In a weekend match in week 18, on Saturday Dec 18th, Aston Villa hosts Burnley in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 9th placed Aston Villa is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Norwich City. Jacob Ramsey scored the first goal for Aston Villa in the 34th minute, then Ollie Watkins added another in the 87th minute In the end, Norwich City was frustrated by Aston Villa’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Aston Villa ended the match with the shutout victory. Aston Villa looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while burnley is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against West Ham United. Neither Burnley nor West Ham United could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 16 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Burnley looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
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.
Matěj Vydra and Maxwel Cornet are the top scorers for Burnley in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Aston Villa is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Ezri Konsa and Ollie Watkins each having 2 goals in their last 5
Steven Gerrard’s squad will be without Trezeguet, Bertrand Traoré and Marvelous Nakamba, while Ashley Barnes, Dale Stephens and Phil Bardsley are unavailable to play for Sean Dyche’s team.