Norwich City 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 4 May 2013
Result
Norwich City 1-2 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 4 May 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Norwich City 1-2 Aston Villa: match report
Norwich City were beaten by Aston Villa 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 May 2013. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Gabriel Agbonlahor opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Norwich City's goal came from Grant Holt (74', penalty). Aston Villa scored through Gabriel Agbonlahor (55') and Gabriel Agbonlahor (89').
Discipline: Norwich City received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Norwich City were 16th on 37 points from 35 and Aston Villa 17th on 37 points from 35. Norwich City went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 41.
Norwich City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Norwich City win, 2 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Norwich City's last five read L-W-L-D-L and Aston Villa's W-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Joe Bennett
- 55'Goal · Gabriel Agbonlahor
- 55'Yellow card · Fabian Delph
- 59'Yellow card · Bradley Johnson
- 68'Yellow card · Christian Benteke
- 74'Penalty goal · Grant Holt
- 89'Goal · Gabriel Agbonlahor
- 90+5'Yellow card · Ryan Bennett
Head-to-head
Team news
Norwich City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Russell Martin, Sebastien Bassong, Ryan Bennett, Javier Garrido, Robert Snodgrass, Bradley Johnson, Jonathan Howson, Anthony Pilkington, Wesley Hoolahan, Mark Bunn, Grant Holt
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)
Matthew Lowton, Ron Vlaar, Ashley Westwood, Fabian Delph, Yacouba Sylla, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Christian Benteke, Brad Guzan, Joe Bennett, Andreas Weimann, Nathan Baker