Open game expected at Villa Park: Aston Villa vs Norwich City preview

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sun 05.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Villa Park (42788 seats)

Aston Villa and Norwich City are both riding high in the Championship with their 5th and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Aston Villa form and stats

When playing at home, Aston Villa have managed 11 wins, 8 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 22 games. Aston Villa haven’t lost a game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus West Bromwich Albion. Aston Villa has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Villa Park. We remember; it was West Bromwich Albion.

The home team returns to Villa Park after sharing the points with Leeds United on their last time out; the Championship game ended 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Millwall in a game that was won 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Aston Villa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 5 Lost 4.

Aston Villa can score goals in their home matches. After 22 matches they have found the net 49 times. Aston Villa have conceded 34 from these games.

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Norwich City form and stats

11-9-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Norwich City, who have the most scored goals (91) in Championship, in their matches away. Things are running smoothly for Norwich City who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Preston North End. Two points from the last two away games for Norwich City, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Norwich City won their last game, 2-1 versus Blackburn Rovers played at home. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Stoke City.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Norwich City playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were 1 Norwich City win, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Norwich City are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 40 times in 22 away games so far. 22 goals have been conceded by Norwich City in these games.

Head 2 Head

Norwich City - Aston Villa 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for Aston Villa, 0 draws and 4 wins for Norwich City.

Top Goalscorers

T. Pukki
28 goals / 9 assists
T. Abraham
25 goals / 4 assists
M. Stiepermann
9 goals / 6 assists

Aston Villa missing players

Norwich City missing players

Aston Villa Norwich City
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
45 22 6 Played 6 22 45
20 11 3 Won 2 11 26
16 8 1 Drew 3 9 13
9 3 2 Lost 1 2 6
81 49 14 Scored 9 40 91
59 34 9 Conceded 7 22 56
98% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 95% 98%
84% 91% 100% Over 1.5 83% 82% 80%
60% 73% 83% Over 2.5 50% 59% 67%
36% 50% 50% Over 3.5 33% 41% 49%
16% 27% 33% Over 4.5 0% 5% 18%
64% 68% 50% BTTS 83% 73% 67%
27% 27% 33% Clean Sheets 17% 27% 29%
11% 5% 17% Failed To Score 0% 5% 7%
 
5.9 6.4 6.8 Corners For (avg) 4.7 5.9 6.5
5 4.4 3.2 Corners Against (avg) 6.2 5 4.4
1.8 1.8 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.8 2 1.7
3 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Aston Villa hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Aston Villa is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

Aston Villa
All Championship Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
16-03-19 CH Aston Villa 3 - 0 Middlesbrough
30-03-19 CH Aston Villa 2 - 1 Blackburn Rovers
06-04-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 3 Aston Villa
10-04-19 CH Rotherham United 1 - 2 Aston Villa
13-04-19 CH Aston Villa 2 - 1 Bristol City
19-04-19 CH Bolton Wanderers 0 - 2 Aston Villa
22-04-19 CH Aston Villa 1 - 0 Millwall
28-04-19 CH Leeds United 1 - 1 Aston Villa
05-05-19 CH Aston Villa 11:30 Norwich City
18-07-19 CF Minnesota United - Aston Villa
Norwich City
All Championship Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
13-03-19 CH Norwich City 3 - 2 Hull City
16-03-19 CH Rotherham United 1 - 2 Norwich City
30-03-19 CH Middlesbrough 0 - 1 Norwich City
06-04-19 CH Norwich City 4 - 0 Queens Park Rangers
10-04-19 CH Norwich City 2 - 2 Reading
14-04-19 CH Wigan Athletic 1 - 1 Norwich City
19-04-19 CH Norwich City 2 - 2 Sheffield Wednesday
22-04-19 CH Stoke City 2 - 2 Norwich City
27-04-19 CH Norwich City 2 - 1 Blackburn Rovers
05-05-19 CH Aston Villa 11:30 Norwich City

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 45 26 13 6 91 56 23 15 4 4 51 34 22 11 9 2 40 22 35 91
2 Sheffield United 45 26 10 9 76 39 23 15 4 4 42 17 22 11 6 5 34 22 37 88
3 Leeds United 45 25 8 12 71 47 23 14 4 5 38 21 22 11 4 7 33 26 24 83
4 West Bromwich Albion 45 23 11 11 86 59 23 12 7 4 53 31 22 11 4 7 33 28 27 80
5 Aston Villa 45 20 16 9 81 59 22 11 8 3 49 34 23 9 8 6 32 25 22 76
6 Derby County 44 19 13 12 65 52 22 12 7 3 37 19 22 7 6 9 28 33 13 70
7 Middlesbrough 45 19 13 13 47 40 23 10 6 7 23 17 22 9 7 6 24 23 7 70
8 Bristol City 44 18 12 14 56 51 23 8 8 7 28 26 21 10 4 7 28 25 5 66
9 Sheffield Wednesday 45 16 16 13 59 60 22 10 8 4 33 25 23 6 8 9 26 35 -1 64
10 Nottingham Forest 45 16 15 14 60 54 22 12 4 6 33 21 23 4 11 8 27 33 6 63
11 Swansea City 44 18 9 17 62 59 22 12 5 5 41 27 22 6 4 12 21 32 3 63
12 Preston North End 45 16 13 16 67 64 23 8 10 5 41 30 22 8 3 11 26 34 3 61
13 Hull City 45 17 10 18 65 67 22 11 5 6 36 23 23 6 5 12 29 44 -2 61
14 Blackburn Rovers 45 16 11 18 62 67 22 10 6 6 30 19 23 6 5 12 32 48 -5 59
15 Brentford 44 15 13 16 69 59 22 13 4 5 47 23 22 2 9 11 22 36 10 58
16 Stoke City 45 11 21 13 43 50 22 8 8 6 24 22 23 3 13 7 19 28 -7 54
17 Birmingham City 45 14 18 13 64 58 23 7 11 5 31 24 22 7 7 8 33 34 6 51
18 Wigan Athletic 45 12 13 20 50 64 22 10 8 4 28 20 23 2 5 16 22 44 -14 49
19 Queens Park Rangers 45 13 9 23 51 70 23 9 3 11 33 31 22 4 6 12 18 39 -19 48
20 Reading 45 10 16 19 49 66 22 8 5 9 29 31 23 2 11 10 20 35 -17 46
21 Millwall 44 10 14 20 47 61 22 7 9 6 25 25 22 3 5 14 22 36 -14 44
22 Rotherham United 45 8 16 21 51 81 22 7 8 7 31 36 23 1 8 14 20 45 -30 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 44 8 8 28 29 76 22 4 4 14 13 34 22 4 4 14 16 42 -47 32
24 Ipswich Town 45 4 16 25 33 75 22 2 11 9 19 29 23 2 5 16 14 46 -42 28

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