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New West Ham head coach Julen Lopetegui has eight summer signings to call upon but says "some of them are more ready than others".
Aston Villa also have a host of new recruits awaiting their first appearance, including Amadou Onana, Ian Maatsen and Samuel Iling-Junior.West Ham lost 4-1 at Villa Park last October but that is their only defeat in the past 12 Premier League meetings . They will not play a Premier League fixture outside of London until they visit Nottingham Forest on 2 November, with each of their first nine games taking place in the capital.Villa have lost their opening league game in each of the past three seasons, conceding a total of 10 goals in those fixtures.
Aston Villa are winless in their last nine Premier League away games against West Ham , since a 2-1 victory at Upton Park in April 2011. Aston Villa have lost their opening Premier League match in each of the last three seasons, conceding 10 goals in these games. They also lost the last time they faced West Ham in their first game, going down 1-0 at Upton Park in 2012-13.
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