Premier League: Burnley are 6 points after Aston Villa, but are motivated to go full throttle. Let's go!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Burnley form and stats
Burnley have collected 21 points from their Premier League home games so far after 5-6-6. It’s been three wins in a row for Burnley here at Turf Moor, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Happy days for Burnley in their previous game, a fixture away at Watford (placed 19th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. The forward Vydra won the honour of being "man of the match" for Burnley with a rating of 7.43/10. Vydra served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Burnley here at Turf Moor in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (16 from 17 games). 20 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Aston Villa form and stats
6 wins, 1 draw and 10 losses. That’s the product of Aston Villa playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Aston Villa goalkeeper Damian Emiliano Martinez is eager to challenge this, with his 199 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Villa won their last game, 2-0 versus Norwich City played at home. The attacker Ings got a match rating of 7.83 in that game. Ings scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Leicester City that ended 0-0.After this away game Aston Villa return home for a Premier League game against Liverpool. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Villa have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 18 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 21 goals have been conceded by Aston Villa in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Burnley won two games, four matches ended in a draw and Aston Villa got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
![]() O. Watkins 9 goals | ![]() G. Cornet 7 goals | ![]() J. Ramsey 6 goals |
Burnley missing players
Aston Villa missing players
| Burnley | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 17 | 33 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 31 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 18 | 44 |
| 46 | 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 21 | 46 |
| 85% | 82% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 71% | 59% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 65% | 76% |
| 35% | 29% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 53% | 58% |
| 26% | 24% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | 27% |
| 6% | 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 6% | 12% |
| 44% | 35% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 41% | 45% |
| 26% | 35% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 35% | 33% |
| 44% | 47% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 29% | 24% |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| 7 | 6.6 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 12.2 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 11.8 | 12.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 27% | 26% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 34% |
| 15.9 | 14.1 | 16.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 12.6 | 12 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 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 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 84 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 63 | 83 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 86 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 64 | 82 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 33 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 68 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 40 | 66 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 33 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 52 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 60 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 33 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 56 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 58 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 35 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 54 | 52 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 30 | 2 | 55 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 52 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 52 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 32 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 49 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 35 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 34 | 42 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 20 | -8 | 44 |
| 10 | Newcastle United | 35 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 56 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 29 | -16 | 43 |
| 11 | Leicester City | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 51 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 31 | -4 | 42 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 45 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 41 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 33 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 44 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 21 | -2 | 40 |
| 14 | Brentford | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 30 | -8 | 40 |
| 15 | Southampton | 35 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 41 | 58 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 36 | -17 | 40 |
| 16 | Burnley | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 31 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -15 | 34 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 72 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 38 | -34 | 34 |
| 18 | Everton | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 34 | 55 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 35 | -21 | 29 |
| 19 | Watford | 34 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 32 | 69 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -37 | 22 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 71 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 37 | -49 | 21 |
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