Aston Villa will be wearing their third kit when they travel to the London Stadium to take on West Ham on Sunday afternoon. This is the fourth time the Villans will be sporting the shirt in the league this season- the previous three occasions have all ended in defeat for AVFC.

Aston Villa record with blue third kit in Premier League in 2021/22 so far

Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa
Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa
Brentford 2-1 Aston Villa (under Steven Gerrard)

West Ham have won only one of their last six games across all competitions and were beaten 1-0 by Sevilla in the Europa League on Thursday- a game in which they wore claret shorts and white away socks.

West Ham used another new kit combination in yesterday’s Europa League Round of 16 clash against Spanish giants Sevilla. The Hammers were wearing their 21/22 home shirt, but paired it with claret shorts and their white away socks. They also had to use a shirt without the Betway logo- Spanish regulations do not permit gambling advertisers.

Sevilla, outfitted by Nike, wore a white shirt, paired with white shorts and dark coloured socks.

The Hammers however went down 1-0 at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, with Munir’s excellent finish on the hour mark the difference between the two sides.

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