West Ham United vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

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West Ham captain Declan Rice challenges Emi Buendia in midfield (Reuters)

Follow live coverage as West Ham United face Aston Villa in the Premier League today.

Danny Ings returned for West Ham against former club Aston Villa. The striker was rested for the midweek Europa Conference League win at AEK Larnaca.

Diego Carlos was on the bench for Villa for the first time since rupturing his Achilles on his home debut in August.

We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:

West Ham United vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League updates

• GOAL! Ollie Watkins heads Villa in front, 0-1
• GOAL! Said Benrahma levels from the spot, 1-1

West Ham United vs Aston Villa

Aston Villa make only one enforced change following their second successive win last time out: an injury to Boubacar Kamara sees Bailey return to the visitors' starting lineup. Moreno again beats Digne to selection at left-back, while top scorer Watkins leads the line up front.

12 March 2023 13:53

West Ham United vs Aston Villa

12 March 2023 13:51

West Ham United vs Aston Villa

West Ham's front line is led by January signing Ings, who scored six goals for Aston Villa this season before leaving Birmingham; today he could become the first player to score both for and against the Villans in the same Premier League campaign. Moyes makes two defensive changes following last week's defeat to Brighton, as Ogbonna and Johnson are replaced by Zouma and Kehrer.

12 March 2023 13:51

West Ham United vs Aston Villa

SUBS: Robin Olsen, Viljami Sinisalo, Diego Carlos, Ashley Young, Calum Chambers, Jhon Duran, Lucas Digne, Bertrand Traore.

12 March 2023 13:45

West Ham United vs Aston Villa

ASTON VILLA (4-3-1-2): Emiliano Martinez; Matty Cash, Tyrone Mings, Ezri Konsa, Alex Moreno; John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Jacob Ramsey; Emiliano Buendia; Leon Bailey, Ollie Watkins.

12 March 2023 13:44

West Ham United vs Aston Villa

SUBS: Joseph Anang, Maxwel Cornet, Gianluca Scamacca, Pablo Fornals, Flynn Downes, Angelo Ogbonna, Ben Johnson, Aaron Cresswell, Manuel Lanzini.

12 March 2023 13:40

West Ham United vs Aston Villa

WEST HAM UNITED (4-2-3-1): Alphonse Areola; Thilo Kehrer, Nayef Aguerd, Kurt Zouma, Emerson Palmieri; Declan Rice, Tomas Soucek; Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta, Said Benrahma; Danny Ings.

12 March 2023 13:38

West Ham United vs Aston Villa

By contrast with their fellow claret-and-blue club, Aston Villa sit comfortably in mid-table, some 11 points clear of today's hosts in the Premier League pecking order. A 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace last time out secured back-to-back wins for the Villans, who have also won four of their last seven. Indeed, since Unai Emery took charge late last year, they have taken 22 points from a possible 36. Ahead of today's trip to the capital, Villa have scored at least once in each of their past 14 games across all competitions, but they are winless in their last nine league meetings with West Ham.

12 March 2023 13:35

West Ham United vs Aston Villa

12 March 2023 13:33

West Ham United vs Aston Villa

After yesterday's events, West Ham have dropped into the Premier League relegation zone, with last week's 4-0 drubbing by Brighton & Hove Albion leaving them on just 23 points from 25 matches. On Thursday, though, the Hammers' 2-0 victory over AEK Larnaca took them closer to a place in the Europa Conference League quarter-finals. Despite their lowly station in the standings, David Moyes has led his team to seven points from their last three league fixtures at London Stadium, with a win over Everton and a draw against Chelsea preceding a 4-0 defeat of Nottingham Forest.

12 March 2023 13:32