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MATCH PREVIEW: Aston Villa v West Ham Oct 6, 3pm
10:06am Friday 5th October 2007
LAST TIME AT VILLA PARK: Aston Villa 1 West Ham 0 (03-02-2007) John Carew scored the Villans' winning goal.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Villa 32, West Ham 36, draws 27.
FORM: Villa lie ninth in the league with three wins and two draws from their first seven games. They have lost just once at home - to Liverpool on the opening day of the season.
DANGER MAN: Gabriel Agbonlahor has been in fine form this season with goals against Chelsea, Everton and Tottenham making him Villa's top scorer. He has been ably assisted by former Hammers target Ashley Young providing creativity and pace down the left wing.
The match will also be the first chance for ex-Irons Nigel Reo-Coker, who has started all seven of the Villans' Premier League games, and Marlon Harewood to face their old club.
FUN FACT: Ozzy Osbourne (below) and his Black Sabbath bandmates are supporters of Aston Villa. Ozzy was raised in Lodge Road, only a few hundred yards from Villa Park and during 2003 a member of Birmingham City Council campaigned for him to be given Freedom of the City.
PREDICTION: Aston Villa 1 West Ham 1
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