Aston Villa vs West Ham United: Premier League preview, predictions and bet builder tips

• Ladbrokes previews Aston Villa vs West Ham in the Premier League

• Villa backed to pick up their first Premier League win in five attempts

• Axel Disasi tipped to be shown a card on his return to Villa Park

Ladbrokes brings you an in-depth match preview for Aston Villa vs West Ham including predictions, lineups and expert bet builder tips.

A couple of Europa League victories have broken up a worrying run of form for Villa, with Unai Emery's side losing their last three Premier League games, and with West Ham visiting the Midlands off the back of one defeat in eight across all competitions, we should be in for a cracker at Villa Park.

Below you'll find our expert Aston Villa vs West Ham bet builder, with the hosts backed to win a tight affair. And don't forget to check out our complete Premier League preview for the entire weekend!

• Fixture: Aston Villa vs West Ham United

• Competition: Premier League

• Date: Sunday, 22 March, 2026

• Kick-off: 14:15 GMT

• Venue: Villa Park

Our prediction: Aston Villa 2-1 West Ham

Aston Villa

Our predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Martinez / Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne / Onana, Barkley / McGinn, Rogers, Sancho / Watkins

West Ham United

Our predicted XI (3-4-3): Hermansen / Todibo, Mavropanos, Disasi / Wan-Bissaka, Soucek, Fernandes, Diouf / Bowen, Castellanos, Traore

A costly theme of Aston Villa's unimpressive 2026 has been a leaky defence, with 10 goals conceded in their last four Premier League games, but as they rarely draw blanks at the other end - especially at home - we're backing both teams to score in this one.

West Ham arrive full of confidence having taken a point off Man City last time out, and with Nuno Espirito Santo's side only failing to score in one game since the first week of January, the Hammers bring a serious goal threat - which we think will strike.

53% of Aston Villa games see both teams score, while 60% of West Ham matches feature goals for both sides, and with both teams scoring in 11 of the last 12 Premier League meetings between these two clubs, we're backing BTTS this Sunday.

The return of captain John McGinn has injected some belief back into a slightly demoralised Aston Villa, and following his Europa League goal on Thursday night, we're backing the Scotsman to have at least one shot on target against West Ham.

The 31-year-old's injury layoff has coincided with a damaging run of results for Villa, but he was the man to pull Unai Emery's side out of their awful run at the start of the season, and history may well repeat itself.

Six goals in all competitions is a healthy return for McGinn, and with the versatile midfielder averaging just shy of one shot per game in the league this season, Ladbrokes is backing him to try his luck this weekend - so John McGinn to have 1+ SOT is the next leg of our Aston Villa vs West Ham bet builder.

Looking at the cards markets now, and our experts are tipping West Ham's on-loan defender Axel Disasi to pick up a card on his return to Villa Park, with the Frenchman potentially struggling to contain the likes of Ollie Watkins and Morgan Rogers.

Having not been part of parent-club Chelsea's plans before the January transfer window, Disasi has only made six Premier League appearances this term, but he's become a key component of an improving West Ham backline that comes to Birmingham in excellent spirits.

That being said, we expect West Ham to have a lot of defending to do against a Villa side with the bit between their teeth, and with Disasi averaging almost a foul per 90 since his Hammers debut, we're tipping him to be caught out on a few occasions this weekend - picking up a yellow card.

Wrapping up our Aston Villa vs West Ham preview and predictions, we're backing the home side to put their poor recent run behind them and pick up all three points on a crucial afternoon in the Midlands - strengthening their top-four hopes in the process.

Comfortable progression through to the Europa League quarter-finals should give Villa renewed confidence heading into this Premier League clash, and despite West Ham fighting desperately to climb out of the bottom three, we're expecting Unai Emery's Champions League chasers to have too much quality.

West Ham will certainly cause Villa problems, with just two defeats in nine league games suggesting they're more than up for the relegation scrap, but in front of an expectant home crowd, we're predicting Villa to edge a tight affair.

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