On Sat May 7th, in week 36, Burnley will host Aston Villa at Turf Moor in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 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, then Jack Cork tied it up 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 earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 13th placed Aston Villa, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Norwich City. Ollie Watkins scored the first goal for Aston Villa in the 41st minute, 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, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Burnley won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Ollie Watkins has been the most effective weapon for Aston Villa lately. The English attacker has netted 2 goals in his last five matches. Burnley is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Wout Weghorst and Nathan Collins each only have 1 goal in their last 5
Burnley will be without Jay Rodriguez, Jóhann Guðmundsson, Ashley Westwood, Erik Pieters and Ben Mee, while Bertrand Traoré and Kortney Hause are unavailable to play for Steven Gerrard’s team.