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BIRMINGHAM. Aston Villa conquered Burnley. Aston Villa was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Stuart Attwell with the assistance of James Mainwaring and Mark Scholes. The 4th official was Tony Harrington. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.83 degrees Celsius or 49.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Aston Villa had a superior ball possession 66% while Burnley was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Aston Villa was more aggressive with 54 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Aston Villa won the match​.

Aston Villa shot 19 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Burnley shot 9 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards (Emiliano Martínez, Jacob Ramsey, Ezri Konsa and John McGinn). Talking about the opposition, Burnley received 2 yellow cards (Charlie Taylor and Sander Berge).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Aston Villa has 42 points like Liverpool to remain in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Burnley will stays with 11 points to hold in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Aston Villa will play away against Everton on the 13th of January with a 13-9 head to head in favor of Aston Villa (11 draws).

Burnley will host Luton Town on the 13th of January with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Burnley (3 draws).

Aston Villa – Formation

Aston Villa started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

The manager Unai Emery Etxegoien decided to play with the following team: Matty Cash, Emiliano Martínez (6.7), Ezri Konsa (7.3), Diego Carlos (6.6), Clément Lenglet (6.8), Álex Moreno (6.7), Leon Bailey (7.5), John McGinn (7.0), Douglas Luiz (7.5), Jacob Ramsey (6.8), Moussa Diaby (8.2) and Ollie Watkins (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Pau Torres (6.4), Calum Chambers, Jhon Durán (7.3), Filip Marschall, Tim Iroegbunam, Sam Proctor, Leander Dendoncker (6.4) and Nicolò Zaniolo.

Substitutions

Aston Villa made 3 changes: Clément Lenglet for Pau Torres (62′), Moussa Diaby for Jhon Durán (82′) and Leon Bailey for Leander Dendoncker (90′).

Player of the match: Ollie Watkins​

The player that probably impressed the most for Aston Villa was Ollie Watkins even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.4 with 18 passes (72% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7.

Burnley – Formation

Burnley started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Vincent Kompany played with: James Trafford (7.3), Vitinho (6.4), Dara O’Shea (6.4), Jordan Beyer (6.4), Charlie Taylor (6.6), Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson (7.0), Sander Berge (5.8), Josh Brownhill  (7.5), Wilson Odobert (6.4), Lyle Foster  (7.8), Zeki Amdouni (7.7).

These were the players on the bench: Mike Trésor (6.4), Jay Rodríguez, Connor Roberts (6.4), Nathan Redmond, Aaron Ramsey (6.4), Jacob Bruun Larsen, Hannes Delcroix (6.4), Michael Obafemi and Arijanet Muric.

Burnley could not rely on the presence of Hannes Delcroix (injured).

Substitutions

Burnley made 4 changes: Jordan Beyer for Hannes Delcroix (17′), Zeki Amdouni for Aaron Ramsey (59′), Jóhann Berg Gudmundsson for Connor Roberts (74′) and Wilson Odobert for Mike Trésor (74′).

Player of the match: Lyle Foster ​

The player that probably impressed the most for Burnley was Lyle Foster .

His rating is 7.8 with 1 goal, 14 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 16.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Wolverhampton Wanderers – Everton – 3-0
• Nottingham Forest – Manchester United – 2-1
• Manchester City – Sheffield United – 2-0
• Luton Town – Chelsea – 2-3
• Crystal Palace – Brentford – 3-1
• Aston Villa – Burnley – 3-2