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 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.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Lyle Foster
- 25'Goal · Donyell Malen
- 53'Yellow card · Lucas Digne
- 63'Goal · Donyell Malen
- 78'Goal · Lesley Ugochukwu
- 90+1'Yellow card · Emiliano Buendía
- 90+3'Yellow card · Emiliano Martínez
Head-to-head
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