English Premier League

FT Monday, December 28, 2015
Aston Villa LDLDD 0
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Norwich City DLDWL 2
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Carrow Road · 27,071 att.

Match Report

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Norwich beat lowly Villa thanks to Jonny Howson and Dieumerci Mbokani

Norwich strengthened their hopes of Premier League survival with a 2-0 defeat of struggling Aston Villa.

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
10
5
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
3
51.8
Possession
48.2
6
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
295
Accurate Passes
253
383
Passes
361
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
2
25
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.1
74
Long Balls
67
35
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
1
16
Effective Tackles
18
20
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
18
30
Clearances
23

Head to Head

AVL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

NOR · 4-4-1-1

  1. 13Declan RuddG
  2. 6Sébastien BassongCD-L
  3. 24Ryan BennettCD-R
  4. 12Robbie BradyLB
  5. 5Russell MartinRB
  6. 18Graham DorransCM-L
  7. 27Alexander TetteyCM-R
  8. 22Nathan RedmondLM
  9. 8Jonathan HowsonRM
  10. 9Dieumerci MbokaniF
  11. 14Wes HoolahanRCF

Substitutes

  1. 28Gary O'NeilSUB
  2. 23Martin OlssonSUB
  3. 19Kyle LaffertySUB
  4. 2Steven WhittakerSUB
  5. 1John RuddySUB
  6. 32Vadis Odjidja-OfoeSUB
  7. 10Cameron JeromeSUB

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 6Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  3. 4Micah RichardsCD-R
  4. 7Leandro BacunaLB
  5. 21Alan HuttonRB
  6. 17Jordan VeretoutAM
  7. 15Ashley WestwoodLM
  8. 8Idrissa GueyeRM
  9. 19Jordan AyewF
  10. 18Kieran RichardsonAM-L
  11. 9Scott SinclairAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 38Jordan LydenSUB
  2. 40Jack GrealishSUB
  3. 31Mark BunnSUB
  4. 20Adama TraoréSUB
  5. 16Joleon LescottSUB
  6. 25Carles GilSUB
  7. 39Rudy GestedeSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! Norwich City 1, Aston Villa 0. Jonny Howson (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 42' Jordan Veretout (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 58' Substitution, Aston Villa. Adama Traoré replaces Scott Sinclair.
  4. 61' Ryan Bennett (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 69' Substitution, Aston Villa. Rudy Gestede replaces Leandro Bacuna.
  6. 77' Idrissa Gueye (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 81' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jack Grealish replaces Jordan Veretout.
  8. 85' Substitution, Norwich City. Gary O'Neil replaces Graham Dorrans.
  9. 87' Goal! Norwich City 2, Aston Villa 0. Dieumerci Mbokani (Norwich City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Wes Hoolahan.
  10. 88' Substitution, Norwich City. Cameron Jerome replaces Dieumerci Mbokani.
  11. 88' Substitution, Norwich City. Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe replaces Wes Hoolahan.
  12. 90' Jordan Ayew (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+2' Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+3' Micah Richards (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+3' Russell Martin (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card.

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