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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 15 (setup 4, season 29)
Aston Villa
v.
Norwich City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Brad JONES16Michael McGOVERN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Javier Manquillo Gaitán, JAVI MANQUILLO2IVO Daniel Ferreira Mendonça PINTO
Easah SULIMAN3Jamal LEWIS
Gelson FERNANDES4Mario VRANCIC
Axel TUANZEBE57Christoph ZIMMERMANN
Micah RICHARDS66Timm KLOSE
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING67Tom TRYBULL
Birkir BJARNASON8Josh MURPHY
Jonathan KODJIA79NÉLSON Miguel Castro OLIVEIRA
Joshua ONOMAH610Alexander TETTEY
LUCAS Pérez Martínez117IVAN Ricardo Neves Abreu CAVALEIRO
Manager
André GREEN12James HUSBAND
Anders LINDEGAARD13Remi MATTHEWS
Alan HUTTON814Todd CANTWELL
Henri LANSBURY15Kenny McLEAN
Scott HOGAN16Louis THOMPSON

Aston Villa 3 Norwich City 2
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 38,155, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Barry KNIGHT 5, TV: highlights)
45 Lucas, 61 Kodjia, 70 KodjiaScorers64 Lewis, 83 Tettey
60 Fernandes <=> HuttonSubstitutions58 Ivan Cavaleiro <=> McLean
Sendings off
11 Lucas, 69 KodjiaBookings
3Corners3
9Fouls8
3Offsides4
10Shots on9
10Shots off6
20Total shots15
7Shots saved6
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Alan HUTTON
1KODJIA clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Norwich City 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
3A shot from MURPHY was smothered by the Aston Villa 'keeper.
11A late challenge gets LUCAS a yellow card.
24A penalty box scramble resulted in SULIMAN cracking the ball wide.
27A pin-point pass was collected by KODJIA and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide.
34The motionless 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from MURPHY fell just wide.
35TETTEY worked the ball to NÉLSON OLIVEIRA, TRYBULL controlled his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
37A wonderful save prevented JAVI MANQUILLO from scoring an exceptional goal.
40IVAN CAVALEIRO waltzed away from RICHARDS and stroked a tame shot well wide.
45GOAL!! On the right wing FERNANDES collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the penalty box for LUCAS to tuck it into the roof of the net. (1-0 Aston Villa)
 
47NÉLSON OLIVEIRA made space on the right and pulled the ball to MURPHY who fired the ball over.
61GOAL!! A long goal-kick from TUANZEBE caught the Norwich City defence napping and KODJIA rushed through to easily score. (2-0 Aston Villa)
64GOAL!! A long ball from MCLEAN down the middle was collected by the lurking LEWIS who placed a looping shot in off the post. (2-1 Aston Villa)
67A neatly crafted pass from LUCAS, was knocked goalbound by KODJIA only for the 'keeper to block.
69The ref books KODJIA for violent conduct against LEWIS.
70GOAL!! A deep cross by JAVI MANQUILLO was met by KODJIA who galloped in to score. (3-1 Aston Villa)
73CHOUPO-MOTING beat MURPHY and whacked the ball to BJARNASON who fired his effort wide.
76CHOUPO-MOTING knocked the ball to KODJIA who turned it over the bar.
80LUCAS ran onto a great ball from BJARNASON but toe-poked his shot wide of the lefthand post.
83GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with TETTEY striking the ball into the net. (3-2 Aston Villa)
84A poor strike from MCLEAN trickled agonisingly wide.
90JONES saved a clever strike from NÉLSON OLIVEIRA.