West Ham v Aston Villa live stream and match preview, Sunday 12 March, 2.00pm GMT
West Ham v Aston Villa live stream and match preview
Looking for a West Ham v Aston Villa live stream? We've got you covered. West Ham v Aston Villa isn't being televised in the UK, but is on NBC in the US. American abroad? Use a VPN to watch the Premier League with your subscription from anywhere.
West Ham desperately need to pick up points against Aston Villa as they battle to avoid relegation from the Premier League.
The Hammers have been dragged into a scrap at the bottom this season and sit one point above the drop zone ahead of the weekend.
They faced a long trip to Cyprus on Thursday in the Europa Conference League, but came back with a 2-0 win over AEK Larnaca in the bag from their last 16 first leg clash.
Villa are up in the safety of 11th place and travel to London after back-to-back league wins over Everton and Crystal Palace.
West Ham won the first meeting between the sides this season in August, Pablo Fornals sealing a 1-0 victory at Villa Park.
Kick-off is at 2.00pm GMT. Make sure you know how to watch the Premier League wherever you are.
Team news
David Moyes has named the following West Ham starting 11: (4-2-3-1) Alphonse Areola; Thilo Kehrer, Kurt Zouma, Naif Aguerd, Emerson; Tomas Soucek, Declan Rice (captain), Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta, Said Benrahma; Danny Ings
Unai Emery has selected the following Aston Villa starting 11: (4-2-3-1) Emi Martinez; Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Alex Moreno; Douglas Luiz, Jacon Ramsey; John McGinn (captain), Emi Buendia, Leon Bailey; Ollie Watkins
Form
West Ham: WLLWL
Aston Villa: WWLLL
Referee
Chris Kavanagh will be the referee for West Ham v Aston Villa.
Stadium
West Ham v Aston Villa will be played at the London Stadium in London.
Kick-off and channel
West Ham v Aston Villa kick-off is at 2.00pm GMT on Sunday 12 March. It isn't being televised in the UK.
In the US, kick-off time is 9.00am ET / 6.00am PT. The match will be shown on NBC in the US. See below for international broadcast options.
VPN guide
Use a VPN to watch Premier League football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a Premier League fixture, then you won't be able to watch on your domestic streaming service as usual. The broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!) and blocks you from watching it. You can use a VPN to get around that, though, without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
A Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs, creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and will let you watch. And all the info going between is entirely encrypted, anonymous and safe – and that's a result.
There are plenty of good-value options out there. For the Premier League, FourFourTwo currently recommends:
International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2022/23 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box and other friendly streaming devices.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
