Aston Villa vs Burnley

30 December 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Leon Bailey 28’
Moussa Diaby 42’
Douglas Luiz 89’ (pen)

Zeki Amdouni 31’
Lyle Foster 71’

Match summary

Aston Villa beat Burnley 3-2, with a late winner. Aston Villa led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Leon Bailey put Aston Villa ahead in the 28th minute, set up by Ollie Watkins, Zeki Amdouni equalised in the 31st minute, set up by Dara O'Shea, and Moussa Diaby put Aston Villa back in front in the 42nd minute, set up by Ollie Watkins. In the second half, Lyle Foster equalised in the 71st minute, set up by Johann Berg Gudmundsson and Douglas Luiz won it from the penalty spot in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 2.93 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Burnley's 1.12 from 9. Burnley had a player sent off.

Match stats

19 Shots 9

7 Shots on Target 5

6 Corners 2

4 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 1

2.93 xG 1.12

2.16 Non-penalty xG 1.12

16 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Aston Villa Burnley

Kick-off

Leon Bailey
Assist: Ollie Watkins

1-0

28’

31’

Zeki Amdouni
Assist: Dara O'Shea

1-1

Moussa Diaby
Assist: Ollie Watkins

2-1

42’

Half-time2-1

71’

Lyle Foster
Assist: Johann Berg Gudmundsson

2-2

Douglas Luiz
Penalty

3-2

89’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Aston Villa

Emiliano Martinez
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo
John McGinn
Jacob Ramsey

Burnley

Sander Berge
Charlie Taylor

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Aston Villa 2.93 xGBurnley 1.12 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Burnley attacking Aston Villa attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.50	1
Diego Carlos	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Clement Lenglet	DEF	69			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Moreno	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.18	2
Leon Bailey	MID	90	1		3	0.14	0.14	2
Douglas Luiz	MID	90	1		4	0.91	0.04	1
John McGinn	MID	90			2	0.11	0.02	1
Jacob Ramsey	MID	90			2	0.56	0.04	2
Moussa Diaby	MID	89	1		6	1.03	0.08	1
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90		2	2	0.18	0.84	3
Pau Torres	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leander Dendoncker	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jhon Durán	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
James Trafford	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vitinho	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
Dara O'Shea	DEF	90		1	1	0.05	0.60	1
Louis Beyer	DEF	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Charlie Taylor	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Johann Berg Gudmundsson	MID	81		1	0	0.00	0.06	1
Josh Brownhill	MID	90			2	0.10	0.05	1
Sander Berge	MID	63			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wilson Odobert	MID	81			1	0.11	0.06	1
Lyle Foster	FWD	90	1		3	0.22	0.00	0
Zeki Amdouni	FWD	66	1		2	0.65	0.11	1
Hannes Delcroix	Sub	74			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Ramsey	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mike Trésor	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Connor Roberts	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 69% Avg odds 1.40

Draw 18% Avg odds 5.17

Burnley win 13% Avg odds 7.55

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Aston Villa W W W D L

Burnley L D L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Burnley 1-3 Aston Villa, 27 Aug 23 Next meeting: Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley, 05 Oct 25 All Aston Villa vs Burnley meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.