Sunday Mirror

No mercy for the new boys

BURNLEY 2

- By JOHN WRAGG at Villa Park

3 ............. Shots on Target ........... 3 7 ............. Shots off Target........... 4 6 ...............Blocked Shots ............ 3 7 ..................... Corners................... 3 10 .......................Fouls ....................16 2 .....................Offsides ..................0 1 ..................Yellow Cards .............. 4 0 ...................Red Cards ................0 78.4..... Passing Success %.. 63.2 54 .................Duels Won ............. 49 52.4 ....... Duel Success % ......47.6 14 .....................Tackles ..................14 42.9......... Tackles Won %...... 50.0 60.9 ......... Possession %.........39.1 51.9........ Territoria­l Adv %..... 48.1 416 .............Total Passes ..........272 27 ..............Total Crosses ............12 144 ............... Lost Balls .............. 131 52 ................ Recoveries............. 46 63.8 ........1st Half Poss %. ..... 36.2 58.......... 2nd Half Poss %. ........42 SEAN DYCHE continues to cause carnage among newly promoted sides.

Twice Burnley came from behind to stop Villa clinching a win they were desperate for.

Burnley boss Dyche has beaten Cardiff, twice, Fulham and Norwich from September last year up to last week, with the Canaries shot down.

Villa needed to keep themselves off that casualty list as their Premier League start after promotion has been patchy.

But they couldn’t hold on and it’s becoming damaging.

Villa have not won in the last four league games where they scored first.

They’ve lost three of those and it’s beyond

 ??  ?? SUPER MAC John McGinn puts Villa ahead – briefly WOOD-EN HEART Burnley’s Chris Wood rises above the Villa defense for his 81st minute equaliser
SUPER MAC John McGinn puts Villa ahead – briefly WOOD-EN HEART Burnley’s Chris Wood rises above the Villa defense for his 81st minute equaliser
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