Game #5522
Aston Villa
Thursday, 26 December 2019
Aston Villa
1-0
Norwich City
Premier League
Norwich City
Villa Park
Attendance: 41,289
Won
18th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Assist(s) | Jack Grealish | 64' |
MATCH SUMMARY
KEY MAN
Villa celebrate Conor Hourihane's much needed 64' winner, 26 December 2019
MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 26 December 2019
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Norwich City
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Marvelous Nakamba, Sub on, Conor Hourihane
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 1-0, Conor Hourihane, Assist by Jack Grealish
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Trézéguet, Sub on, Jota
🟨 | 88’ Booking, Wesley for no apparent reason whatsoever
🟨 | 89’ Booking, Douglas Luiz for kicking the ball away
🔁 | 90’+2 Sub off, Anwar El Ghazi, Sub on, Henri Lansbury
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Norwich City
ON THIS DAY
Villa stop a run of four Premier League defeats with victory over relegation rivals Norwich.
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 DETAILS
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Season | 2019-20 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Game | #19 |
Manager Game | #61 |
Thursday, 26 December 2019
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Chris Kavanagh | 🏴 | Ashton-under-Lyne, 2014-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 61 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 13 🟥 20 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Chris Kavanagh | 🏴 | Ashton-under-Lyne, 2014- 🆘
Matches Officiated: 6
🟩 : 2
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 3
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 4 Dec 19, Villa 1-2 Chelsea (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Sian Massey-Ellis, Adam Nunn
TEAM NEWS
Ezri Konsa was recalled to partner Kortney Hause in defence whilst Björn Engels relegated to the bench after a torrid game in the previous fixture, as was Frédéric Guilbert who was replaced by Ahmed Elmohamady. Marvelous Nakamba replaced benched Conor Hourihane whilst Trézéguet came in to replace the injured John McGinn.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 25.63 |
Substitute Average Age: | 28.89 |
Oldest Player: GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 | 33.72 |
Youngest Player: M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 21.65 |
MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 |
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Aston Villa
GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | 🔁 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | 🟨 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 | 🔁 |
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Daniel Farke | 🇩🇪 |
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Norwich City
GK Tim Krul | 🇳🇱 |
RB Max Aarons | 🏴 |
RB Sam Byram | 🏴 |
CB Grant Hanley | 🏴 |
CB Christoph Zimmermann | 🇩🇪 |
M Todd Cantwell | 🏴 |
M Tom Trybull | 🇩🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Kenny McLean | 🏴 |
M Alexander Tettey | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Emiliano Buendia | 🇦🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Teemi Pukki | 🇫🇮 | 🟨 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | for M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | 56' |
🔁 W Jota | 🇪🇸 | for W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 | 84' |
🔁 M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | for W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | 90'+2 |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Marco Stiepermann | 🇩🇪 | for M Alexander Tettey | 🇳🇴 | 75’ |
🔁 | M Mario Vrančić | 🇧🇦 | for M Tom Trybull | 🇩🇪 | 75’ |
🔁 | W Onel Hernández | 🇨🇺 | for W Emiliano Buendia | 🇦🇷 | 76’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
CB Björn Engels | 🇧🇪 |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Ralf Fährmann | 🇩🇪 |
LB Jamal Lewis | 🇬🇧 |
M Ibrahim Amadou | 🇨🇲 |
CF Dennis Srbeny | 🇩🇪 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI Cost: £103.14m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £10.26m
Team Cost: £113.40m
Squad Cost: £139.41m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/18
Homegrown: 1/18
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI Cost: £7.49m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £4.76m
Team Cost: £12.25m
Squad Cost: £13.54m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/18
Homegrown: 3/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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GK Tom Heaton | 🏴 | £7.92m |
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | £2.70m |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 | £14.04m |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | £4.50m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | £11.97m |
CB Björn Engels | 🇧🇪 | £7.20m |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 | £2.70m |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | £10.80m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴 | £3.06m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 | £9.00m |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
W Jota | 🇪🇸 | £4.05m |
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | £22.50m |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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GK Tim Krul | 🇳🇱 | Free |
GK Ralf Fährmann | 🇩🇪 | Loan |
RB Sam Byram | 🏴 | £0.71m |
RB Max Aarons | 🏴 | Youth |
LB Jamal Lewis | 🇬🇧 | Youth |
CB Grant Hanley | 🏴 | £3.26m |
CB Christoph Zimmermann | 🇩🇪 | Free |
M Marco Stiepermann | 🇩🇪 | £1.46m |
M Alexander Tettey | 🇳🇴 | £1.29m |
M Kenny McLean | 🏴 | £0.94m |
M Mario Vrančić | 🇧🇦 | £0.64m |
M Todd Cantwell | 🏴 | Youth |
M Tom Trybull | 🇩🇪 | Free |
M Ibrahim Amadou | 🇨🇲 | Loan |
W Onel Hernández | 🇨🇺 | £2.66m |
W Emiliano Buendia | 🇦🇷 | £1.29m |
CF Dennis Srbeny | 🇩🇪 | £1.29m |
CF Teemi Pukki | 🇫🇮 | Free |
UNAVAILABLE
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Injury | 4 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Hamstring, 2 Nov 2019 [8]
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | 25 Nov 2019 [7]
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | 14 Dec 2019 [4]
M John McGinn | 🏴 | Ankle, 26 Dec 2019 [1]
Out on Loan | 6 |
GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 | Livingston
RB James Bree | 🏴 | Luton
M Jake Doyle-Hayes | 🇮🇪 | Cheltenham
CF Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴 | Derby
CF Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | Stoke
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴 | Coventry
Not Selected | 3 |
GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
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Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 43%
Possession A | 57%
Shots F | 11
Shots A | 16
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 6
Corners F | 5
Corners A | 8
Fouls F | 15
Fouls A | 12
MATCH QUOTES
MATCH REPORT
*BBC Sport*
*Thursday, 26 December 2019*
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