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Aston Villa 1-3 West Ham: Jesse Lingard scores twice on DREAM debut for David Moyes men as they claim impressive win on the road to move into top-four contention

Jesse Lingard stole the show as West Ham beat Aston Villa 3-1.

Tomas Soucek scored the opener after the break before Lingard netted a volley.

Ollie Watkins grabbed one back but Lingard struck again to seal victory.

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The midfielder sealed victory by beating Emiliano Martinez from a tight angle for their third
Earlier Lingard had shown great composure to volley in the far corner for his first of the night
Tomas Soucek finished off a lovely team move to open the scoring in the second half
Ollie Watkins grabbed one back for Villa before Lingard provided the killer blow minutes later

MATCH FACTS

Aston Villa: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Targett, Douglas Luiz, McGinn, El Ghazi, Barkley, Grealish, Watkins;

Subs not used: Heaton, Traore, Trezeguet, Nakamba, Engels, Sanson, Elmohamady, Davis, Ramsey

Scorers: NONE

Booked: NONE

West Ham: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Fredericks, Benrahma, Lingard, Antonio;

Subs not used: Balbuena, Yarmolenko, Lanzini, Fornals, Bowen, Diop, Martin, Johnson, Odubeko

Scorers: NONE

Booked: NONE

Referee: Andrew Madley

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Emiliano Martinez made an outstretched save in the first half to save Angelo Ogbonna's header
Ollie Watkins came close to breaking the deadlock but could only head over from close
Michail Antonio had Martinez sprawling across his goal when his effort went just wide