English Premier League

FT Thursday, December 26, 2019
Norwich City DLLDL 0
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Aston Villa LLLWL 1
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Villa Park · 41,289 att.

Match Report

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Villa deal Norwich Boxing Day blow with 1-0 win in relegation battle

Aston Villa midfielder Conor Hourihane gave his side a 1-0 home win over Norwich City to move them one step closer to safety in the Premier League o

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
5
57.5
Possession
42.5
16
SHOTS
11
6
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
424
Accurate Passes
271
508
Passes
363
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
5
23
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.2
58
Long Balls
53
32
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
4
5
Effective Tackles
12
7
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
6
29
Effective Clearances
20
29
Clearances
20

Head to Head

NOR leads series 3-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Tom HeatonG
  2. 30Kortney HauseCD-L
  3. 15Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 18Matt TargettLB
  5. 27Ahmed ElmohamadyRB
  6. 10Jack GrealishAM
  7. 6Douglas LuizLM
  8. 11Marvelous NakambaRM
  9. 9WesleyF
  10. 17TrézéguetAM-L
  11. 21Anwar El GhaziAM-R

NOR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Tim KrulG
  2. 5Grant HanleyCD-L
  3. 6Christoph ZimmermanCD-R
  4. 3Sam ByramLB
  5. 2Max AaronsRB
  6. 23Kenny McLeanAM
  7. 19Tom TrybullLM
  8. 27Alexander TetteyRM
  9. 22Teemu PukkiF
  10. 14Todd CantwellAM-L
  11. 17Emiliano BuendíaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 16' VAR Decision: No Penalty Norwich City.
  2. 35' Alexander Tettey (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 42' Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 56' Substitution, Aston Villa. Conor Hourihane replaces Marvelous Nakamba.
  5. 64' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Norwich City 0. Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
  6. 74' Tom Trybull (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 75' Substitution, Norwich City. Mario Vrancic replaces Tom Trybull.
  8. 75' Substitution, Norwich City. Marco Stiepermann replaces Alexander Tettey.
  9. 76' Substitution, Norwich City. Onel Hernández replaces Emiliano Buendía.
  10. 84' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jota replaces Trézéguet.
  11. 88' Wesley (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 89' Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+2' Substitution, Aston Villa. Henri Lansbury replaces Anwar El Ghazi.

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