Aston Villa – West Ham. Forecast and announcement for the match of the 1/32 final of the FA Cup

On January 10, “Villa Park” will host a match of the 1/32 finals of the FA Cup, in which “Aston Villa” will meet with “West Ham”. The match will start at 22:00 Kyiv time.

Aston Villa

The team has changed rapidly in the two years or so that have passed since Unai Emery’s return to England. Already in Birmingham, they don’t remember that under the predecessors of the Spaniard, if they fought for something, it was for survival, and they returned from the Championship not so long ago. Villane immediately rose to the 7th place, and in the spring of last year – even jumped to the 4th place. Thus, the English team gained European Cup experience in the Conference League, where in 2023/2024 they played from qualification to the playoffs. And in the fall they already played in the Champions League, and in general it was great: the actual debutant already won four times in 6 rounds with only one defeat. But in the domestic arena, a powerful start was replaced by a problematic continuation with a number of losses that pushed them to the middle of the table. But at least they won against Leicester in the last round.

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West Ham

The club has ambitions no lower than Villanov’s. And, perhaps, it was Emery’s success that led to last year’s disturbances in London, when Moyes, who was giving good results (and in 2023 he brought the title – the Conference League!) was replaced by another Spaniard, Lopetegui. Yulen clearly did not live up to expectations, especially considering the amount of money thrown at newcomers in the summer. But at the same time, when the Hammers, represented by their management, almost came to the decision to fire the manager in December, he gave a good stretch, with victories over Wolverhampton and Southampton and draws between them with Bournemouth and Brighton. But the hour ended 0:5 with Liverpool. And after 1:4 with Manchester City, the coach was still shown the door. Already on Friday, his successor, Graham Potter, should make his debut, but he is just getting to know his new wards.

Statistics of personal meetings

In 2023-2024, draws and victories of Villanova alternated.

Forecast

Bookmakers do not believe that the London club will benefit from the coach’s casting now. We bet here on the victory of the home team in Birmingham (coefficient – 1.67).