Aston Villa will be keen to return to winning ways at home when they host a struggling Burnley side in their last match of the calendar year. This matchday 20 will be played at the Villa Park on Saturday with the hosts 3rd with 39 points and the visitors 19th with 11 points. Villa are one point behind Arsenal who have a game in hand and could move top. The hosts will be looking to get their season on track, as Man City are right behind with a game in hand and only two points adrift. They won 3-1 at Turf Moor earlier in the season and could do a league double over Burnley for the first time since the 1925/26 campaign. Unai Emery has happy memories of facing the Clarets having won all four of his Premier League matches against them.

Burnley are two points from the bottom of the table, while a five-point gap to safety shows the amount of work they have to do. The visitors will look back at their history of finishing a calendar year, having won five of the last eight games in a year. They drew one and lost two of those matches, so the visitors will have something to look back to. Additionally, they are unbeaten on their last four visits to Villa Park winning once and drawing three. Those stalemates came on the bounce and realistically, they wouldn’t mind going back with a point from this trip.



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阿斯顿维拉希望在主场迎战处境艰难的伯恩利，这将是他们本赛季的最后一场比赛。本场比赛日将于周六在维拉公园球场进行，东道主以39分排名第3，客队以11分排名第19。维拉落后阿森纳一分，阿森纳少赛一场，有可能登顶。东道主希望他们的赛季能走上正轨，因为曼城落后一场比赛，只落后两分。他们在本赛季早些时候以3-1战胜了特夫莫尔，并且有可能自1925/26赛季以来首次对伯恩利实现联赛双冠王。埃梅里回忆起对阵红军的愉快经历，他在英超联赛中四场比赛都赢了。

伯恩利目前距离积分榜垫底还有2分的差距，距离安全还有5分的差距，这表明他们还有很多工作要做。客队将回顾他们完成一个日历年的历史，在过去一年中赢得了八场比赛中的五场。他们在这些比赛中一平两负，所以客队将有一些值得回顾的东西。此外，他们最近4次造访维拉公园保持不败，1胜3平。这些僵局是在反弹中出现的，现实地说，他们不介意从这次旅行中带着一分回来。