Premier League match preview and statistics: Burnley fight Aston Villa

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Wed 27.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Turf Moor (21401 seats)

Season ticket holders at Turf Moor haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Burnley languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Aston Villa will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Burnley has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
  • Aston Villa have scored more than double the goals of Burnley.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Burnley and Aston Villa.

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Burnley form and stats

Burnley have played 8 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Burnley in their previous game, a FA Cup match away at Fulham (placed 18th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Liverpool.

Burnley are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Chelsea awaits in four days.

Burnley aren't scoring a lot here at Turf Moor in the league, with only 5 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Burnley have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Aston Villa form and stats

The visitors are W5-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Villa are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Ollie Watkins and Bertrand Traoré scored in Villa's previous match, the home game against Newcastle United that ended 2-0. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Manchester City's place.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Villa manager D. Smith as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Southampton.

The travelling fans enjoy Villa's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. Villa are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Aston Villa - Burnley 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Burnley one win, four draws and Aston Villa four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Aston VillaO. Watkins
O. Watkins
7 goals
Aston VillaJ. Grealish
J. Grealish
6 goals
Aston VillaA. El Ghazi
A. El Ghazi
5 goals

Burnley missing players

Aston Villa missing players

Burnley Aston Villa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 3 9 17
5 3 1 Won W 3 5 9
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
9 4 2 Lost L 0 3 6
10 5 1 Scored S 7 14 31
22 8 4 Conceded C 0 7 18
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
33% 38% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 76%
28% 25% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 56% 59%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
22% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 35%
39% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 56% 53%
56% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.1 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.2 9.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.7 13 15.5
2.9 2.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.4 5.6
19% 25% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 35% 33%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Aston Villa have scored more than double the goals of Burnley.
  • Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Burnley has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
  • Burnley has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Premier League
  • Burnley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Burnley haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 United 19 12 4 3 36 25 9 4 2 3 12 13 10 8 2 0 24 12 11 40
2 Manchester City 18 11 5 2 31 13 10 7 2 1 21 7 8 4 3 1 10 6 18 38
3 Leicester City 19 12 2 5 35 21 10 5 1 4 15 12 9 7 1 1 20 9 14 38
4 Liverpool 19 9 7 3 37 22 10 7 2 1 21 9 9 2 5 2 16 13 15 34
5 Tottenham Hotspur 18 9 6 3 33 17 9 4 3 2 14 9 9 5 3 1 19 8 16 33
6 Everton 17 10 2 5 28 21 8 4 1 3 15 12 9 6 1 2 13 9 7 32
7 West Ham United 19 9 5 5 27 22 10 5 3 2 15 11 9 4 2 3 12 11 5 32
8 Aston Villa 17 9 2 6 31 18 8 4 1 3 17 11 9 5 1 3 14 7 13 29
9 Chelsea 19 8 5 6 33 23 9 4 3 2 19 11 10 4 2 4 14 12 10 29
10 Southampton 18 8 5 5 26 21 9 5 1 3 14 9 9 3 4 2 12 12 5 29
11 Arsenal 19 8 3 8 23 19 10 4 2 4 12 11 9 4 1 4 11 8 4 27
12 Leeds United 18 7 2 9 30 34 9 3 2 4 13 14 9 4 0 5 17 20 -4 23
13 Crystal Palace 19 6 5 8 22 33 9 3 3 3 11 15 10 3 2 5 11 18 -11 23
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 19 6 4 9 21 29 10 3 3 4 12 13 9 3 1 5 9 16 -8 22
15 Burnley 18 5 4 9 10 22 8 3 1 4 5 8 10 2 3 5 5 14 -12 19
16 Newcastle United 19 5 4 10 18 32 9 3 2 4 10 15 10 2 2 6 8 17 -14 19
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 19 3 8 8 22 29 9 0 5 4 10 15 10 3 3 4 12 14 -7 17
18 Fulham 18 2 6 10 15 27 10 1 3 6 7 15 8 1 3 4 8 12 -12 12
19 West Bromwich Albion 19 2 5 12 15 43 9 1 2 6 5 24 10 1 3 6 10 19 -28 11
20 Sheffield United 19 1 2 16 10 32 10 1 1 8 6 15 9 0 1 8 4 17 -22 5

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.