West Ham vs Aston Villa: Confirmed line-ups in Premier League

West Ham must win at home to Aston Villa on Sunday to have a chance of moving out of the Premier League relegation zone.

The Hammers start the day two points behind fourth-bottom Nottingham Forest, who are at home to Tottenham.

Third-placed Villa, who won 2-1 at Basel in the Europa League on Thursday, start a point behind second-placed Manchester City and six shy of leaders Arsenal.

101GreatGoals.com has full team news from West Ham vs Aston Villa in the Premier League, as well as details on how to watch the action live.

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West Ham starting lineup vs Villa

West Ham switch four players, Soungoutou Magassa and Freddie Potts supplanting Max Kilman and Guido Rodriguez.

Left-back Ollie Scarles is on the bench following a shoulder injury, while goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski is out with a back problem.

West Ham starting XI: Alphonse Areola, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Jean-Clair Todibo, El Hadji Malick Diouf, Crysencio Summerville, Soungoutou Magassa, Lucas Paqueta, Freddie Potts, Mateus Fernandes, Jarrod Bowen

West Ham substitutes: Mads Hermansen, Kyle Walker-Peters, Maximilian Kilman, Igor Julio, Callum Wilson, Guido Rodriguez, Tomas Soucek, Ollie Scarles, Mohamadou Kante

Aston Villa starting lineup vs West Ham

Villa make six changes, restoring Ollie Watkins – on his 200th Premier League appearance – Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn, Boubacar Kamara and Ian Maatsen.

Lucas Digne, Lamare Bogarde, Evann Guessand, Emiliano Buendia, Jadon Sancho and Donyell Malen move to the bench.

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez (back), centre-backs Pau Torres (calf) and Tyrone Mings (hamstring) and midfielder Ross Barkley (knee) are out.

Aston Villa starting XI: Marco Bizot, Matty Cash, Victor Lindelof, Ezri Konsa, Ian Maatsen, John McGinn, Boubacar Kamara, Youri Tielemans, Amadou Onana, Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins

Villa substitutes: James Wright, Emiliano Buendia, Lucas Digne, Andres Garcia, Donyell Malen, Jadon Sancho, Lamare Bogarde, Evann Guessand, George Hemmings

How to watch Villa vs West Ham: Live online stream, TV channel

Kick-off on Sunday is at 14:00 GMT (09:00 ET / 06:00 PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on Sky Sports Tennis.

Via Now TV, Sky Sports costs £14.99 for a day membership, £28 a month for a 12-month membership or £34.99 a month with no contract.

Sky Sports memberships include access to all 12 live Sky Sports channels and Sky Sports+, which offers live streams and a dedicated channel.

Streaming is available on a vast variety of devices via the Sky GO app.

Premier League results and fixtures this weekend

Arsenal beat Wolves 2-1 at home on Saturday courtesy of Yerson Mosquera’s 94th-minute own goal, winning after Chelsea earned their first victory in four games in all competitions with a 2-0 home defeat of Everton.

Mohamed Salah came off the bench as reigning champions Liverpool beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0, and Fulham ended a two-match losing run with victory at Burnley.

All fixtures start at 14:00 GMT unless stated otherwise.

Saturday, December 13

Chelsea 2-0 Everton

Liverpool 2-0 Brighton

Burnley 2-3 Fulham

Arsenal 2-1 Wolves

Sunday, December 14

Palace vs Man City

Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham

Sunderland vs Newcastle

West Ham vs Aston Villa

Brentford vs Leeds United (16:30)

Monday, December 15

Manchester United vs Bournemouth (20:00)