropanos, 65.7 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Konstantinos Mavropanos +13.6, Lucas Digne +12.9, Ollie Watkins +12.7.

Well below it: Matty Cash −15.1, Aaron Wan-Bissaka −13.2, Ezri Konsa −8.9.

Each side's last five results before this match.

19 Mar 2026	W 2–0	v Lille Europa League
15 Mar 2026	L 1–3	at Manchester United Premier League
12 Mar 2026	W 1–0	at Lille Europa League
4 Mar 2026	L 1–4	v Chelsea Premier League
27 Feb 2026	L 0–2	at Wolverhampton Premier League

14 Mar 2026	D 1–1	v Manchester City Premier League
4 Mar 2026	W 1–0	at Fulham Premier League
28 Feb 2026	L 2–5	at Liverpool FC Premier League
21 Feb 2026	D 0–0	v Bournemouth Premier League
10 Feb 2026	D 1–1	v Manchester United Premier League

14 Dec 2025	West Ham United 2–3 Aston Villa Premier League

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Lucas Digne Defender	90	0	0	0.07	65.0	+12.9
Youri Tielemans Midfielder	23	0	0	–	62.9	–
Ross Barkley Midfielder	67	0	0	0.04	59.7	−1.6
Ollie Watkins Forward	87	1	0	0.64	59.1	+12.7
Amadou Onana Midfielder	90	0	0	0.17	58.5	+9.8
Douglas Luiz Midfielder	23	0	0	–	57.2	–
John McGinn Midfielder	67	1	0	0.04	55.1	+3.7
Jadon Sancho Midfielder	67	0	1	0.01	53.3	+2.0
Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	51.8	+0.9
Morgan Rogers Midfielder	77	0	0	0.46	49.6	+0.4
Emiliano Buendía Midfielder	13	0	0	–	47.0	–
Pau Torres Defender	90	0	0	–	46.1	−3.1
Ezri Konsa Defender	90	0	0	0.23	42.6	−8.9
Tammy Abraham Forward	8	0	0	0.02	41.2	–
Matty Cash Defender	90	0	0	0.06	40.4	−15.1
Leon Bailey Forward	23	0	0	–	34.8	–

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
Konstantinos Mavropanos Defender	90	–	65.7	+13.6
El Hadji Malick Diouf Defender	90	–	60.8	+11.1
Adama Traoré Forward	45	–	58.4	+7.8
Jarrod Bowen Midfielder	90	0.13	58.3	+2.1
Mateus Fernandes Midfielder	90	0.03	56.5	+5.0
Freddie Potts Midfielder	45	–	53.2	+8.4
Axel Disasi Defender	90	0.32	51.3	+7.3
Mads Hermansen Goalkeeper	90	–	49.2	+0.0
Pablo Felipe Forward	90	0.21	48.8	−2.6
Valentín Castellanos Forward	45	0.12	47.5	+0.2
Mohamadou Kanté Midfielder	12	0.04	45.4	–
Callum Wilson Forward	45	–	44.3	−3.5
Tomáš Souček Midfielder	83	–	41.1	−8.7
Soungoutou Magassa Midfielder	12	–	36.8	–
Aaron Wan-Bissaka Defender	83	–	34.6	−13.2