English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 6, 2016
Norwich City LLLLL 0
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Aston Villa DWDLL 2
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Villa Park · 32,472 att.

Match Report

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Joleon Lescott and Gabby Agbonlahor help Aston Villa beat Norwich

Aston Villa clinched just their third league win of the season to pile the relegation pressure on Norwich.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
1
11
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
5
51.7
Possession
48.3
13
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
296
Accurate Passes
286
400
Passes
386
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
5
29
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.3
69
Long Balls
84
33
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
11
20
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
25
27
Clearances
38

Head to Head

AVL leads series 4-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-2-1

  1. 31Mark BunnG
  2. 16Joleon LescottCD-L
  3. 5Jores OkoreCD-R
  4. 43Aly CissokhoLB
  5. 4Micah RichardsRB
  6. 8Idrissa GueyeCM
  7. 15Ashley WestwoodCM-L
  8. 7Leandro BacunaCM-R
  9. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorF
  10. 17Jordan VeretoutCF-L
  11. 25Carles GilCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Brad GuzanSUB
  2. 45Keinan DavisSUB
  3. 40Jack GrealishSUB
  4. 18Kieran RichardsonSUB
  5. 6Ciaran ClarkSUB
  6. 9Scott SinclairSUB
  7. 38Jordan LydenSUB

NOR · 4-4-1-1

  1. 13Declan RuddG
  2. 6Sébastien BassongCD-L
  3. 17Timm KloseCD-R
  4. 12Robbie BradyLB
  5. 5Russell MartinRB
  6. 21Youssouf MulumbuCM-L
  7. 28Gary O'NeilCM-R
  8. 14Wes HoolahanLM
  9. 8Jonathan HowsonRM
  10. 9Dieumerci MbokaniF
  11. 7Steven NaismithRCF

Substitutes

  1. 1John RuddySUB
  2. 23Martin OlssonSUB
  3. 22Nathan RedmondSUB
  4. 16Matthew JarvisSUB
  5. 10Cameron JeromeSUB
  6. 25Ivo PintoSUB
  7. 11Patrick BamfordSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Jonny Howson (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Own Goal by Timm Klose, Norwich City. Aston Villa 1, Norwich City 0.
  3. 51' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Norwich City 0. Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Veretout with a through ball.
  4. 56' Substitution, Norwich City. Nathan Redmond replaces Youssouf Mulumbu.
  5. 56' Substitution, Norwich City. Patrick Bamford replaces Wes Hoolahan.
  6. 77' Timm Klose (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 80' Substitution, Norwich City. Matthew Jarvis replaces Steven Naismith.
  8. 90'+1' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ciaran Clark replaces Micah Richards.

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