Scott Parker’s side suffered their first real heavy defeat of the season last Saturday when they were harshly beaten 5-1 away to Manchester City.
The result saw the Clarets slip into the relegation zone for the first time since the opening day 3-0 defeat to Tottenham.
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Burnley now head to the West Midlands to take on a Villa side that have suffered a slow start to the season, sitting just two places and two points above Parker’s men in the table.
They did claim their first league win of the season last week though, coming from behind to beat Fulham 3-1 on home turf.
Here’s how we expect the Clarets to line up at Villa Park:
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1. GK - Martin Dubravka
After conceding five at the Etihad last week, Dubravka will be hoping for a far quieter afternoon this week (Photo by Matt McNulty/Getty Images) Photo: Matt McNulty
2. CB - Kyle Walker
Josh Laurent has done nothing wrong out of position in the back three, far from it, but Parker may look to shuffle things around a bit after the City defeat (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images) Photo: Jan Kruger
3. CB - Hjalmar Ekdal
The centre-back will have his hands full with the pace of Ollie Watkins looking to get in behind (Photo by Matt McNulty/Getty Images) Photo: Matt McNulty
4. CB - Maxime Esteve
The Frenchman will be desperate to bounce back from last week's nightmare defeat, which saw him concede two unfortunate own goals (Photo by Matt McNulty/Getty Images) Photo: Matt McNulty