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Aston Villa v West Ham Premier League Odds: Draw Looks Best Bet at Villa Park

Following the mixed reaction to the shock departure of Martin O’Neill, Aston Villa must now get back to the real world and ready themselves to face what could be a rejuvenated West Ham team under their new boss, Avram Grant.Betfred has made Villa even money favourites to win the match, but they like most Bookmakers, have been cautious with their odds, making the draw a 12/5 option with a West Ham win coming in at 16/5.

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It has been well reported that West Ham have not won an away league game for a year and have not won any of their last four visits to Villa Park, however under Grant they have been unbeaten in their seven pre-season friendlies which has created a much bigger belief in the team. Barclays Premier League Odds Comparison

West ham are likely to give a debut to Frederic Piquionne, who has impressed as a striker in his days at Portsmouth. He will clearly pose a threat to Villa and backing him to score during the 90 minutes would seem an obvious bet to make. Piquionne is a 2/1 chance to score during the 90 minutes and is a very tempting 15/2 with Betfred to score the opening goal of the game. A £10 bet on which would yield a £75 return!

It is always difficult to know how to assess team morale after losing a successful if not an altogether popular manager. Villa under O’Neill would be worthy favourites to win the game, but under the temporary stewardship of Kevin Macdonald punters like us are not so sure, which is why we are going to ‘sit on the fence’ for this match and will back the draw. The favoured scoreline is 1-1 which has odds of 6/1 with betfred but 0-0 also looks a distinct possibility at 15/2.

Aston Villa v West Ham Correct Score Betting

1-1 Draw – 6/1
1-0 Villa Win – 6/1
2-1 Villa Win – 7/1
2-0 Villa Win – 7/1
0-0 Draw – 15/2
1-0 West ham Win – 17/2
2-1 West Ham win – 14/1

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Villa fans will no doubt be avidly following the market for the next Villa manager, particularly now that the odds of Bob Bradley taking over have shortened considerably in the last 24 hours. It looks like a straightforward race between him and Sven Goran Eriksson, and interestingly they are both quoted at 6/4 with Ladbrokes.

Aston Villa v West Ham Match Odds

Evens Villa
12/5 Draw
16/5 West Ham

Posted: Friday, 13th August 2010
Author: Rodney Wise
Tags: english premiership, villa park, aston villa, west ham united, betfred,

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