Burnley vs Aston Villa

27 August 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Michael Salisbury

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

Lyle Foster 47’

Matthew Cash 8’, 20’
Moussa Diaby 61’

Match summary

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

In the first half, Matthew Cash put Aston Villa ahead in the 8th minute, set up by Ollie Watkins and Cash made it 0-2 in the 20th minute, set up by Moussa Diaby. In the second half, Lyle Foster pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 47th minute, set up by Johann Berg Gudmundsson and Moussa Diaby made it 1-3 in the 61st minute, set up by Lucas Digne.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 3.09 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Burnley's 0.63 from 9.

Match stats

9 Shots 16

2 Shots on Target 6

4 Corners 6

2 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

0.63 xG 2.84

0.63 Non-penalty xG 2.84

8 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Burnley Aston Villa

Kick-off

8’

Matthew Cash
Assist: Ollie Watkins

0-1

20’

Matthew Cash
Assist: Moussa Diaby

0-2

Half-time0-2

Lyle Foster
Assist: Johann Berg Gudmundsson

1-2

47’

61’

Moussa Diaby
Assist: Lucas Digne

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Burnley

Josh Cullen
Sander Berge

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 0.63 xGAston Villa 3.09 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
James Trafford	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Connor Roberts	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ameen Al Dakhil	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dara O'Shea	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Hannes Delcroix	DEF	90			2	0.07	0.08	2
Benson Manuel	MID	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Josh Cullen	MID	90			0	0.00	0.32	1
Sander Berge	MID	71			0	0.00	0.02	1
Luca Koleosho	MID	71			2	0.04	0.03	1
Lyle Foster	FWD	84	1		1	0.08	0.00	0
Zeki Amdouni	FWD	84			2	0.05	0.00	0
Johann Berg Gudmundsson	Sub	41		1	0	0.00	0.15	3
Aaron Ramsey	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathan Redmond	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jacob Bruun Larsen	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jay Rodriguez	Sub	6			2	0.39	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Robin Olsen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diego Carlos	DEF	90			1	0.11	0.00	0
Pau Torres	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	MID	90	2		6	1.51	0.00	0
Lucas Digne	MID	84		1	0	0.00	0.16	2
Boubacar Kamara	MID	90			0	0.00	0.23	2
Douglas Luiz	MID	89			0	0.00	0.18	2
John McGinn	MID	90			0	0.00	0.36	2
Moussa Diaby	MID	76	1	1	2	0.17	1.00	2
Ollie Watkins	FWD	89		1	5	1.13	0.90	2
Nicolo Zaniolo	Sub	14			2	0.17	0.06	1
Bertrand Traoré	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Youri Tielemans	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jhon Durán	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Burnley win 30% Avg odds 3.21

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.54

Aston Villa win 43% Avg odds 2.24

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

Form going into the game

Burnley L L D L L

Aston Villa W D W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Aston Villa 1-1 Burnley, 19 May 22 Next meeting: Aston Villa 3-2 Burnley, 30 Dec 23 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.