Burnley vs Aston Villa

7 May 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee David Coote

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

Maxwel Cornet 90+1’

Danny Ings 7’
Emiliano Buendía 31’
Ollie Watkins 52’

Match summary

Aston Villa took a 3-1 win at Burnley. Aston Villa led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Danny Ings put Aston Villa ahead in the 7th minute, set up by Emiliano Buendía and Emiliano Buendía made it 0-2 in the 31st minute, set up by Lucas Digne. In the second half, Ollie Watkins made it 0-3 with a header in the 52nd minute, set up by John McGinn and Maxwel Cornet pulled one back to make it 1-3 in stoppage time, set up by Erik Pieters.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 1.81 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Burnley's 1.31 from 14.

Match stats

14 Shots 12

6 Shots on Target 7

4 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.31 xG 1.81

1.31 Non-penalty xG 1.81

4 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Burnley Aston Villa

Kick-off

7’

Danny Ings
Assist: Emiliano Buendía

0-1

31’

Emiliano Buendía
Assist: Lucas Digne

0-2

Half-time0-2

52’

Ollie Watkins
Assist: John McGinn

0-3

Maxwel Cornet
Assist: Erik Pieters

1-3

90+1’

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Burnley

Josh Brownhill

Aston Villa

Lucas Digne
Ollie Watkins

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.

Burnley 1.31 xGAston Villa 1.81 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Aston Villa attacking Burnley 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
Nick Pope	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Connor Roberts	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.03	1
Nathan Collins	DEF	90			3	0.16	0.00	0
James Tarkowski	DEF	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Charlie Taylor	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dwight McNeil	MID	90			3	0.11	0.13	3
Jack Cork	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Josh Brownhill	MID	90			0	0.00	0.10	2
Aaron Lennon	MID	67			1	0.03	0.00	0
Wout Weghorst	FWD	90			3	0.17	0.06	2
Ashley Barnes	FWD	73			2	0.08	0.03	1
Kevin Long	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maxwel Cornet	Sub	23	1		1	0.74	0.00	0
Erik Pieters	Sub	17		1	0	0.00	0.74	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	DEF	90			1	0.10	0.07	2
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Digne	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.25	3
Calum Chambers	MID	69			0	0.00	0.00	0
Douglas Luiz	MID	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
John McGinn	MID	90		1	2	0.07	0.65	2
Emiliano Buendía	MID	80	1	1	3	0.38	0.38	1
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90	1		3	0.73	0.11	1
Danny Ings	FWD	75	1		1	0.38	0.07	1
Carney Chukwuemeka	Sub	21			1	0.11	0.00	0
Ashley Young	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Philippe Coutinho	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Burnley win 31% Avg odds 3.09

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.17

Aston Villa win 39% Avg odds 2.49

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

Form going into the game

Burnley L D W W W

Aston Villa L L L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Burnley 3-2 Aston Villa, 27 Jan 21 Next meeting: Aston Villa 1-1 Burnley, 19 May 22 All Burnley vs Aston Villa 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.