Norwich City 2-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 13 May 2012
Result
Norwich City 2-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 13 May 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Norwich City 2-0 Aston Villa: match report
Norwich City beat Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 13 May 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.
Grant Holt opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Grant Holt (8') and S. Jackson (22'). Aston Villa did not score.
Discipline: Norwich City received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Norwich City were 13th on 44 points from 37 and Aston Villa 16th on 38 points from 37. Norwich City went on to finish that season 12th with 47 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 38.
Norwich City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Norwich City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Norwich City's last five read D-L-L-L-W and Aston Villa's D-D-L-D-L.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Grant Holt
- 8'Yellow card · Grant Holt
- 22'Goal · S. Jackson
- 54'Yellow card · Ciaran Clark
- 88'Yellow card · Stephen Ireland
Head-to-head
Team news
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Norwich City expected line-up (4-3-3)
John Ruddy, Zak Whitbread, Kyle Naughton, Elliott Ward, Adam Drury, David Fox, Andrew Surman, Andrew Crofts, Simeon Jackson, Grant Holt, Wesley Hoolahan
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Shay Given, Stephen Warnock, Richard Dunne, James Collins, Ciaran Clark, Eric Lichaj, Stephen Ireland, Chris Herd, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Carlos Cuéllar