Aston Villa vs West Ham LIVE: Latest score and updates from Villa Park

Follow all the action from the Midlands as bottom of the table Villa search for a win

Rémi Garde has held talks with Villa owner Randy Lerner this week (Getty Images)

Hello and welcome to live coverage of Aston Villa vs West Ham United.

The Remi Garde reign is still without a win with Villa rooted to the bottom of the Premier League, already 10 points from safety.

• Villa captain Micah Richards expected to miss a fourth consecutive game because of a knee injury

• Joe Bennett and Aly Cissokho have been called back from loan spells but can't play until January

• West Ham striker Andy Carroll is back in training may play in this match

• Manuel Lanzini unlikely to feature, however

• Diafra Sakho, Winston Reid, Victor Moses and Dmitri Payet still mising for Slaven Bilic

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