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The full-time whistle goes and it's finished all-square at two apiece. Stay tuned for reaction and ratings.

Off the line: Villa thought they have scored, but West Ham scrambled the ball away from under their own crossbar.

88 mins: Paintsil's deflected cross reaches Ashton who lashes home with a superb first-time finish.

GOAL! West Ham are level!

SUB: Ex-Hammer Harewood replaces Carew for the visitors.

Elsewhere: Villa's dream of Uefa Cup football is all but over with Everton bagging a third at Goodison.

Elsewhere: Man Utd have the title in the bag with Giggs netting a second for United at Wigan.

Wide: Ashton's low drive flashes just wide of Carson's near post, although the offside flag was up anyway.

SUB: Change for West Ham with Noble being replaced by Sears.

Stoppage: Small stoppage in play here as Green is down injured for West Ham.

77 mins: Boa Morte's long-range effort is easily blocked by Knight.

SUB: Cole replaces Zamora up front for the home side.

Elsewhere: Bad news for Villa fans as Lescott has restored Everton's lead.

Chance: Agbonlahor's effort found Carew, who cheekily tried to back-heel the ball home, but Green was well-placed to gather.

Wide: Villa break but it comes to nothing. Mellberg's shot hit the side netting although some of the traveling faithful behind the goal thought it had gone in.

64 mins: Noble's low drive is straight at Carson who gratefully clutches the ball to his chest.

61 mins: Young cuts in on his right foot, but drags his shot wide of the near post. Half a chance for the England international.

Crossbar: Zamora's header from Boa Morte's cross crashes off Green's crossbar. Unlucky for the home side.

60 mins: From the resulting corner Ashton's glancing header is cleared off the line on the far post by Petrov.

Inches: Aston is inches away from bring the home side back on level terms.

58 mins: Reo-Coker's initial shot was saved, but the rebound fell kindly to Barry who slotted home with a first-time finish.

GOAL! Barry has scored and it's been coming!

Just wide: Barry this time skips by Noble, but sends his left-footed curling effort just wide of Green's far post.

Over: Barry's left-footed effort is deflected over by Ferdinand.

Villa: It's all Villa at the moment. The visitors are looking more likely to score than The Hammers.

Elsewhere: Good news for Villa is that Newcastle have equalised at Goodison Park.

Mayhem: Carew's shot from point-blank range is saved by Green. Petrov tried to win a penalty moments later, but his drive fooled no one and he was subsequently booked.

SUB With McCartney suffering from a hamstring strain he has been replaced by Paintsil during the interval.

47 mins: Boa Morte runs at Villa's defence and fires in a shot, but the effort is comfortable for Carson.

Corner: Carew's low cross is deflected behind by Tomkins for a Villa corner.

Second half: Villa get the second half underway!

The teams are back out for the second half.

Mark Lloyd believes it would be a bad career move for Gareth Barry if he leaves Villa Park this summer.

Mike Brown and Dionne Middleton feel West Ham will go on to secure a 3-2 success.

Half-time: The interval whistle goes and it's all-square here at Upton Park at one goal apiece.

45+2 mins: Zamora's powerful left-footed shot from just outside the box flashes just wide. Carson was beaten, but the effort was not on target.

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43 mins: Young swings in a cross from the left wing, but Carew sends his near-post effort wide of Green's right-hand upright.

Wide: Noble's first-time shot bounces wide of the far post. Carson was at full stretch in the Villa goal, but the ball bounced harmlessly wide.

Blocked: Zamora's shot from just inside Villa's penalty area is blocked.

Elsewhere It's not good news for Villa fans with Everton now leading at Newcastle.

32 mins: BOOKING - Mellberg, on his last appearance for the club, is booked for catching Boa Morte.

31 mins: Young's through-ball picks out Agbonlahor, but the striker can only lash his left-footed effort well wide. The angle was against him.

28 mins: The majority of the game is being played in the middle of the pitch at the moment.

26 mins: Petrov escapes a booking for hauling down Noble from behind.

Chance: Petrov's low cross for Carew is just missed by the big Norwegian striker. Any sort of a touch from the striker looked odds-on to result in a goal.

23 mins: The chances have dried up here somewhat. I think both sets of players are taking a breather.

20 mins: Tomkins is back up on his feet and should be fine to continue.

Man down: Tomkins is down injured for the home side after landing awkwardly following a challenge with Carew. The home fans were unhappy Dean stopped play with Boa Morte virtually clean through on goal.

End to end: Despite letting their lead slip, West Ham remain positive. It's end-to-end football here. Expect more goals.

14 mins: Reo-Coker's neat through-ball picked out Young and his superb first-time finish gave Green no chance of a save as the ball rolled into the far corner of the net.

GOAL! Villa are back on level terms!

12 mins: West Ham have the lead here, but Villa do look dangerous on the counter-attack. It remains goalless at Goodison Park.

Booking: Parker is rightly booked for a rash tackle on Petrov. How will Villa respond to going behind?

Free-kick: From the free-kick Carson makes a mess of Solano's shot and allows the set-piece into the net. The on-loan keeper should have kept out the shot. Solano opted against celebrating as a mark of respect to his former club.

GOAL! Solano has given West Ham the lead on eight minutes!

Chance: West Ham have a dangerous free-kick on the edge of the visitors' penalty area after Bouma brings down Ferdinand.

5 mins: Dean Ashton goes down in the penalty area, but Dean waves the home side's appeals away.

Break: From the corner Villa break and Ashley Young comes close to putting Villa ahead with a back-post effort.

Pressure: West Ham have put the visitors on the back foot with back-to-back corners. Carew heads the second clear of the danger zone.

First effort: Solano's lofted pass finds Zamora, but the striker can only guide his half-chance over Carson's crossbar.

Underway! West Ham get this Upton Park contest underway!

Referee Mike Dean is just taking care of one or two balloon issues before getting the game underway.

QUESTION Villa fans - Do you think this will be Barry's last appearance in a Villa shirt?

The teams are out on the pitch here at Upton Park and it's glorious sunshine in London.

If you have any predictions, talking points or anything you want to put to the floor, feel free to e-mail me: james.pearson@bskyb.com and I'll put the best of the comments on site!

Villa begin the day three points adrift of The Toffees needing a win at Upton Park and an Everton defeat at home to Newcastle in order to bag fifth spot in the table.

West Ham: Green, Neill, Tomkins, Ferdinand, McCartney, Solano, Noble, Parker, Boa Morte, Zamora, Ashton. Subs: Wright, Cole, Pantsil, Mullins, Sears.

Aston Villa: Carson, Mellberg, Laursen, Knight, Bouma, Petrov, Reo-Coker, Barry, Young, Carew, Agbonlahor. Subs: Taylor, Harewood, Salifou, Routledge, Maloney.

Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

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