Burnley 1–3 Aston Villa — Premier League 2023/24 Match Stats

Premier League · 2023Sun, 27 Aug 2023, 13:00 UTC

Burnley

1–3Historical match

Aston Villa

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Aston Villa won 1–3.

Shots: 916
Shots on target: 26
Expected goals: 0.732.7
Possession: 57%43%

Full time

What the match recorded

Aston Villa beat Burnley 3–1. Recorded in this match (Burnley – Aston Villa): shots 9–16, shots on target 2–6, expected goals 0.73–2.7, possession 57%–43%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Burnley show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

Burnley's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Burnley	Aston Villa	Baseline
Shots	—	15 shots/match	15.5 shots/match
Shots against	—	11.7 shots/match	13.8 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

This match

Match statistics

Shots9 shots16 shotsBurnley 9 shots, Aston Villa 16 shots
Shots on target2 shots6 shotsBurnley 2 shots, Aston Villa 6 shots
Expected goals0.73 xG2.7 xGBurnley 0.73 xG, Aston Villa 2.7 xG
Possession57%43%Burnley 57%, Aston Villa 43%
Corners4 corners6 cornersBurnley 4 corners, Aston Villa 6 corners
Fouls12 fouls11 foulsBurnley 12 fouls, Aston Villa 11 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Burnley: 9 shots, 2 on target, 0.76 xG. Aston Villa: 16 shots, 6 on target, 2.72 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Burnley 0.76 xG · Aston Villa 2.72 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Burnley

1Draws

1Aston Villa

19 May 2022Aston Villa — Burnley · Premier League1–1

7 May 2022Burnley — Aston Villa · Premier League1–3

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

15.8 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17 days

0 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/11 match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 3home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 3last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 27 Aug 2023, 17:00 UTC · analysis-v4