- Noble (45 pen), Hines (90)
- Young, A (52)
- Date:2009-11-04
- Kick-off:19:45
- Venue:Upton Park
- Attendance:30024
- Referee:Bennett, S
Live Commentary
90mins
WEST HAM 2-1 ASTON VILLA.
90mins
WEST HAM 2-1 ASTON VILLA: Scott Parker finds Zavon HINES who takes a neat touch and puts the ball beyond Friedel.
90mins
Four minutes added on for someone to find a winner.
89mins
Jiminez replaces Franco for the Hammers.
88mins
Friedel makes a brilliant save from Mark Noble.
87mins
Carew makes way for Luke Young.
86mins
Parker shoots just wide.
85mins
Habib Beye is given his marching orders after picking up his second booking for a foul on Spector, both yellows have been harsh and he is very unlucky.
83mins
(Finally) A good delivery from Young finds Agbonlahor but he shoots high and wide.
83mins
Franco is booked for West Ham, Villa free kick in a decent position.
80mins
West Ham corner, Noble delivers but Carew clears the danger for Villa.
79mins
Great game here, we just need a winner... Ashley Young has just burst into the box but he couldn't get past the last man and the Hammers clear.
78mins
West Ham win two corners in succession (so many corners in this game..), Hines tries his luck with an acrobatic attempt but misses the ball completely from the second corner.
75mins
A West Ham corner is easily dealt with by Dunne who clears well with his head.
73mins
Collins gives possesion away and Hines picks it up and races forward, a great chance for West Ham, but he shoots way over the bar.
71mins
Villa win a free kick after Da Costa fouls Carew, Young delivers the ball into the box but Green claims it.
69mins
West Ham's Franco has a go from outside the box but his effort goes just over the bar.
67mins
Stiliyan Petrov is booked for Villa.
66mins
West Ham win another corner, again Noble's delivery is a good one and Collison gets a shot away but Friedel makes the save.
63mins
A corner... but this one is West Ham's! Noble delivers the ball and it falls on the edge of the box to Da Costa but his effort is way off target.
61mins
West Ham manage to get forward for what feels like the first time in the half but Faubert's cross is poor and he concedes possession.
59mins
And another Villa corner, this time the referee spots something and West Ham are awarded a free kick inside their own penalty area.
58mins
Another Villa corner, this time Upson clears Young's delivery.
56mins
Yet another Villa corner, and yet again West Ham clear easily, the delivery just hasn't been up to scratch from the visitors tonight.
52mins
WEST HAM 1-0 ASTON VILLA: Ashley YOUNG makes up for his penalty miss with a goal from outside the penalty area, it looked as if he was trying to cross it but it beat Green and went into the goal.
50mins
Scott Parker is booked for a foul on Young.
48mins
James Collins fouled by Manuel Da Costa in the penalty area, the referee awards Villa a penalty but Green denies Young from the spot.
46mins
The second half is underway.
46mins
Heskey makes way for former Hammers man Nigel Reo-Coker during the break.
45mins
Half-Time: WEST HAM 1-0 ASTON VILLA.
45mins
Beye received a yellow card for his foul on Hines.
45mins
Following Bennett's penalty decision Villa duo James Collins and Ashley Young were both booked for dissent.
45mins
WEST HAM 1-0 ASTON VILLA. Habib Beye fouls Hines in the box, Steve Bennett awards a penalty, though it looked as if Beye might have got a foot to the ball, Mark NOBLE puts the spot kick beyond Friedel.
43mins
Parker fouls Young as Villa win a free kick in a shooting position, Warnock goes straight for goal but he shoots well wide.
41mins
A brief respite for West Ham as they attack through Julien Faubert but his cross goes out harmlessly for a goal kick.
39mins
Heskey sets up Carew but Green does well to deny the big striker, it really is all Villa at the moment and West Ham just need to hold on until half time.
38mins
Upson does really well to deny Carew the chance to shoot in the box, Villa are putting all the pressure on the home side at the moment.
37mins
Warnock's second corner causes more problems but Green manages to claim it after an initial scramble.
36mins
Agbonlahor wins Villa yet another corner, Warnock takes over from Young and delivers a decent effort that eventually results in another Villa corner.
34mins
Hines first contribution is to fail to control a pass, the ball goes straight through to Villa keeper Friedel.
31mins
Carlton Cole is replaced by Zavon Hines, the Hammers striker must be injured and boss Gianfranco Zola has used two of his three subs in the first half.
27mins
A slick move from Villa ends with Agbonlahor heading Young's cross over the bar, great chance for the visitors.
26mins
Villa have a legitimate claim for a penalty after the ball appeared to hit Valon Behrami's arm but referee Steve Bennett is having none of it and the Hammers clear.
24mins
Young has just delivered another, frankly poor, corner and again West Ham clear easily.
22mins
Agbonlahor's shot forces another corner and Villa are starting to press for the first time, however Young's corner is poor and easily cleared by the West Ham defence.
21mins
Petrov has a crack for Villa but Green is up to the test and makes a decent save but concedes a corner.
20mins
West Ham on the attack again but the move breaks down and Villa win a goal kick.
18mins
Carew does well to meet Warnock's cross but his headed shot is straight at Green and the West Ham man saves easily.
17mins
Noble bursts into the Villa box and unleashes a fierce shot but Friedel gets down well and makes a fantastic save, best chance so far for West Ham.
14mins
Young's corner is headed goalwards by Richard Dunne but Matthew Upson makes the block.
13mins
No goals as yet but this is a very open game, West Ham have just shaded it so far with Cole causing the Villa defence problems.
11mins
Parker tries his luck from range for West Ham but Friedel saves comfortably.
9mins
Jonathan Spector replaces Herita Ilunga for West Ham, Ilunga seems to have an hamstring injury after he pulled up while chasing the ball.
9mins
Parker does well to clear the danger with Green well out of the Hammers goal, Villa creeping into this tie now.
7mins
Quick line up update for Villa, Carew and Agbonlahor are the chosen front two, with Heskey on the left wing.
4mins
Chances at both ends as Agbonlahor's effort is saved by Green, then Friedel blocks Collison's shot at the other end.
3mins
Carlton Cole goes for glory from range but his effort is well wide, West Ham have really controlled these opening moments in East London.
1mins
The home side start brightly but Villa's Collins manages to clear the danger.
0mins
The game is underway at Upton Park, with England boss Fabio Capello watching from the stands.
0mins
No James Milner for Villa as he has an injury so it looks as if Agbonlahor will fill in on the right, Scott Parker returns from suspension for West Ham.
0mins
The rare combination of both Heskey and Carew start up front for Villa tonight, a win would take the visitors into the top half while three points for the Hammers would move them out of the bottom three at the expense of Blackburn.
0mins
Seems a little strange having a Premier League match with all this Champions League action going on but this is a fixture that counts for both sides, thanks for joining me and I'll be bringing you all the action from 19.45.
0mins
Aston Villa: Friedel, Beye, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, Agbonlahor, Petrov, Sidwell, Ashley Young, Heskey, Carew. Subs: Guzan, Luke Young, Albrighton, Delfouneso, Delph, Reo-Coker, Shorey.
0mins
West Ham: Green, Behrami, Upson, Faubert, Ilunga, Da Costa, Parker, Noble, Collison, Franco, Cole. Subs: Kurucz, Jimenez, Spector, Tomkins, Diamanti, Hines, Stanislas.
Match Preview
Aston Villa have the chance to move up to fourth in the Premier League table if they can beat struggling West Ham United on Wednesday.
However, Villa boss Martin O'Neill has revealed that Stiliyan Petrov and James Milner are major doubts for the game while Carlos Cuellar definitely misses out as he is suspended following his controversial sending off in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Everton.
Petrov limped off the pitch following a two-footed lunge by Diniyar Bilyaletdinov which resulted in the Russian being shown a straight red card.
Meanwhile, England international Milner sustained a calf problem at Goodison Park and was withdrawn at half-time.
Villa enjoyed a successful October, winning through to the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup and remaining unbeaten in their four Premier League matches, but their quest for a top-four place could be scuppered by a recent tendency to draw too many matches.
Last month's impressive victory against Chelsea was interspersed with draws against Everton, Wolves and Manchester City.
Meanwhile, West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola has seen his side come from two goals behind to draw 2-2 with Arsenal before letting a two-goal advantage slip against Sunderland at the weekend.
Their goalscoring threat continues to revolve around Carlton Cole who scored at the Stadium of Light to bring his goal tally up to six, while no other player has managed to find the net more than twice.
The Hammers have still not enjoyed a three-point haul since the opening weekend of the campaign when they beat Wolves and remain entrenched in the bottom three.
Zola is still without a quartet of first-team players with Kieron Dyer (hamstring), Danny Gabbidon (calf), Dean Ashton (ankle) and Luis Boa Morte (knee) all once again missing for the Londoners.
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Match Report
It was the late, late show as Zavon Hines gave Gianfranco Zola his first home win of the season and lifted West Ham United out of the bottom three.
After Ashley Young atoned for missing a penalty by wiping out Mark Noble's first-half spot-kick, both sides looked like they would have to settle for their third successive draw, but the 20-year-old substitute had other ideas as he struck a 93rd-minute winner.
Zola had seen his team throw away a two-goal lead at the Stadium of Light on Saturday and the Italian responded by making three changes from the side that finally drew 2-2 with Sunderland, as Julien Faubert, Manuel Da Costa and Scott Parker replaced Jonathan Spector, James Tomkins and the suspended Radoslav Kovac.
Without a Premier League victory since their win at Wolverhampton Wanderers on the opening day of the campaign, West Ham kicked off looking for their first home success of the season.
And after a cagey opening quarter-hour during which Spector replaced the injured Herita Ilunga, Noble finally teased the first serious save of the evening out of Brad Friedel, when he cut into the area and unleashed an awkward 15-yarder, that the Villa keeper parried to safety.
On 20 minutes, Robert Green was also called into action, when Young's corner was cleared to Stiliyan Petrov, whose stinging 25-yarder deflected off Da Costa before being expertly tipped over at the last second by the alert England goalkeeper.
Martin O'Neill had made just two switches from side that had drawn 1-1 at Everton on Saturday as Habib Beye and John Carew replaced James Milner and the banned Carlos Cuellar.
Shortly afterwards, Gabriel Agbonlahor unleashed an angled scorcher that Green beat aside for a Villa corner and, as the visitors started to gain the upper hand, there was more bad news for Zola, when top-scorer Carlton Cole hobbled down the tunnel under the worried gaze of the onlooking Fabio Capello.
Five minutes before the break, Green again came to the Hammers' rescue, when he held Carew's clever, close-range, shot-on-the-turn but just as the opening period looked like ending goalless, West Ham broke the deadlock.
With referee Steve Bennett counting down the seconds, Cole's replacement, Hines, hit the damp East End turf, when he tangled with the consequently booked Beye and Noble claimed his second goal of the season with an unstoppable penalty that gave the wrong-footed Friedel absolutely no chance.
The Villa remonstrations were still going on as the teams headed off at the break but after introducing former Hammers' skipper, Nigel Reo-Coker for the restart, in place of Emile Heskey, the Midlanders were given a great opportunity to level, when they were awarded an equally dubious spot-kick.
This time it was West Ham's turn to lodge the vehement protests after the soaring Da Costa was harshly adjudged to have fouled ex-Hammer James Collins but Green guessed correctly, as he dived at the base of his left-hand post to block Young's 49th-minute penalty.
The Villa wide boy's agony was then compounded by a Parker lunge that earned the Hammers' combative midfielder an incredible, eighth yellow card of the season.
Young soon silenced the home cheers, though, when he cut in from the left touchline and threaded a beautiful 20-yarder over the groping Green and just under the keeper's left-hand angle to atone for that penalty miss.
In reply the lively Hines fired a couple of efforts narrowly across goal and then the young Hammers' substitute forced the flustered Friedel to claw out his angled shot as West Ham desperately tried to regain their advantage.
Beye's late foul on Spector then earned the Senegal international a second yellow card of the night and, as Villa's ten men held on for a draw, Hines ensured that West Ham claimed that elusive first home win of the season, when he clipped an angled shot over Friedel with just seconds remaining.
West Ham United Team
Aston Villa Team
West Ham United | Aston Villa |
Corners
| 6 | 14 |
Fouls
| 11 | 16 |
Goal attempts
| 15 | 12 |
Shots off target
| 8 | 4 |
Offsides
| 3 | 3 |
90mins
Great chance for Young as he creates a chance for himself but Rob Green, who has been awesome in fairness, denies the Villa man.