West Ham United head coach Graham Potter praises his side's "pleasing" performance that "maybe deserved more", and that his side "looks ready to fight" following their 1-1 draw with Aston Villa.

Not so long ago West Ham would have let Aston Villa's early goal turn into three, four, five or maybe even six. Instead they fought to earn a point

Graham Potter’s previous work with Evan Ferguson may give West Ham an advantage in the race to sign the Brighton striker amid interest from Germany.

The visitors threatened to snatch a late winner, with Danny Ings firing narrowly wide before the influential Lucas Paqueta had a goal ruled out for offside in stoppage time

Potter says it is yet to be decided if Jarrod Bowen and Crysencio Summerville will be available on Sunday, stating: "Bowen has had one or two sessions and we still need to assess him. It's still early - we have another day so we'll see. It's important that we don't rush him in. It's the same with Crysencio [Summerville]."

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West Ham head to Aston Villa in the Premier League this afternoon with Graham Potter in search of a response from his side.The Hammers lost on home soil to Crystal Palace last time out, a display

The new head coach has a tough run of games in the capital to start his tenure and both he, and his team, have struggled in these fixtures

West Ham United fans expect new manager Graham Potter to bring some style back to their team's football after a dispiriting and brief Julen Lopetegui reign but the new coach was happy to win ugly against Fulham on Tuesday.

The draw sees West Ham move 11 points clear of the bottom three, while Aston Villa remain eighth, four points behind fourth-placed Manchester City

West Ham are set to complete the appointment of Kyle Macaulay from Chelsea, talkSPORT understands. Macaulay is a long-term colleague of Graham Potter, who he first worked with at Swedish side

Aston Villa look to stretch a Premier League unbeaten run to five matches when Graham Potter's West Ham hit Villa Park on Sunday.