Aston Villa 5-2 Burnley: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 21 February 2010
Result
Aston Villa 5-2 Burnley
Premier League · Sunday 21 February 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Aston Villa 5-2 Burnley: match report
Aston Villa defeated Burnley 5-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 February 2010. The half-time score was 1-1.
Steven Fletcher opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from A. Young (32'), Stewart Downing (56'), Stewart Downing (58'), Emile Heskey (61') and Gabriel Agbonlahor (68'). Burnley scored through Steven Fletcher (10') and Martin Paterson (90').
Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Burnley received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 7th on 42 points from 25 and Burnley 19th on 23 points from 25. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Burnley 18th with 30.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Burnley in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 0 for Burnley.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read D-D-W-D-D and Burnley's L-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Steven Fletcher
- 32'Goal · A. Young
- 41'Yellow card · Clarke Carlisle
- 56'Goal · Stewart Downing
- 58'Goal · Stewart Downing
- 61'Goal · Emile Heskey
- 68'Goal · Gabriel Agbonlahor
- 74'Yellow card · Steven Fletcher
- 85'Yellow card · F. Nimani
- 90'Goal · Martin Paterson
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, Stephen Warnock, James Collins, Stewart Downing, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar
Burnley line-up (4-5-1)
Brian Jensen, Clarke Carlisle, Tyrone Mears, Leon Cort, Andre Bikey, Danny Fox, K. McDonald, Chris Eagles, Jack Cork, Steven Fletcher, David Nugent