Aston Villa 1-1 Norwich City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 27 October 2012
Result
Aston Villa 1-1 Norwich City
Premier League · Saturday 27 October 2012, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Aston Villa 1-1 Norwich City: match report
Aston Villa drew with Norwich City 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 October 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.
Christian Benteke opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Christian Benteke (27'). Norwich City scored through Michael Turner (79').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Norwich City received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 17th on 5 points from 8 and Norwich City 15th on 6 points from 8. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Norwich City 12th with 43.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Norwich City in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 1 for Norwich City.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-L-D-L-W and Norwich City's W-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Christian Benteke
- 29'Yellow card · Joe Bennett
- 52'Second yellow · Joe Bennett
- 63'Yellow card · Chris Herd
- 79'Goal · Michael Turner
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Brad Guzan, Ron Vlaar, Joe Bennett, Matthew Lowton, Karim El Ahmadi, Marc Albrighton, Chris Herd, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brett Holman, Christian Benteke, Fabian Delph
Norwich City expected line-up (4-3-3)
John Ruddy, Zak Whitbread, Kyle Naughton, Elliott Ward, Adam Drury, David Fox, Andrew Surman, Andrew Crofts, Simeon Jackson, Grant Holt, Wesley Hoolahan