At A Glance
Aston Villa will look to end a long wait for an away win against West Ham United when the two face off at London Stadium on Sunday.
Unai Emery has won four of his five away Premier League games in charge of the club, and he’ll hope to mastermind an away win versus the Hammers for the first time since 2011.
Consecutive victories against Everton and Crystal Palace has put Villa on the brink of breaking into the top ten ahead of this weekend’s fixtures.
After successive top-seven finishes, West Ham are fighting at the wrong end of the table this term.
David Moyes’ team have struggled away from home and have been reliant on their results at London Stadium, taking 17 of their 23 points on home soil.
The Hammers secured a Europa Conference League victory against AEK Larnaca in midweek following a 4-0 loss to Brighton in their last top flight outing.
Standout Stats
West Ham are on a run of five consecutive Premier League victories against Aston Villa, equalling their longest winning streak in the division versus any opponent.
Villa's only win in the past 13 top-flight meetings came at home in May 2015 when Tom Cleverley scored the only goal.
Aston Villa's two wins in their last 19 Premier League away games versus West Ham both came at Upton Park: 1-0 in December 2008 and 2-1 in April 2011.
The Hammers have equalled last season's total of 14 league defeats.
They are the only team not to have scored in the opening 15 minutes of a Premier League game this season. Aston Villa have conceded a league-high nine goals during that period.
David Moyes is unbeaten in 13 league matches as a manager against Aston Villa since his Everton side were beaten 1-0 at Villa Park in August 2010 (W8, D5).
Villa have scored in all 12 of their league games since Emery took charge.
Moyes won his only previous managerial meeting against Unai Emery, with Real Sociedad beating Sevilla 4-3 at home in the league in February 2015.
Danny Ings scored 14 goals in 52 competitive appearances for Villa prior to joining West Ham in January.
Ollie Watkins can become the second player to score in four successive Premier League away matches for Villa, emulating Dwight Yorke from March to May 1998.
Pablo Fornals has scored in each of West Ham's past three matches against Aston Villa.
Ashley Young is one short of becoming the ninth player to make 200 Premier League appearances for Aston Villa.
The Last Meeting
A large slice of luck contributed to West Ham United’s 1-0 win at Villa Park in August.
Pablo Fornals’ long-range effort deflected off the unfortunate Ezri Konsa and looped over the head of Emi Martinez with 15 minutes remaining.
Konsa had earlier seen a goal ruled out by the officials as Villa slipped to defeat.
Team News
Diego Carlos is a "possibility" to be included in Sunday's squad, according to boss Unai Emery.
Boubacar Kamara, Leander Dendoncker and Philippe Coutinho will all miss out.
Michail Antonio, Flynn Downes and Lucas Paquetá are all doubts after the Hammers' midweek win in Cyprus.
Łukasz Fabiański and Vladimír Coufal have been ruled out.
The Boss
“We are going to play against teams like West Ham, like Bournemouth next week, and they are playing under the pressure of trying to escape the bottom of the table. That is not our focus – our focus is how we can play, how we can manage 90 minutes, trying to play with our idea. We respect every team and we have to adapt the tactical way because of the individual quality because they have very good players. We are not thinking about the consequences after the match for them. We have to think about our consequences and how we can go up in the table by winning our matches.”
Unai Emery
