Burnley vs Aston Villa

27 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

Ben Mee 52’
Dwight McNeil 76’
Chris Wood 79’

Ollie Watkins 14’
Jack Grealish 68’

Match summary

Burnley came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Aston Villa. Aston Villa led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ollie Watkins put Aston Villa ahead in the 14th minute, set up by Matt Targett. In the second half, Ben Mee equalised with a header in the 52nd minute, set up by Ashley Westwood, Jack Grealish put Aston Villa back in front in the 68th minute, set up by Douglas Luiz, Dwight McNeil equalised in the 76th minute, set up by Erik Pieters, and Chris Wood won it with a header in the 79th minute, set up by Dwight McNeil.

Aston Villa can feel hard done by, creating 2.83 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Burnley's 0.72 from 10.

Match stats

10 Shots 18

5 Shots on Target 10

2 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

0.72 xG 2.71

0.72 Non-penalty xG 2.71

2 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Burnley Aston Villa

Kick-off

14’

Ollie Watkins
Assist: Matt Targett

0-1

Half-time0-1

Ben Mee
Assist: Ashley Westwood

1-1

52’

68’

Jack Grealish
Assist: Douglas Luiz

1-2

Dwight McNeil
Assist: Erik Pieters

2-2

76’

Chris Wood
Assist: Dwight McNeil

3-2

79’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Burnley

James Tarkowski

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 0.72 xGAston Villa 2.83 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
Matthew Lowton	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Mee	DEF	90	1		1	0.39	0.00	0
James Tarkowski	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Erik Pieters	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.11	2
Robbie Brady	MID	61			2	0.11	0.00	0
Ashley Westwood	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.41	2
Josh Brownhill	MID	47			2	0.03	0.00	0
Dwight McNeil	MID	90	1	1	2	0.04	0.13	2
Chris Wood	FWD	90	1		2	0.14	0.00	0
Jay Rodriguez	FWD	76			1	0.01	0.00	0
Jack Cork	Sub	43			0	0.00	0.01	1
Johann Berg Gudmundsson	Sub	29			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matej Vydra	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Matthew Cash	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			1	0.13	0.00	0
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Matt Targett	DEF	90		1	1	0.06	0.62	1
Douglas Luiz	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.52	1
John McGinn	MID	90			1	0.02	0.41	2
Bertrand Traoré	MID	84			5	0.37	0.05	1
Ross Barkley	MID	84			1	0.31	0.13	1
Jack Grealish	MID	90	1		3	0.64	0.34	5
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90	1		5	1.24	0.16	2
Trézéguet	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Anwar El Ghazi	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Keinan Davis	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Burnley win 22% Avg odds 4.41

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.74

Aston Villa win 53% Avg odds 1.82

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

Form going into the game

Burnley L W L L W

Aston Villa W D L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Aston Villa 0-0 Burnley, 17 Dec 20 Next meeting: Burnley 1-3 Aston Villa, 07 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.