Jarrod Bowen will be key to David Moyes guiding West Ham United to victory over Aston Villa in Monday night’s Premier League clash at the London Stadium.

Moyes has called on Bowen to start all nine of the Hammers’ top-flight fixtures thus far this season, but is yet to see the 23-year-old strike home his fourth goal having now gone five games without finding the back of the net.

The Leominster-born winger hasn't registered his first assist of the campaign, either, despite providing a creative masterclass in victory over Sheffield United last time out with a joint-game high three key passes.

Bowen is among West Ham’s most important forward men this term thanks to his unbroken involvement in their Premier League fixtures, with the former Hull City ace signed in January for £22million ranking joint with Tomas Soucek for most shots taken (20) by an Irons player, per WhoScored.

Yet Bowen only ranks fifth for efforts directed on target with just five to his name and ranks seventh for key passes with six recorded to date. Defender Arthur Masuaku (21) and midfielder Declan Rice (11) even have a higher number of successful dribbles than the £96,154-per-week attacker (8).

Moyes will certainly need to see Bowen match the level of his performance against Sheffield United, rather than his previous displays, when West Ham host Aston Villa on Monday night. But the Scot will need to see the 5 ft 8 maestro offer more than just creativity.

Bowen, who Hull boss Grant McCann lauds as an “exceptional talent” who is “unplayable” on his day, will have his work cut out should he start against Aston Villa, as Dean Smith’s outfit are among the Premier League’s most one-sided outfits.

The Villans average 42% of their attacking moves on the left-hand side of the field, sacrificing central play (25%) to spread the ball wide to the likes of influential captain Jack Grealish and their overlapping full-back, Matt Targett.

Villa’s preference to focus their advances to one side of the field has also aided Smith’s men in becoming one of the top-flight’s most dominant attacks, with 33% of their actions registered in the opposition’s defensive third.

Bowen has not proven himself adept in aiding Vladimir Coufal defensively this term with just 0.9 tackles, 0.3 interceptions and 0.2 clearances per league game, while winning possession 0.7 times and being dribbled past 0.8 times, per SofaScore.

But Moyes will need to see the 23-year-old add another side to his game if West Ham are to beat Aston Villa on Monday, regardless of whether or not Michail Antonio makes his return from a hamstring injury.

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