The odds favour Aston Villa in this fixture vs Burnley, but the away team will battle to the finish. Here's the complete Tipsway match guide!
- Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Burnley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Aston Villa can neither be promoted or relegated from Premier League. Burnley are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Aston Villa form and stats
Aston Villa have played 18 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-8 (wins-draws-losses).
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Aston Villa, who played 1-1 against Crystal Palace. That match was also played at this venue (Villa Park). McGinn (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.44/10. McGinn hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was the home game against Liverpool that was lost 1-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Aston Villa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 5 and lost 3.
The manager Gerrard will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Manchester City in only three days.
Villa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Villa Park with 28 goals in 18 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Aston Villa defense is not exactly impregnable. 28 goals conceded from 18 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Burnley form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Burnley so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 2-7-9 (win-draw-lose).
Burnley are travelling again after losing away to Tottenham Hotspur in their previous match (0-1). It's not a good sign for Burnley that their goalie Pope managed six saves in the Tottenham Hotspur fixture, but still could not rescue them from a loss. Collins was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.8. The defender Collins hit one key pass and won 2 of 7 duels.
A loss against Aston Villa was the result prior to that, in a home game.Burnley are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Burnley are hosting Newcastle United in the Premier League only three days away.
The attacking power of Burnley when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 18 league matches away. Burnley's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 27 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The latest registered meeting between these teams is the Burnley - Aston Villa 1-3 played previously this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Villa victories, four draws and two Burnley wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() O. Watkins 11 goals | ![]() G. Cornet 8 goals | ![]() D. Ings 7 goals |
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| Aston Villa | Burnley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 13 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 49 | 28 | 14 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 50 | 28 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 27 | 50 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 89% | 86% |
| 78% | 89% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 78% | 69% |
| 58% | 61% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 39% | 36% |
| 28% | 39% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | 28% |
| 11% | 17% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 56% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 31% | 28% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 25% |
| 22% | 17% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 44% |
| 5.1 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 7.3 | 6.9 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.1 | 12.6 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.7 | 11.1 |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 33% | 36% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 28% | 26% |
| 12.3 | 11.9 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 17.9 | 15.9 |
| 4 | 4.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
- Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Burnley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 37 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 96 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 11 | 72 | 90 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 36 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 89 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 16 | 65 | 86 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 73 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 42 | 70 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 37 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 64 | 40 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 68 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 36 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 56 | 45 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 66 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 37 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 56 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 34 | 1 | 58 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 37 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 59 | 48 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 56 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 37 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 37 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 15 | -3 | 51 |
| 9 | Leicester City | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 57 | 57 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 0 | 48 |
| 10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 37 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 39 | 43 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 21 | -4 | 48 |
| 11 | Brentford | 37 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 47 | 54 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 35 | -7 | 46 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 36 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 47 | 43 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 4 | 45 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 49 | 50 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 44 |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 40 | 61 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 34 | -21 | 43 |
| 15 | Southampton | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 41 | 61 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 39 | -20 | 40 |
| 16 | Everton | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 36 | -20 | 36 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 37 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 40 | 78 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 38 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 40 | -38 | 35 |
| 18 | Burnley | 36 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 32 | 50 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 27 | -18 | 34 |
| 19 | Watford | 37 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 33 | 75 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 46 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 29 | -42 | 23 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 37 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 79 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 41 | -56 | 22 |
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