Our prediction for this Premier League match:
Aston Villa take on West Ham United at Villa Park in the Premier League round 4. The Villans did well to beat Everton on Matchday 2, but they were anything but impressive in a 3-1 loss to Crystal Palace at the weekend. Steven Gerrard’s troops aim to get back on course as soon as possible, but they will have to prove their worth on the field. All Bailey, Ramsey, Buendia, and Watkins are pushing for a start after they were rested in a 4-1 EFL Cup win over Bolton, while defender Diego Carlos remains on the sidelines with injury.
The Hammers, on the other hand, are stuck at the bottom with zero points in their pocket, and seeing that they are desperate to return to winning ways as well, we are tempted to put our money on both teams to score. Nayef Aguerd is sidelined with injury, Craig Dawson is a major doubt, and he will be assessed ahead of the kick-off.
Highlighted Player (Philippe Coutinho):
Philippe Coutinho is a Brazilian football player born on 12th of June 1992 in Rio de Janeiro. Coutinho started his football career for Vasco da Gama where he played in the youth as well. By the age of 16 Internazionale signed Coutinho but let him play in Brazil until he was 18 years old.
After 2 difficult seasons Internazionale let Coutinho go for a loan period to Espanyol and after 1 season he got transferred to Liverpool for approximately 8 million euro. Coutinho played in several youth teams of Brazil but made his debut for the first team in October 2010.
With a height of only 171cm Coutinho is physically weak. He compensates his physical ability by being very creative, having a great vision and passing. The preferred position of Coutinho is attacking midfielder where he gets easily into the right position to give an assist.
Coutinho won the Italian Suppercoppa, the worldcup for club teams and the World Cup of nations U20. Coutinho was part of the Liverpool team that was able to become second in the Premier League.
Highlighted Team (West Ham):
West Ham United are an English football club based in East London. The club was founded in 1895 and it has to be noted that the club’s name was Thames Ironworks back then. The Hammers were playing their home games at Upton Park from 1904 until 2016, when they moved to the Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
West Ham have won three FA Cup trophies (1964, 1975 and 1980) and they were runners-up in 1923 and 2006. The capital club finished the 1985/1986 England first division campaign in third place in the standings and that is the club’s highest placing in the top flight. West Ham United have strong rivalries with fellow London clubs, but Tottenham Hotspur are considered the club’s main rivals.
A number of top-class players were part of West Ham in the past and the likes of Joe Cole, Carlos Tevez, Paolo Di Canio, Paul Ince, Julian Dicks, Shaka Hislop, Michael Carrick and Slaven Bilic are some of them.