West Ham vs Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Arsenal highly unlikely to drop any points to Wolves, so we need to win to keep up. This is the level we now occupy.

[Villafirst]

1-2 victory. Hopefully Torres is okay for Sunday. A slight worry with Mings still out for at least another 2 weeks. This will be a tough game.

[brontebilly]

2-1 us (Watkins, Malen).

This line up if Torres is for, if not Lindelof to be in for him.

Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Torres
Maatsen
Kamara
Onana
Tielemans
Watkins
Rogers
McGinn

Do we really need Onana? Hardly broke sweat last night so unlikely to be fatigued but might get away with bringing in Buendia and having Kamara and Tielemans as the two in midfield.

[Villafirst]

2-1 us (Watkins, Malen).

This line up if Torres is for, if not Lindelof to be in for him.

Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Torres
Maatsen
Kamara
Onana
Tielemans
Watkins
Rogers
McGinn

Do we really need Onana? Hardly broke sweat last night so unlikely to be fatigued but might get away with bringing in Buendia and having Kamara and Tielemans as the two in midfield.

Absolutely Onana has to start. Same line-up as the Arsenal game. West Ham have physicality so we need to counter that. Kamara, Onana, Tielemans and McGinn to start.