Burnley 3-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 27 January 2021
Result
Burnley 3-2 Aston Villa
Premier League · Wednesday 27 January 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Burnley 3-2 Aston Villa: match report
Burnley defeated Aston Villa 3-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 27 January 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.
O. Watkins opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Burnley's goals came from Ben Mee (52'), Dwight McNeil (76') and C. Wood (79'). Aston Villa scored through O. Watkins (14') and Jack Grealish (68').
Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Burnley were 15th on 19 points from 18 and Aston Villa 9th on 29 points from 17. Burnley went on to finish that season 17th with 39 points, and Aston Villa 11th with 55.
Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nick Pope of Burnley (8.2), level with Dwight McNeil (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burnley win, 4 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 14'Goal · O. Watkins
- 22'Yellow card · James Tarkowski
- 52'Goal · Ben Mee
- 68'Goal · Jack Grealish
- 76'Goal · Dwight McNeil
- 79'Goal · C. Wood
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Wesley Moraes
- Kortney Hause
- Ludwig Augustinsson
- Charlie Taylor
- Philippe Coutinho
- Nathan Tella
- Boubacar Kamara
- Ashley Barnes
Burnley line-up (4-4-2)
Nick Pope, Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Erik Pieters, Robbie Brady, Ashley Westwood, Josh Brownhill, Dwight McNeil, Jay Rodríguez, Chris Wood
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett, Douglas Luiz, John McGinn, Bertrand Traoré, Ross Barkley, Jack Grealish, Ollie Watkins