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Aston Villa vs West Ham United match centre

Match centre

Premier League Matchweek 31
Full timeFinished

Score

20Premier League Matchweek 31

Kick-off

22 Mar 2026, 14:15 UTC

Venue

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance

42,130 official

Referee

Paul Tierney

Last verified

24 Apr 2026, 07:32 UTC

Lineups

Confirmed lineups

Finished

Performance is a derived form score built from official current-season totals, recent starts and recent match events.

Home • Official lineup

Aston Villa

4-2-3-1
7.357 nations28.6 y186 cm26.0 apps
  • Confirmed1 out
  • Expected2 returns

Official lineup released in 4-2-3-1.

Away • Official lineup

West Ham United

4-3-3
7.3810 nations25.7 y185 cm21.2 apps
  • Confirmed1 out
  • Expected3 returns
  • Open2 calls

Official lineup released in 4-3-3.

Aston Villa

Bench

9
  1. 40M. Bizot
    6.9335193 cm6 apps
  2. 5T. Mings
    7.2133196 cm14 apps
  3. 8Y. Tielemans
    7.3928176 cm20 apps
    • 67'Youri Tielemans on 67'
  4. 10E. Buendía
    6.8729172 cm31 apps
    • 77'Emiliano Buendía on 77'
  5. 18T. Abraham
    6.7128190 cm10 apps
    • 87'Tammy Abraham on 87'
  6. 21D. Luiz
    7.0427175 cm9 apps
    • 67'Douglas Luiz on 67'
  7. 22I. Maatsen
    6.9724178 cm26 apps
  8. 26L. Bogarde
    6.5922183 cm24 apps
  9. 31L. Bailey
    6.77🇯🇲28178 cm9 apps
    • 67'Leon Bailey on 67'

West Ham United

Bench

9
  1. 23A. Areola
    7.0233195 cm20 apps
  2. 2K. Walker-Peters
    6.9428173 cm20 apps
  3. 3M. Kilman
    6.7928194 cm21 apps
  4. 9C. Wilson
    6.8734180 cm27 apps
    • 45'Callum Wilson on 45'
  5. 17A. Traoré
    6.4030178 cm8 apps
    • 45'Adama Traoré on 45'
  6. 27S. Magassa
    6.6322188 cm21 apps
    • 83'Soungoutou Magassa on 83'
  7. 30O. Scarles
    6.7820182 cm12 apps
  8. 55M. Kanté
    6.3220178 cm9 apps
    • 83'Mohamadou Kanté on 83'
  9. 49F. Herrick
    6.2020184 cm0 apps

Events

Timeline

Finished timeline
  1. 15'
    Home1-0
    John McGinn scored

    Aston Villa. Assist Jadon Sancho.

  2. 45'
    Away
    Aaron Wan-Bissaka booked

    West Ham United.

  3. 45'
    Away
    Adama Traoré on

    West Ham United. Freddie Potts off.

  4. 45'
    Away
    Callum Wilson on

    West Ham United. Valentín Castellanos off.

  5. 67'
    Home
    Leon Bailey on

    Aston Villa. Jadon Sancho off.

  6. 67'
    Home
    Youri Tielemans on

    Aston Villa. John McGinn off.

  7. 67'
    Home
    Douglas Luiz on

    Aston Villa. Ross Barkley off.

  8. 68'
    Home2-0
    Ollie Watkins scored

    Aston Villa.

  9. 77'
    Home
    Emiliano Buendía on

    Aston Villa. Morgan Rogers off.

  10. 83'
    Away
    Soungoutou Magassa on

    West Ham United. Aaron Wan-Bissaka off.

  11. 83'
    Away
    Mohamadou Kanté on

    West Ham United. Tomás Soucek off.

  12. 87'
    Home
    Tammy Abraham on

    Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins off.

  13. FT
    Final 2-0

Stats

Top stats

Stored official stats
  1. 1.69
    AttackxG
    0.85
  2. 23
    AttackTotal Shots
    9
  3. 507
    PassingTotal Passes
    342
  4. 13
    DefendingTackles Won
    8
  5. 11
    AttackTotal Dribbles
    15

Official team stats now keep xG, Total Shots, Total Passes, Tackles Won and Total Dribbles in one compact stored match-stats read.

Showing 5 of 194 stored team metrics.

Observed 23 Apr 2026, 14:11 UTC from the stored match stats surface.

Sources

4 official sources
Last verified: 24 Apr 2026, 07:32 UTC