Lucas Paqueta came close to equalising for West Ham in their Premier League clash with Aston Villa.

Tyrone Mings has endured a tough time with injuries of late and the Aston Villa centre-back was dealt another painful blow during the first half of his team's clash with West Ham

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Graham Potter has key absences to contend with

FixturesAston Villa Vs. West Ham United - Sun, Jan 26th 2025, 16:30 Jacob Ramsey returns to Aston Villa's starting XI, as Unai Emery's side lock horns with West Ham United in Premier League action (ko 4.30pm).  The winger comes back into the side as the only change from Tuesday's Champions League defeat at Monaco, with Emi Buendía dropping to the bench.  Ollie Watkins retains his place up front, and will make his 200th appearance in claret and blue in all competitions, while club captain John McGinn returns to Villa's bench, having missed the last four games through injury.  Andrés García and Donyell Malen could make their debuts for the club this afternoon, as Villa's two January recruits take up places among the substitutes.  View team news in full, below... Aston Villa: Martínez (c); Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans; Bailey, Rogers, Ramsey; Watkins. Subs: Olsen, Zych, Bogarde, García, Maatsen, McGinn, Buendía, Malen, Durán.  West Ham: Areola; Coufal, Wan-Bissaka, Kilman, Cresswell, Emerson; Álvarez, Souček, Soler; Paquetá, Kudus. Subs: Fabiański, Foderingham, Guilherme, Ings, Rodríguez, Irving, Casey, Scarles, Orford.

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Vivianne Miedema scores a stunning goal for Manchester City as they come from behind twice to beat Aston Villa 4-2 in the Women's Super League.

Vivianne Miedema scores one of the best goals of the season during Manchester City's 4-2 win over Aston Villa in the Women's Super League.

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