Burnley v Aston Villa Pre-Match

[gpbarr]

2-0 loss. They are in form and have everything to fight for, we are .. well, the opposite

[eamonn]

What's Michael Jackson had to say about the Villa in his pre-match presser? Beat It?

[ADVILLAFAN]

We're crap at Turf Moor usually and always seem to get ref's that are happy for them to mow down our players. So fancy Burnley to nick it.

[Clampy]

What's Michael Jackson had to say about the Villa in his pre-match presser? Beat It?

Hopefully, it'll be a thriller.

[Tayls_7]

What's Michael Jackson had to say about the Villa in his pre-match presser? Beat It?

Hopefully, it'll be a thriller.

Oh no. Not again.  You don't wanna be startin' somethin'.

[Goldenballs]

Burnley are looking to win consecutive league games against Aston Villa for the first time since January 1973, following their 3-2 win in this exact fixture last season.

Aston Villa have won just one of their last 26 away league games against Burnley (D6 L19), winning 2-1 in January 2020.

The eight Premier League meetings between Burnley and Aston Villa have alternated between a draw (4) and a victory for either side (2 each), with Burnley winning the last match 3-2 in January 2021.

Burnley and Aston Villa will face each other for the first time in this Premier League campaign. This is the latest into a season two top-flight teams are meeting for their first league game since 1987-88, when Luton and Nottingham Forest met for the first time on 13th May.

Burnley are looking to secure four consecutive Premier League victories for the first time since April 2018 (a run of five), while they've won as many points in their four games under Michael Jackson as they had in their previous 10 under Sean Dyche (10).

Each of Aston Villa's last six Premier League wins have seen them keep a clean sheet, with the Villans winless in 11 games when conceding at least once (D2 L9).

Aston Villa have conceded a league-high 22% of their Premier League goals in the opening 15 minutes of games this season (10/46), with only Norwich (11) shipping more such goals overall. Meanwhile, only Man City (20%) have scored a higher share of their goals in the opening 15 minutes than Burnley (19% - 6/31).

Burnley are unbeaten in their four Premier League matches under Michael Jackson so far; only three managers in the club's history have remained unbeaten in their first five league games in charge - Frank Casper (1983), Jimmy Mullen (1991) and Owen Coyle (2007).

Ollie Watkins has nine Premier League goals this season. He could become the first Aston Villa player to score 10+ in consecutive top-flight campaigns since Christian Benteke (3 between 2012-13 and 2014-15), and the first Englishman to do so for the club since Gabriel Agbonlahor (3 between 2007-08 and 2009-10).

Former Burnley striker Danny Ings has scored in his last three Premier League appearances against the Clarets. The only player to score in four consecutive Premier League appearances against a team they've previously played for in the competition was Craig Bellamy vs Newcastle United (2007 - 2011).

[ChicagoLion]

What's Michael Jackson had to say about the Villa in his pre-match presser? Beat It?

Hopefully, it'll be a thriller.

Oh no. Not again.  You don't wanna be startin' somethin'.

He said he won’t be Blowing Bubbles.

[dorsetvillian]

9 Bournemouth Lions on our way up. A34 closed!! Hopefully the game will be better than the journey so far.

[Ads]

Think J10 of the M6 is shut too.

[Clampy]

I've not been feeling very confident about this all week to be honest but who knows, last weeks win may have done us the world of good and took the pressure off a little. We'll need to match their work rate and fight because they looked up for it from what I saw of them on MOTD last week. 1-2 to us though. Ings and Mings for us.

[astonvilla82]

Think J10 of the M6 is shut too.

said on BBC website that you get off junction 10, drive over the island and straight back onto the motorway, but it's looking like traffic backing up already

[Drummond]

What's Michael Jackson had to say about the Villa in his pre-match presser? Beat It?

They don't care about us. Probably think we're Dangerous.

As for Gerrard, it's clear what he'll be telling our lot; don't stop til you get enough.

[manic-road]

We have a poor away record at Burnley and I csn't see that changing, 2-1 home win.

[sid1964]

1-1 draw

[PhilVill]

Happy with a draw, hopefully players up for a fight a la Everton away.