Aston Villa predicted XI vs West Ham as Steven Gerrard could make shock call

Aston Villa return to action when they play West Ham United at the London Stadium today (2pm).

Villa will be hoping to keep up their run of wins with three victories in the bag from as many games.

Steven Gerrard's side eased to three points at Leeds United on Thursday night with a 3-0 win at Elland Road thanks to goals from Philippe Coutinho, Matty Cash and Calum Chambers.

Villa can make another statement with a win at West Ham, who are still in the race to finish in the top four.

Our Villa correspondent Ashley Preece has looked at the team Gerrard could field for the Premier League clash in East London with only Marvelous Nakamba (knee) sidelined through injury.

Here's who we are predicting to start for Villa...

It's two days of recovery for in-form Villa before they take on West Ham at the London Stadium on Sunday (2pm kick-off).

Gerrard and his players will be bouncing into that one off the back of three straight victories after seeing off Brighton, Southampton and Leeds all to nil.

Villa do, though, go into a cluster of fixtures against sides above them in the Premier League with West Ham, Arsenal, Wolves, Tottenham and Liverpool next up.

Looking ahead to Villa's trip to Stratford on Sunday, looks at the options facing Gerrard should he wish to freshen things up given what will be a 64-hour turnaround from full-time at Elland Road to kick-off at West Ham.

On Thursday, Gerrard's decision to retain Calum Chambers ahead of the fit-again Ezri Konsa was totally vindicated. The ex-Arsenal man put in another strong showing alongside Tyrone Mings and, as we know, popped up with a spectacular goal to put a nice shiny gloss on the 3-0 scoreline.

On Sunday, it looks set to be Emi Martinez, the in-form Cash, Chambers,