A manager-less Aston Villa take on West Ham in what promises to be a tricky encounter for the home side. Martin O'Neill resigned as manager of Aston Villa after issues with the club owners who didn't grant him enough money for transfers this summer plus are already planning on selling midfielder James Millner without his permission. Thus, in this Aston Villa v West Ham prediction we have two clubs on the exact opposite end of things - the Villans will be without a manager at least for the time being, while this fixture will be the official debut for Avram Grant who took charge of the Hammers at the end of the last season. So we got uncertaintiy on one side and a fresh start at the other, that indeed is the key to our Aston Villa v West Ham prediction for the Premier League opener on the 14th of August. There is also a very intriguing statistic related to this Aston Villa v West Ham prediction. The Villans are typically very poor at the start of the season and pick up their pa