Aston Villa 4-1 Norwich City: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 2 March 2014
Result
Aston Villa 4-1 Norwich City
Premier League · Sunday 2 March 2014, 16:30 UTC · half-time 4-1
Aston Villa 4-1 Norwich City: match report
Aston Villa defeated Norwich City 4-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 March 2014. It was 4-1 at half-time.
Wesley Hoolahan opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Christian Benteke (25'), Christian Benteke (27'), L. Bacuna (37') and an own goal by Sebastien Bassong (41'). Norwich City scored through Wesley Hoolahan (3').
Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Norwich City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 16th on 27 points from 27 and Norwich City 15th on 28 points from 27. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and Norwich City 19th with 33.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Norwich City in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 1 for Norwich City.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-D-L-L-W and Norwich City's W-L-D-L-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Wesley Hoolahan
- 25'Goal · Christian Benteke
- 27'Goal · Christian Benteke
- 30'Yellow card · Alexander Tettey
- 37'Goal · L. Bacuna
- 41'Own goal · Sebastien Bassong
- 45+3'Yellow card · Robert Snodgrass
- 88'Yellow card · Johan Elmander
- 88'Yellow card · Johan Elmander
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa expected line-up (4-3-3)
Brad Guzan, Nathan Baker, Ryan Bertrand, Fabian Delph, Andreas Weimann, Ashley Westwood, Leandro Bacuna, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Christian Benteke
Norwich City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
John Ruddy, Sebastien Bassong, Martin Olsson, Russell Martin, Joseph Yobo, Leroy Fer, Bradley Johnson, Robert Snodgrass, Nathan Redmond, Alexander Tettey