Monday Night Football brings us the most intriguing prospect of Aston Villa v West Ham — 2 sides I have not quite worked out yet (at West Ham’s situation, I don’t believe I’ll ever work them out).
\nDean Smith’s men have suffered a rocky start to life back losing at Villa Park — book-ending a good success against Everton against Bournemouth, Spurs and Crystal Palace.
\nWith so many new faces to mattress to the side, it’s little surprise that Villa have not hit the floor running, but their victory over the Toffees has been a clear indication that talent isn’t in short supply.
\nWest Ham come into this on the back of victories against Norwich and Watford due to new striker S??bastien Haller’s excellence –and I am backing them to beat Villa on Monday, that is priced at 17\/10.
\nThe likes of Haller, Manuel Lanzini, Andriy Yarmolenko and Felipe Anderson can cause any team from the league issues, and they’ll need to be firing to compensate for their record that is defensive.
\nThe Hammers have the endings, and at the price, they are worth backing from a Villa side searching for their identity.
\nAs I mentioned, S??bastien Haller is gravy that is different.
\nLast year, despite a number of injuries, Haller scored 20 goals in 41 matches for Eintracht Frankfurt as part of a wing upwards together with Ante Rebic and Luca Jovic, therefore it’s little surprise he’s taken to the Premier League just like a duck to water.
\nThe Frenchman has scored three goals in his last two league matches, and that I like 17\/10 to allow him to discover the web at any time on Monday.
\nWest Ham would be certain that they can create opportunities; Villa’s only victory against Everton has been despite the traffic’ xG being 1.56, much higher than Villa’s 0.81, don’t anticipate Haller to be starved of goalscoring chances.<\/p>\n