On May 7th, Aston Villa will travel to Burnley to battle Burnley in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 16th placed Burnley, recorded a 2-1 win against Watford. James Tarkowski scored the first goal for Watford on an own goal in the 8th minute, but Jack Cork got the equalizer for Burnley in the 83rd minute But luckily in the 86th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Josh Brownhill. Burnley is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Aston Villa recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Norwich City. Ollie Watkins struck first for Aston Villa in the 41st minute on a feed from Danny Ings, then Danny Ings added another in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Emiliano Buendía In the end, Norwich City couldn’t muster any offence and Aston Villa ran away with the shutout win. Aston Villa is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Burnley won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Ollie Watkins has been the most prolific scorer on Aston Villa in his last 5 matches with two goals. Wout Weghorst and Nathan Collins are the top scorers for Burnley in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
Burnley will be without Jay Rodriguez, Jóhann Guðmundsson, Ashley Westwood, Erik Pieters and Ben Mee, while Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa squad will be without Bertrand Traoré and Kortney Hause.