Aston Villa Report

John Townley

NO PENALTY: Paul Tierney changes his decision after checking the monitor. #AVFC 1-0 West Ham [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Jacob Tanswell

First penalty of the season for #AVFC denied.... Paul Tierney, after a VAR check, deems Mavropanos to only be fouling Watkins outside the box.

John Townley

PENALTY: Ollie Watkins wins a penalty for Aston Villa, after being fouled by Konstantinos Mavropanos. #AVFC 1-0 West Ham

Jacob Tanswell

West Ham should have stayed with the back five. Todibo's injury and subsequent change to a four has meant they're toiling with #AVFC's excellent tempo and movement. Digne has the space of the Midlands

John Townley

GOAL: JOHNN McGINNNN! A set-piece routine straight from Bodymoor. Matty Cash to Jadon Sancho, then onto McGinn, who wraps the ball past Mads Hermansen. Lovely finish from the skipper. #AVFC 1-0 West Ham

Jacob Tanswell

#AVFC go close with Sancho's low cross & Digne's strike from distance. Aside from a weird switch attempt, Cash's corners have been a really good development this season. Already put in two good ones. On the same side, Sancho has started to run beyond the backline more recently.

Jacob Tanswell

Youri Tielemans walks out to take his seat on the bench and a lot of Villa Park rises to their feet. Huge cheers, knowing how important he is and how much #AVFC have missed him

Jacob Tanswell

Todibo suffered an injury in the warm up, so West Ham made a last minute change to a back four again. #AVFC [contains quote post or other embedded content]

John Townley

We're underway at Villa Park... #AVFC 0-0 West Ham

Jacob Tanswell

Back five for West Ham again today. #AVFC will have to deal with a shape they don't tend to like in or out of possession again. Always so important that when McGinn drags one of the CBs towards him (using his backside), Watkins runs into the vacated space. He is particularly key