- Aston Villa have won their last 10 home games in the Premier League 
- Ollie Watkins has scored eight goals in 10 competitive starts for club and country
- Recommended bet: Aston Villa to win

Aston Villa are knocking on the door of the Premier League top four after a fantastic start to the season and they will hope to extend their excellent home record when they face West Ham on Sunday.

The Hammers look a much-improved outfit from last term and are unbeaten against the Villans in their last 10 meetings.

However, there are signs they could be more vulnerable than their results suggest as they hunt for their third away win of the season.

Team news

Long-term injuries continue to rule out Tyrone Mings and Emiliano Buendia, while Jacob Ramsey and Alex Moreno are also sidelined for Aston Villa. 

There are no confirmed absentees for West Ham but a trio of players are injury doubts, with Ben Johnson, Aaron Cresswell and Lukasz Fabianski all carrying knocks.

The stats

Aston Villa have won their last 10 Premier League home games.

Ollie Watkins has scored in three of his last five appearances against West Ham.

14 of West Ham's 22 Premier League defeats since the start of last season have come away from home.

Only Sheffield United (310) have allowed more opposition touches inside the penalty area than West Ham (306) this season.

Prediction

Aston Villa extended their Premier League unbeaten run to four games with a draw at Wolves before the international break but Unai Emery's side should have enough to claim all three points at Villa Park on Sunday.

The Villans have a perfect record of three wins from three at home this term, scoring 13 goals and conceding just twice. 

Their form in front of their own fans is not limited to this season, either, with each of their last 10 Premier League home games ending in victory in a run stretching back to March.

They have scored 27 goals in this period and kept six clean sheets, beating the likes of Newcastle, Tottenham and Brighton, the latter of whom they have defeated twice by an aggregate scoreline of 8-2.  

Watkins has scored seven of these 27 home goals in this sequence and is fresh from a goal for England against Australia. 

He has eight goals in 10 starts for club and country this season and has netted three times in his last five appearances against West Ham, so could prove the difference in a home win on Sunday.

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