MATCH PREVIEW: ASTON VILLA V BURNLEY

Clarets head to Villa Park for final fixture of the year

Burnley take on Aston Villa on Saturday afternoon (3pm) as Vincent Kompany’s side play their final fixture of 2023.

The Clarets will be aiming to continue their away form after picking up four points and two clean sheets from the last three fixtures on the road including a 2-0 win at Fulham last weekend.

The visitors are unbeaten at Villa Park in their previous four meetings with three draws & a victory and have not lost there in the Premier League.

Kompany’s side will be backed by another packed-out away following in the Midlands as the Clarets look to end the year on a high.

Where to watch?

Tickets for the trip to Villa Park are still available to purchase online and at the Turf Moor ticket office.

The game will not be streamed on Clarets+ due to Premier League rules and regulations and the match is also not available on Sky Sports or TNT Sports.

There will however be audio commentary available from Phil Bird available from 15 minutes before kick-off at 2:45pm.

Full match highlights, goals and interviews will be available to view after the match on Clarets+ and across all social media platforms.

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Aston Villa

Unai Emery arrived at Villa Park in October last year and remarkably took the club from 16th place to finish 7th and secure a UEFA Europa Conference League spot.

Now in his first full season in charge, Villa and Emery strengthened the side in the summer with the additions of Youri Tielemans from Leicester City, Moussa Diaby of Bayer Leverkusen, Pau Torres from Villareal and Nicolo Zaniolo arriving from Galatasaray.

The Villans carried their form from the back end of last season into this year and despite having the extra Europa League fixtures, Villa topped their group in the competition and Emery’s side still remain unbeaten at home since February this year.

This Christmas sees the Midlands side sit in the Premier League top four for the first time since 2010, which Villa went on to finish sixth that season.

Form Guide

The Clarets travel to Villa Park in fairly strong away form after taking four points from the last three games on the road with a win recently at Fulham and a point at Brighton earlier in the month.

Despite falling to defeat on Boxing Day to Liverpool, Kompany’s side pushed the Reds all the way and created plenty of opportunities until Klopp’s side added a second in stoppage time.

High-flying Villa suffered their first defeat in all competitions since the 5th November on Boxing Day after losing 3-2 to Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Four days earlier, Sheffield United put an end to Villa’s 14 match home winning run with a 1-1 draw thanks to Zaniolo’s stoppage time equaliser for the hosts.

Emery’s men sit third in the league table prior to the weekend after an impressive first half of the season and their incredible unbeaten home form still dates all the way back to February this year the last time they suffered defeat Villa Park in the Premier League.

What Vincent Kompany said

“When we played them earlier in the season, I felt straight away they were a strong team. There is a clear structure and they know what they want to do

“Bought young players, who have now matured into proper Premier League players. (Ollie) Watkins, (Leon) Bailey and plenty of others have come in fairly young and turned into experienced players.

“Then there’s a new manager with new ideas that suits the team and it’s worked well for them. I think he’s (Emery) landed at a sleeping giant that is well funded, well supported and he must have done his research and arrived with his methods & ideas turned them into a machine.”

Last time we met

27/08/23 – Burnley 1 – 3 Aston Villa (Turf Moor)

Burnley: Trafford, Roberts, Al-Dakhil, O’Shea, Delcroix, Benson (Gudmundsson 46), Cullen, Berge (Ramsey 68), Koleosho (Redmond 68), Amdouni (Bruun Larsen 81), Foster (Rodriguez 81)

Aston Villa: Olsen, Cash, Konsa, Carlo, Torres, Digne (Traore 81), Kamara, Luiz (Tielemans 86), McGinn, Diaby (Zaniolo 73), Watkins (Duran 86)

Goals: Cash 8’, Cash 20’, Foster 47’, Diaby 61’