Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 5 October 2025

Result

Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley

Premier League · Sunday 5 October 2025, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Aston Villa · Burnley · Premier League predictions

Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley: match report

Aston Villa beat Burnley 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 October 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Donyell Malen opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Donyell Malen (25') and Donyell Malen (63'). Burnley scored through Lesley Ugochukwu (78').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Burnley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 16th on 6 points from 6 and Burnley 18th on 4 points from 6. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Burnley 19th with 22.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Burnley in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Donyell Malen of Aston Villa (8.0), ahead of Lucas Digne (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 4 draws and 2 for Burnley.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-D-D-L-L and Burnley's L-D-L-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Lyle FosterBurnley
  • 25'Goal · Donyell MalenAston Villa · 1-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Lucas DigneAston Villa
  • 63'Goal · Donyell MalenAston Villa · 2-0
  • 78'Goal · Lesley UgochukwuBurnley · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Emiliano BuendíaAston Villa
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Emiliano MartínezAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 4, draws 4, Burnley 2.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-2-2-2)

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Lamare Bogarde, Boubacar Kamara, John McGinn, Morgan Rogers, Donyell Malen, Ollie Watkins

Burnley line-up (5-4-1)

Martin Dúbravka, Kyle Walker, Josh Laurent, Axel Tuanzebe, Maxime Estève, Quilindschy Hartman, Loum Tchaouna, Josh Cullen, Florentino, Jaidon Anthony, Lyle Foster