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Morgan Rogers scored five minutes into the second half to fire Aston Villa level for the second time At a glance Mateus Fernandes puts West Ham ahead after 29 seconds – the fastest Premier League goal of the season Konstantinos Mavropanos diverts John Mc Ginn cross into own net to draw Villa level Jarrod Bowen restores Hammers' lead before Morgan Rogers scores twice to turn game around Villa remain third, three points behind Arsenal, with West Ham third from bottom PLAYER RATINGS Morgan Rogers scored two second-half goals as Aston Villa twice came from behind to beat West Ham and extend their winning run in all competitions to nine matches. The England midfielder, who had made it 2-2 five minutes in the second half, hammered an unstoppable shot into the top corner with 11 minutes left to put the visitors ahead for the first time in a topsy-turvy encounter. Struggling West Ham, who were searching for their first victory since 8 November, were gifted an opener after just 29 seconds when Mateus Fernandes dispossessed Ezri Konsa on the edge of the penalty area before beating Marco Bizot with a powerful drive into the top corner from a tight angle. Konstantinos Mavropanos inadvertently headed John Mc Ginn's inswinging cross into his own net, while under pressure from Ollie Watkins, to draw Villa level in the ninth minute. But Nuno Espirito Santo's side restored their advantage when Jarrod Bowen diverted Freddie Potts' volley past Bizot to give the Hammers a 2-1 half-time lead. Unai Emery's team managed only one shot before the interval, but they restored parity for the second time when Rogers found the bottom corner after West Ham had failed to clear Youri Tielemans' low cross. Bowen then had a low, left-footed strike disallowed for offside, before Rogers struck again superbly to move third-placed Villa to within three points of Premier League leaders Arsenal. West Ham, meanwhile, remain in the relegation zone and could find themselves five points adrift of safety if Leeds beat Brentford in Sunday's late game. More to follow. Rate players out of 10 for this game. The rater will close 30 minutes after the final whistle. You must be signed in to a BBC account to play. After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 14th December 2025 at 16: 03 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo Formation: 4 - 3 - 1 - 2 Manager: Unai Emery Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo Formation: 4 - 3 - 1 - 2 Manager: Unai Emery Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Premier League All competitions All competitions All competitions West Ham are winless in their last five Premier League games against Aston Villa (D3 L2), having won five in a row against them before that. Having been winless in nine consecutive away league games against West Ham between August 2012 and March 2024, Aston Villa won this exact fixture 2-1 last season. They last won consecutive visits to the Hammers in December 1996. West Ham have just 13 points in 15 Premier League games this season (W3 D4 L8), their worst start since 2017-18 when they had 10 points. However, in their last three campaigns when they’ve had 13 or fewer points at this stage, they’ve avoided relegation – 13 in 2013-14 (came 13th), 13 in 2016-17 (11th) and 10 in 2017-18 (13th). Aston Villa have won nine of their last 10 Premier League matches (L1), winning the most points in the division in that timeframe from 28 September onwards (27). They are the first team in any of the top four divisions in the history of the Football League to win none of their first five games of a season and then win as many as nine of their next 10. Only Leeds and Newcastle (6 each) have conceded more 90th minute goals in the Premier League this season than West Ham (5), while the Hammers have faced both the most shots (30) and most shots on target (14) in the 90th minute of matches in 2025-26. Aston Villa were the only side not to score in any of their first four Premier League games this season, but since MD5 only Man City (27) have scored more goals than Villa (22), with the Villans enjoying the third-best conversion rate in that time (15. 9%), behind Spurs (17%) and Man City (16. 3%). West Ham manager Nuno Espírito Santo has gone 21 consecutive Premier League matches without seeing his side keeping a clean sheet (11 with Nottingham Forest, 10 with the Hammers). He’s the first manager in Premier League history to fail to keep a clean sheet in any of his final 10 games at a club and then any of his first 10 games in his next spell at another club. Under Unai Emery, Aston Villa have won the fourth-most points in the Premier League (213), winning 63 of their 116 games under the Spaniard (D24 L29). In the timeframe of the previous 116 Villa matches before his first game (November 2019 – October 2022), Villa won the joint fewest points of any ever-present side in that time (136). Jarrod Bowen has 99 goals and assists combined in the Premier League for West Ham (60 goals, 39 assists) and could be the second player to get to treble figures for the Hammers, after Michail Antonio (68 goals, 33 assists). Ollie Watkins could make his 200th Premier League appearance in this match – the Aston Villa frontman has 78 goals and 34 assists in 199 games so far, with only 11 English players involved in more goals in their first 200 games, most recently Jamie Vardy (97 goals, 28 assists). Foul by Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United). Handball by Crysencio Summerville (West Ham United). Attempt saved. Donyell Malen (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Alphonse Areola (West Ham United). Substitution, Aston Villa. Donyell Malen replaces Amadou Onana. Attempt missed. El Hadji Malick Diouf (West Ham United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner. Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Boubacar Kamara. Attempt missed. Mateus Fernandes (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Paquetá following a corner. Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Youri Tielemans. Attempt blocked. El Hadji Malick Diouf (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Ian Maatsen. Offside, Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins is caught offside. John Mc Ginn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing. Foul by El Hadji Malick Diouf (West Ham United). Amadou Onana (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United). Foul by Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa). Freddie Potts (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Marco Bizot (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Crysencio Summerville (West Ham United). Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Ian Maatsen. Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.