Game #5368
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Attendance: 26,044
Lost
Championship
13th (-)
Norwich City
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
Carrow Road
Villa lose for the second time in three but only the second time in ten under Steve Bruce, winning five, as the new boss steers them away from the danger of a second successive relegation.
Norwich City
1-0
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Jordan Ayew fails to score in the second tier as well as the top flight as Villa lose for the second time in ten games under Steve Bruce, Tuesday, 13 December 2016.
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MATCH TIMELINE
🕒 | HT Norwich City 0-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 62’ Goal, 0-1, (Norwich City), Nélson Oliveira
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Albert Adomah
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Jack Grealish, Sub on, Ross McCormack
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Jordan Ayew, Sub on, Rudy Gestede
🕒 | FT Norwich City 1-0 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Steve Bruce’s first ten games in charge had seen him win five and lose twice, a significant improvement over his predecessor.
Goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini made his final appearance for Villa aged 21 before moving on to Atalanta BC for a fee of £3,870,000 in July 2018.
Gollini had only joined Villa 5 months earlier from Hellas Verona for £4,500,000 however he was deemed surplus to requirements by Steve Bruce.
Gollini made 20 appearances for Villa conceding just 19 goals.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Norwich City
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1984–85
FIXTURE HISTORY
Norwich City
Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2016-17 |
Matchday | #22 |
League Game | #21 |
Manager Game | #10 |
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Tim Robinson | 🏴 | Sussex, 2012-
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Tim Robinson | 🏴 | Sussex, 2012-
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨
Assistants: Andrew Fox, Ian Cooper
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Gabriel Agbonlahor and Ashley Westwood replace Gary Gardner and Albert Adomah.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 26.98 |
Oldest Player: M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 32.38 |
Youngest Player: M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 21.27 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
Alex Neil | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | 🔴 |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 |
CF Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Norwich City
GK John Ruddy | 🏴 |
LB Martin Olsson | 🇸🇪 |
CB Ryan Bennett | 🏴 |
CB Sébastien Bassong | 🇨🇲 |
RB Ivo Pinto | 🇵🇹 |
M Robbie Brady | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Graham Dorrans | 🏴 |
M Jonny Howson | 🏴 |
M Youssuf Mulumbu | 🇨🇩 | 🔁 |
W Jacob Murphy | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Nélson Oliveira | 🇵🇹 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | for CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 73’ |
🔁 CF Ross McCormack | 🏴 | for M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 73’ |
🔁 CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 | for CF Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | 80’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Alexander Tettey | 🇳🇴 | for M Youssuf Mulumbu | 🇨🇩 | 74’ |
🔁 | F Steven Naismith | 🏴 | for W Jacob Murphy | 🏴 | 82’ |
🔁 | CF Kyle Lafferty | 🇬🇧 | for CF Nélson Oliveira | 🇵🇹 | 88’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 |
LB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Michael McGovern | 🇬🇧 |
CB Timm Klose | 🇨🇭 |
CB Russell Martin | 🏴 |
M Wes Hoolahan | 🇮🇪 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £59.13m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £23.67m
Team Cost: £82.80m
Squad Cost: £86.31m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 4/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 | £4.50m |
GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 | Youth |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 | £9.90m |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | £4.05m |
LB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 | £2.25m |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | £3.51m
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 | £2.25m |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | £1.26m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Youth |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |
F Ross McCormack | 🏴 | £12.87m |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | £10.80m |
CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 | £7.65m |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | Youth |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £30.30m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £14.66m
Team Cost: £44.96m
Squad Cost: £54.72m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
Homegrown: 1/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK John Ruddy | 🏴 | £0.52m |
GK Michael McGovern | 🇬🇧 | Free |
RB Ivo Pinto | 🇵🇹 | £3.18m |
LB Martin Olsson | 🇸🇪 | £2.51m |
CB Timm Klose | 🇨🇭 | £9.43m |
CB Ryan Bennett | 🏴 | £3.31m |
CB Sébastien Bassong | 🇨🇲 | £2.60m |
CB Russell Martin | 🏴 | Free |
M Robbie Brady | 🇮🇪 | £8.57m |
M Graham Dorrans | 🏴 | £3.53m |
M Alexander Tettey | 🇳🇴 | £1.29m |
M Jonny Howson | 🏴 | £0.95m |
M Wes Hoolahan | 🇮🇪 | £0.33m |
M Youssuf Mulumbu | 🇨🇩 | Free |
W Jacob Murphy | 🏴 | Youth |
F Steven Naismith | 🏴 | £9.47m |
CF Nélson Oliveira | 🇵🇹 | £5.03m |
CF Kyle Lafferty | 🇬🇧 | £3.90m |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴 |
Out on Loan | 8 |
LB Riccardo Calder | 🏴 | Doncaster
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | Deportivo
CB Easah Suliman | 🏴 | Cheltenham
RB Niall Mason | 🏴 | Doncaster
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | Fiorentina
M Jordan Veretout | 🇫🇷 | Saint-Étienne
CB Kevin Toner | 🇮🇪 | Walsall
F Harry McKirdy | 🏴 | Stevenage
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
GK Pierluigi Gollini | 🇮🇹 |
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 47%
Possession A | 53%
Shots F | 5
Shots A | 9
Shots on Target F | 0
Shots on Target A | 4
Corners F | 1
Corners A | 8
Fouls F | 12
Fouls A | 17
TABLE
PROGRAMME

MATCHDAY QUOTES
“I can accept getting beat, what I can’t accept is players not putting their boots on, not turning up.
“We did not do enough with the ball or without it and we got exactly what we deserved from the game - nothing. I can’t remember a chance, I can’t remember a cross going into their box, and the number of times we gave the ball away was totally unacceptable.
“Everything was set up for us after our late winner against Wigan at the weekend and I thought we would go into the game bouncing, but it never happened.
“Norwich were on the back of a tough run but we didn’t put them under any pressure at all. You have got to play at a certain level if you want to play for Aston Villa and they didn’t come anywhere near to reaching that.
“Having seen that I can see why the club decided to make a change and bring me in.”
Steve Bruce, Tuesday, 13 December 2016.
*Sky Sports*
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Nelson Oliveira’s second-half strike handed Norwich a 1-0 win over Aston Villa at Carrow Road on Tuesday night.
The Portuguese striker’s curled effort from 20 yards out left Villa goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini rooted to the spot and earned Norwich their second win of December - in what was the fifth ’10 in 10’ match on Sky Sports.
Norwich were good value for their win after enjoying the majority of possession, while Villa’s one shot on target came in second-half stoppage time.
The win moves Norwich up to eighth in the Sky Bet Championship, while defeat leaves Villa in the bottom half in 13th.
The Canaries headed into the match having lost six of their last seven league matches, while Villa in contrast had been defeated just once in nine games.
However, in a first half of little chances, it was Norwich who looked the stronger of the two sides, and their first opportunity fell to Graham Dorrans, who saw his effort from the edge of the area deflected over the bar.
Midway through the half, a double save from Gollini kept Norwich at bay, with the Villa keeper initially parrying a 30-yard strike from Martin Olsson.
The ball fell into the path of striker Oliveira, but Gollini recovered in time to make himself big and block the second attempt.
Norwich’s greatest chance at an opener fell on the hour mark, but Alan Hutton did brilliantly to get a touch on Robbie Brady’s strike and send the effort wide after Jonny Howson played him in.
The miss did not matter for the hosts, as two minutes later Oliveira picked the ball up 20 yards out before bending a low effort into the far corner, with Villa ‘keeper Gollini not moving.
After taking the lead, it was Norwich who looked more likely to double their advantage, with Oliveira failing to find the target after shooting on the turn.
Jacob Murphy then went close with a drilled effort from the edge of the box, as Villa soon turned to pumping it forward with Rudy Gestede coming off the bench.And Villa did have a penalty shout in the final play of the match, but the referee waved away Villa’s claims after Ross McCormack went down under minimal pressure.
With McCormack on the ground and Villa players appealing, the attention moved away from Jonathan Kodjia’s blocked effort, which proved to be their first shot on target with the final kick of the game.