Burnley will host Aston Villa after having the weekend off in the Premier League. In game two, the Lions easily defeated Everton 4-0 while the hosts’ anticipated matchup with Luton Town was postponed to a later time.
Preview (Burnley vs. Aston Villa)
Burnley took advantage of a rare weekend off in August while construction work at Luton’s Kenilworth Road continued to ensure that the Hatters’ stadium met Premier League standards. The Clarets will eventually go to face their fellow Championship promotees. Burnley manager Vincent Kompany was preoccupied thinking about the Clarets’ painful return to life in the big league last weekend while 18 other Premier League clubs battled it out, as the Belgian’s former team Manchester City glided past his current squad on August 11.
Erling Haaland scored twice on the first day of the Premier League season before Champions League final hero Rodri scored in the second half. Anass Zaroury’s red card added insult to injury. The apprentice was no match for Pep Guardiola’s mastery. It is difficult to draw any conclusions from the hosts’ opening defeat to the English and European champions. Aston Villa responded admirably to their humiliation at the hands of Newcastle United by defeating Everton last weekend. They posted an emphatic 4-0 victory only a week after suffering a four-goal defeat on opening weekend. John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Leon Bailey, and Jhon Duran all scored in the rout.
With five unanswered goals against Hibernian in the first leg of their playoff match at Easter Road, Unai Emery’s team had assured themselves of a spot in the group stage of the Europa Conference League. That thrashing was a harbinger of things to come for Unai Emery’s team. Ollie Watkins’ 48-minute hat-trick helped the Lions easily defeat their Scottish opponents.
Returning to domestic duty, Villa hopes to halt a rather concerning run of away results that has seen Emery’s team lose all five of their away Premier League games while giving up at least one goal in each contest and scoring only three goals in the right end of the field. The visitors’ recent results against Burnley are also inconsistent, to put it mildly. In their last eight encounters with the Clarets, they have only managed two victories, drawing four times, and losing twice. However, during the Premier League era, they have only ever lost at Turf Moor once.
Team News
Following his recent £14 million transfer to Turf Moor, Aaron Ramsey will face off against Burnley against Aston Villa. Wilson Odobert and Hannes Delcroix have both recently joined Vincent Kompany’s squad. There is no reason why any of the three players shouldn’t be given the opportunity to make their debuts this weekend. Zaroury must serve the first of a three-game suspension. Darko Churlinov and Michael Obafemi are out permanently. Jordan Beyer was another victim of Burnley’s defeat by Man City. Although the German is said to have simply had a cramp. He will be good to resume his position in the home team’s backline.
Speaking of defensive losses, Aston Villa’s World Cup-winning goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez missed practice on Friday. He complained of calf soreness in their victory over Hibs in the middle of the week. It necessitated a late decision on his availability. Leander Dendoncker (muscle), Philippe Coutinho (hamstring), Tyrone Mings (knee), Emiliano Buendia (knee), Jacob Ramsey (foot), and Alex Moreno (hamstring) are the other six visitors who are questionable for this match due to injury. Robin Olsen may have to step in for Martinez. Although Kompany’s team will likely have the freshest legs and the ability to score at the second attempt. It will be impossible to contain Emery’s vivacious strikers.
Burnley 1 – 3 Aston Villa
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