West Ham United vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result and reaction after Duran winner seals visitors’ win
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Follow live coverage as West Ham United face Aston Villa today in the Premier League.
Aston Villa hand debut to new signing Amadou Onana, with both sides having spent a lot of money this season.
Ross Barkley, Jaden Philogene and Ian Maatsen are included on Unai Emery’s bench.
West Ham hand debuts to their new recruits Max Kilman and Guido Rodriguez.
Crysencio Summerville, Niclas Fullkrug, Jean-Clair Todibo and Aaron Wan-Bissaka could also all make their Hammers bows from the bench.
Aston Villa have lost their opening Premier League match in every one of the last three seasons, conceding 10 goals in those matches, but will be looking for an improved performance today.
Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
West Ham United vs Aston Villa
HOW DID THEY KEEP THAT OUT?! Rogers is once more instigating the counter-attack for Villa. He lays it off for Tielemans to have a free shot in the box, but that is saved. Rogers has his own opportunity from the rebound, but Areola scrambles across his goal to block that attempt, too. The visitors should have done better with those opportunities!
West Ham United vs Aston Villa
Kudus is proving a persistent threat down the left and this time wins a corner after firing his cross off Cash. The initial cross from the corner is cleared and falls to Rodriguez who powers it well over the ball.
West Ham United vs Aston Villa
West Ham break from the turnover at the back, and Kudus have the opportunity to cross off the left, this time from outside the box. The Villa defence head it straight towards their own goal but Martinez catches with ease.
West Ham United vs Aston Villa
Bailey almost finds his way into the box! The winger picks it up on the right before spotting space between two West Ham defenders. He surges forward towards it and almost looks to have broken through but loses the physical battle and falls to the floor.
West Ham United vs Aston Villa
Kudus finds Soucek at the far post from the left of the box with a lovely dinked cross over the defenders. Soucek fires his first shot straight at the defender before slicing the rebound over. A much more promising start to the second half from West Ham.
West Ham United vs Aston Villa
Back underway yet again after that stoppage for injury. Bailey is tentatively back on his feet but still hobbling.
West Ham United vs Aston Villa
Bailey is down in some pain at the moment. Looks like he was caught by Paqueta as he tried to cut the ball inside off the wing.
West Ham United vs Aston Villa
The teams are back out for the second half of action at the London Stadium.
West Ham United vs Aston Villa
Despite Aston Villa appearing on top in the first half of this Premier League opening weekend clash, the teams go in level at 1-1 at half-time at London Stadium. Villa took the lead early on through Onana’s debut goal in the 4th minute and continued to dominate with Bailey missing the pick of the chances, hitting the post after rounding Areola. West Ham, however, lessened the frustrations of new manager Lopetegui as Soucek won a penalty which Paqueta converted in the 37th minute. It means the teams enter the break with fairly similar expected goal totals, Villa on 1.11xG and West Ham on 1.00. While Villa looked the better team, history would say they could struggle to finish with three points as West Ham are unbeaten in the last seven Premier League games they've been level at half time.
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