Aston Villa vs Norwich

26 December 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Conor Hourihane 64’

Match summary

Aston Villa saw off Norwich 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Conor Hourihane put Aston Villa ahead in the 64th minute, set up by Jack Grealish.

Norwich can feel hard done by, creating 1.45 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Aston Villa's 0.65 from 11.

Match stats

Aston Villa Norwich
11 Shots 16
2 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 8
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.65 xG 1.45
0.65 Non-penalty xG 1.45
4 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Aston Villa Norwich
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Conor Hourihane
Assist: Jack Grealish1-0 (Aston Villa)
64’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Aston Villa
  • Douglas Luiz
  • Wesley
Norwich
  • Tom Trybull
  • Alexander Tettey
  • Teemu Pukki

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.65 1.45 64’ Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), 1-0 64’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.65 1.45 64’ Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), 1-0 Hourihane 64’
Aston Villa 0.65 xGNorwich 1.45 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Norwich attacking Aston Villa attacking 
18’ Sam Byram (Norwich), from a corner, 0.34 xG, hit the woodwork 59’ Sam Byram (Norwich), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 64’ Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 86’ Onel Hernández (Norwich), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 7’ Todd Cantwell (Norwich), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 16’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 37’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 50’ Alexander Tettey (Norwich), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 15’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 51’ Tom Trybull (Norwich), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 75’ Kortney Hause (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 81’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 32’ Sam Byram (Norwich), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 84’ Marco Stiepermann (Norwich), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 14’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 37’ Ahmed Elmohamady (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 89’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 44’ Emiliano Buendía (Norwich), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 78’ Sam Byram (Norwich), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Emiliano Buendía (Norwich), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 15’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 54’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 22’ Grant Hanley (Norwich), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 84’ Kenny McLean (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 6’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 70’ Kenny McLean (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 18’ Sam Byram (Norwich), from a corner, 0.34 xG, hit the woodwork 59’ Sam Byram (Norwich), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 64’ Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 86’ Onel Hernández (Norwich), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 16’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 37’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 7’ Todd Cantwell (Norwich), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 50’ Alexander Tettey (Norwich), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 51’ Tom Trybull (Norwich), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 15’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 75’ Kortney Hause (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 81’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 32’ Sam Byram (Norwich), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 84’ Marco Stiepermann (Norwich), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 37’ Ahmed Elmohamady (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 89’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 14’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Emiliano Buendía (Norwich), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 78’ Sam Byram (Norwich), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 79’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Emiliano Buendía (Norwich), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 15’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 54’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 22’ Grant Hanley (Norwich), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 84’ Kenny McLean (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 6’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 70’ Kenny McLean (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Tom Heaton GK900 0.000.000
Ahmed Elmohamady DEF901 0.060.021
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo DEF901 0.080.000
Kortney Hause DEF901 0.080.000
Matt Targett DEF900 0.000.081
Douglas Luiz MID902 0.050.000
Marvelous Nakamba MID590 0.000.082
Anwar El Ghazi MID901 0.080.000
Jack Grealish MID9012 0.080.182
Trézéguet MID872 0.130.132
Wesley FWD900 0.000.092
Conor Hourihane Sub3111 0.100.081
Jota Sub30 0.000.000
Henri Lansbury Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 44% Avg odds 2.20
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.72
Norwich win 30% Avg odds 3.14

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Aston Villa DLLLL
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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Norwich 1-5 Aston Villa, 05 Oct 19 Next meeting: Norwich 0-2 Aston Villa, 14 Dec 21  All Aston Villa vs Norwich meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.