Norwich City 1-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Monday 28 December 2015
Result
Norwich City 1-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Monday 28 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Norwich City 1-0 Aston Villa: match report
Norwich City won against Aston Villa 1-0 in the Premier League on Monday 28 December 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Jonathan Howson opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Jonathan Howson (24') and Dieumerci Mbokani (87'). Aston Villa did not score.
Discipline: Norwich City received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Norwich City were 17th on 16 points from 18 and Aston Villa 20th on 9 points from 18. Norwich City went on to finish that season 19th with 31 points, and Aston Villa 20th with 19.
Norwich City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Declan Rudd of Norwich City (7.7), ahead of Jonathan Howson (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Norwich City win, 2 draws and 5 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Jonathan Howson
- 42'Yellow card · Jordan Veretout
- 61'Yellow card · Ryan Bennett
- 77'Yellow card · Idrissa Gueye
- 87'Goal · Dieumerci Mbokani
- 90'Yellow card · Jordan Ayew
- 90+2'Yellow card · Ashley Westwood
- 90+3'Yellow card · Russell Martin
- 90+3'Yellow card · Micah Richards
Head-to-head
Team news
Norwich City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Declan Rudd, Russell Martin, Ryan Bennett, Sebastien Bassong, Robbie Brady, Jonathan Howson, Alexander Tettey, Graham Dorrans, Nathan Redmond, Wesley Hoolahan, Dieumerci Mbokani
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Brad Guzan, Alan Hutton, Micah Richards, Ciaran Clark, Leandro Bacuna, Idrissa Gueye, Ashley Westwood, Scott Sinclair, Jordan Veretout, Kieran Richardson, Jordan Ayew