From a statistical perspective, probably one of the most even games you’ll see. It’s fair to say that Burnley edged the first half and Villa the second, 1-1 has to be regarded as a fair result.

As I mentioned in the first review, Burnley had a home record coming into this game of played 6, won 6 5, so we managed to resist that trend at least. [Edit: My mistake, Burnley have lost at home… to Wigan, if you can believe that after their tanking at White Hart Lane]

Tottenham’s destruction of Wigan yesterday just highlights the unpredictable nature of football (and this season’s Premiership in particular) and proves exactly why I resist prophesying as much as possible. We beat Chelsea, Chelsea beat Tottenham, Wigan beat us and Tottenham destroy Wigan. There’s no logic there at all.

Anyway, it was great to see Downing come on briefly and fantastic for Heskey to rescue the point. Next up, the small matter of the rampant Tottenham coming to Villa Park.

Oh, and someone stick a fork in Steve Sidwell, he may well be done.

1	Burnley	Nov 21st 2009	Aston Villa	1
	49	Possession %	51
	12	Shots	11
	4	On Target	2
	6	Corners	8
	2	Offsides	3
9′ Caldwell		Scorers	86′ Heskey
		Booked	Dunne, Sidwell, Cuellar
		Sent Off
	211	Good Passes	219
	78	Bad Passes	75
	20	Interceptions	18
	29	Tackles Won	34
	30	Tackles Lost	22
	5	Blocks	2
	16	Free Kicks	9
Starting XI: 1. Friedel 2. Young 25. Warnock 24. Cuellar 5. Dunne 19. Petrov 4. Sidwell 7. Young 8. Milner 10. Carew 11. Agbonlahor Subs: 22. Guzan 18. Heskey 20. Reo-Coker 6. Downing 23. Beye 21. Shorey 16. Delph
Average Position Map