Soccer match preview: Home fans have high hopes when Aston Villa host Norwich City

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Villa Park (42682 seats)

Aston Villa - Norwich City: Premier League basement teams hungry for points and triumph. Check out all the available numbers and facts before the fixture!

Insights:
  • Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Norwich City have the fewest scored goals (22) in Premier League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Aston Villa form and stats

5-3-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Aston Villa so far this season. Aston Villa are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Villa Park, having lost their two previous games here.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 184 minutes without scoring a league goal. Watkins was the last player to find the net.

The home team returns to Villa Park after drawing with Leicester City (placed 10th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Young was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.44 out of 10. The defender Young hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.

Ahead of that match, Villa lost 0-4 at home to Tottenham Hotspur.

A decent goal production from Aston Villa in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 15 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 25 goals have been conceded.

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Norwich City form and stats

Norwich City have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-3-11 (16 played).

Norwich's previous game was their home loss versus Newcastle United (0-3). Midfield player McLean was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.11/10. McLean dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 43 successful passes (of 51 total).

A 2-3 defeat away at Manchester United before that.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Norwich City manager Smith has some worries about the defense as 35 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met previously this season: Norwich City - Aston Villa 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Aston Villa victories, zero draws and four Norwich City wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Norwich CityT. Pukki
T. Pukki
10 goals
VillaO. Watkins
O. Watkins
8 goals
Aston VillaJ. Ramsey
J. Ramsey
6 goals

Aston Villa missing players

Norwich City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Aston Villa Norwich City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 3 Played P 5 16 33
11 5 1 Won W 1 2 5
4 3 1 Drew D 1 3 6
17 7 1 Lost L 3 11 22
42 24 6 Scored S 4 10 22
46 25 4 Conceded C 7 35 69
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 88%
75% 87% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 81% 82%
59% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 56% 61%
28% 47% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 27%
12% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 12%
47% 53% 33% BTTS BTTS 20% 31% 39%
31% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 40% 19% 18%
25% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 60% 62% 55%
 
5.4 4.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.6 4.4
5.8 5.8 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 7.2 6.9
2.2 1.9 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.5 1.5
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.9 12.1 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 8.9 10.1
3.9 4.1 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 2.4 2.9
33% 39% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 26% 23%
 
12.1 11.6 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 19.6 16.7
4 4.2 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 6.2 5.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Aston Villa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Norwich City have scored away.
  • Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Norwich City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Norwich City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Norwich City have the fewest scored goals (10) away in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the fewest scored goals (22) in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the most conceded goals (69) in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the most conceded goals in the second half (41) in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the the worst goal difference (-25) away in Premier League
  • Norwich City have the the worst goal difference (-47) in Premier League
  • Norwich City have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 33 25 5 3 80 21 17 13 2 2 50 13 16 12 3 1 30 8 59 80
2 Liverpool 32 23 7 2 83 22 16 13 3 0 43 7 16 10 4 2 40 15 61 76
3 Chelsea 31 18 8 5 66 27 15 7 5 3 31 18 16 11 3 2 35 9 39 62
4 Arsenal 33 19 3 11 52 40 17 11 2 4 28 15 16 8 1 7 24 25 12 60
5 Tottenham Hotspur 33 18 4 11 56 38 16 10 1 5 31 18 17 8 3 6 25 20 18 58
6 Manchester United 34 15 9 10 53 51 17 9 4 4 28 21 17 6 5 6 25 30 2 54
7 West Ham United 33 15 7 11 52 43 17 9 4 4 30 22 16 6 3 7 22 21 9 52
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 15 4 13 33 28 16 7 2 7 18 16 16 8 2 6 15 12 5 49
9 Newcastle United 34 11 10 13 40 55 17 7 6 4 24 26 17 4 4 9 16 29 -15 43
10 Leicester City 32 11 9 12 47 51 16 8 4 4 26 20 16 3 5 8 21 31 -4 42
11 Brentford 34 11 7 16 41 49 17 6 3 8 18 19 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 40
12 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 9 13 11 29 40 16 3 6 7 10 20 17 6 7 4 19 20 -11 40
13 Southampton 33 9 12 12 38 54 17 6 7 4 21 20 16 3 5 8 17 34 -16 39
14 Crystal Palace 32 8 13 11 43 41 16 5 7 4 25 17 16 3 6 7 18 24 2 37
15 Aston Villa 32 11 4 17 42 46 15 5 3 7 24 25 17 6 1 10 18 21 -4 37
16 Leeds United 32 8 9 15 38 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 16 4 4 8 20 38 -30 33
17 Everton 31 8 5 18 34 53 16 7 2 7 21 20 15 1 3 11 13 33 -19 29
18 Burnley 32 5 13 14 28 45 16 4 6 6 15 20 16 1 7 8 13 25 -17 28
19 Watford 33 6 4 23 31 67 16 2 1 13 15 39 17 4 3 10 16 28 -36 22
20 Norwich City 33 5 6 22 22 69 17 3 3 11 12 34 16 2 3 11 10 35 -47 21

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 33 25 5 3 80 21 17 13 2 2 50 13 16 12 3 1 30 8 59 80
2 Liverpool 32 23 7 2 83 22 16 13 3 0 43 7 16 10 4 2 40 15 61 76
3 Chelsea 31 18 8 5 66 27 15 7 5 3 31 18 16 11 3 2 35 9 39 62
4 Arsenal 33 19 3 11 52 40 17 11 2 4 28 15 16 8 1 7 24 25 12 60
5 Tottenham Hotspur 33 18 4 11 56 38 16 10 1 5 31 18 17 8 3 6 25 20 18 58
6 Manchester United 34 15 9 10 53 51 17 9 4 4 28 21 17 6 5 6 25 30 2 54
7 West Ham United 33 15 7 11 52 43 17 9 4 4 30 22 16 6 3 7 22 21 9 52
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 15 4 13 33 28 16 7 2 7 18 16 16 8 2 6 15 12 5 49
9 Newcastle United 34 11 10 13 40 55 17 7 6 4 24 26 17 4 4 9 16 29 -15 43
10 Leicester City 32 11 9 12 47 51 16 8 4 4 26 20 16 3 5 8 21 31 -4 42
11 Brentford 34 11 7 16 41 49 17 6 3 8 18 19 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 40
12 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 9 13 11 29 40 16 3 6 7 10 20 17 6 7 4 19 20 -11 40
13 Southampton 33 9 12 12 38 54 17 6 7 4 21 20 16 3 5 8 17 34 -16 39
14 Crystal Palace 32 8 13 11 43 41 16 5 7 4 25 17 16 3 6 7 18 24 2 37
15 Aston Villa 32 11 4 17 42 46 15 5 3 7 24 25 17 6 1 10 18 21 -4 37
16 Leeds United 32 8 9 15 38 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 16 4 4 8 20 38 -30 33
17 Everton 31 8 5 18 34 53 16 7 2 7 21 20 15 1 3 11 13 33 -19 29
18 Burnley 32 5 13 14 28 45 16 4 6 6 15 20 16 1 7 8 13 25 -17 28
19 Watford 33 6 4 23 31 67 16 2 1 13 15 39 17 4 3 10 16 28 -36 22
20 Norwich City 33 5 6 22 22 69 17 3 3 11 12 34 16 2 3 11 10 35 -47 21

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