Aston Villa 4-1 Norwich City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 March 2014

Result

Aston Villa 4-1 Norwich City

Premier League · Sunday 2 March 2014, 16:30 UTC · half-time 4-1

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Aston Villa 4-1 Norwich City: match report

Aston Villa defeated Norwich City 4-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 March 2014. It was 4-1 at half-time.

Wesley Hoolahan opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Christian Benteke (25'), Christian Benteke (27'), L. Bacuna (37') and an own goal by Sebastien Bassong (41'). Norwich City scored through Wesley Hoolahan (3').

Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Norwich City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 16th on 27 points from 27 and Norwich City 15th on 28 points from 27. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and Norwich City 19th with 33.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Norwich City in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 1 for Norwich City.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-D-L-L-W and Norwich City's W-L-D-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Wesley HoolahanNorwich City · 0-1
  • 25'Goal · Christian BentekeAston Villa · 1-1
  • 27'Goal · Christian BentekeAston Villa · 2-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Alexander TetteyNorwich City
  • 37'Goal · L. BacunaAston Villa · 3-1
  • 41'Own goal · Sebastien BassongAston Villa · 4-1
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Robert SnodgrassNorwich City
  • 88'Yellow card · Johan ElmanderNorwich City
  • 88'Yellow card · Johan ElmanderNorwich City

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Aston Villa 4, draws 2, Norwich City 1.

Team news

Aston Villa expected line-up (4-3-3)

Brad Guzan, Nathan Baker, Ryan Bertrand, Fabian Delph, Andreas Weimann, Ashley Westwood, Leandro Bacuna, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Christian Benteke

Norwich City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

John Ruddy, Sebastien Bassong, Martin Olsson, Russell Martin, Joseph Yobo, Leroy Fer, Bradley Johnson, Robert Snodgrass, Nathan Redmond, Alexander Tettey