After going 9 matches without a win, West Ham manager Zola are blessed with a win, thanks to Aston Villa’s Ashley Young missing a penalty on 49minutes and substitute Zavon Hines to strike in an injury time winning goals. This win get West Ham out of the relegation zone, sitting on 16th with 10 points.

Zola make 3 changes in the lineup from previous match against Sunderland by bringing in Scott Parker, Da Costa and Faubert to the starting lineup. Aston Villa remains the same lineup except for Beyes to come in replace of the suspended defender Cuellar who received a red card against Everton last week.

West Ham have been the better side of the match, by taking up the lead just before half time with a penalty scored by M.Noble. Aston Villa then make immediate changes at half time for Reo-Coker to replace Heskey at the break. Robert Green dived correctly to saved A.Young penalty kick on the 49 minutes. But A.Young atoned his mistake within 2 minutes by scoring in a curling strike. Aston Villa was down to 10 mens with 6 more minutes to go when Beyes received his 2nd yellow card of the match. Just when both side are about to take home a point each, Z.Hines strike in the decisive goals to bring West Ham their first home win of the season.

Shall this win be the turning point for West Ham? They will be facing low morale Everton who has yet to get a win from the previous 7 matches. The tiring Everton side will be playing their 6th matches in 3 week at Upson Park. I shall expect another win for West Ham in the coming fixture.

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