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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Christian BentekeAston Villa · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Joe BennettAston Villa
  • 52'Second yellow · Joe BennettAston Villa
  • 63'Yellow card · Chris HerdAston Villa
  • 79'Goal · Michael TurnerNorwich City · 1-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Aston Villa 2, draws 1, Norwich City 1.

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