Norwich City 3-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Championship · Saturday 7 April 2018
Result
Norwich City 3-1 Aston Villa
Championship · Saturday 7 April 2018, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Norwich City 3-1 Aston Villa: match report
Norwich City won against Aston Villa 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 7 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Josh Murphy opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Josh Murphy (45+2'), Dennis Srbeny (54') and James Maddison (72'). Aston Villa scored through Jack Grealish (67').
Discipline: Norwich City received 4 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Norwich City were 14th on 52 points from 40 and Aston Villa 4th on 73 points from 40. Norwich City went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Aston Villa 3rd with 90.
Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Murphy of Norwich City (8.7), level with James Maddison (8.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Norwich City wins, 1 draw and 6 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · James Maddison
- 45+2'Goal · Josh Murphy
- 54'Goal · Dennis Srbeny
- 63'Yellow card · Harrison Reed
- 65'Yellow card · Dennis Srbeny
- 67'Goal · Jack Grealish
- 68'Yellow card · Conor Hourihane
- 72'Goal · James Maddison
- 82'Yellow card · Jack Grealish
- 86'Yellow card · Josh Murphy
- 90+4'Yellow card · James Chester
Head-to-head
Team news
Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Angus Gunn, Ivo Pinto, Timm Klose, Jamal Lewis, Grant Hanley, Harrison Reed, Mario Vrančić, Josh Murphy, James Maddison, Alexander Tettey, Dennis Srbeny
Aston Villa line-up (4-1-4-1)
Sam Johnstone, Neil Taylor, James Chester, John Terry, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Robert Snodgrass, Jack Grealish, C. Hourihane, Birkir Bjarnason, Albert Adomah, Scott Hogan