West Ham – Aston Villa football video: Second half boom, Ukrainian different STARs (Premier League Round 29)

(Football video, West Ham – Aston Villa, Premier League round 29) The match in London resulted in 3 goals in the second half.

With the home field advantage, West Ham actively pushed the offensive line right after the opening whistle. It took more than 15 minutes for Aston Villa to gradually catch up to the pace of the game and that too as the crowd watched the tit-for-tat show between the two teams.

Coutinho hits his heel from close range

In the 19th minute, Coutinho hit the ball with a skillful heel from close range but couldn’t beat goalkeeper Fabianski. In the 28th minute, West Ham responded with Soucek’s header which sent the ball wide of the post. The remaining minutes of the first half, both teams played hard but lacked sharpness and had to accept to go into the first half without a goal.

The second half continued into a tit-for-tat match. In the 56th minute, goalkeeper Fabianski pushed the ball into the post to save West Ham after Ings’ shot. Only 4 minutes later, it was the home team’s centre-back, Dawson, who hit the crossbar just 2 meters from the goal.

In open attack, goals come as a necessity. In the 70th minute, the player replaced Yarmolenko, the Ukraine international, stopping the ball to hit before technically finishing in the far corner to knock down goalkeeper Martinez to open the scoring for West Ham.

Ukraine’s Yarmolenko in tears after scoring

In charge, Aston Villa pushed the team to attack and that too as West Ham promoted their defensive counter-attacking style. In the 82nd minute, Rice picked up the ball from the home court before passing it down the right flank to let Benrahma stretch as if to create the conditions for Fornals to easily finish to move the score up to 2-0 for the home side.

Aston Villa’s efforts only helped them get a respectable goal from Ramsey in the 90th minute and had to accept a 1-2 defeat. With this win, West Ham get 48 points and continue the race for the top 4 position English Premier League this season.

Final score: West Ham 2-1 Aston Villa (Half 1: 0-0)

score a goal

West Ham: Yarmolenko 70′, Fornals 82′

Aston Villa: Ramsey 90′

Starting lineup

West Ham: Fabianski, Johnson, Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Lanzini, Benrahma, Antonio, Fornals.

Aston Villa: Martinez, Cash, Chambers, Mings, Digne, McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Ramsey, Coutinho, Ings, Watkins.