Norwich vs Aston Villa

5 October 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 1 – 5

Half-time: 0–2

Josip Drmic 88’

Wesley 14’, 30’
Jack Grealish 49’
Conor Hourihane 61’
Douglas Luiz 83’

Match summary

Aston Villa won comfortably, 5-1 away at Norwich. Aston Villa led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Wesley put Aston Villa ahead in the 14th minute, set up by Anwar El Ghazi and Wesley made it 0-2 in the 30th minute, set up by Conor Hourihane. In the second half, Jack Grealish made it 0-3 in the 49th minute, set up by Anwar El Ghazi, Conor Hourihane made it 0-4 in the 61st minute, set up by Matt Targett, Douglas Luiz made it 0-5 in the 83rd minute, set up by Wesley, and Josip Drmic pulled one back to make it 1-5 in the 88th minute.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 4.18 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Norwich's 1.87 from 21. Wesley had a penalty saved for Aston Villa.

Match stats

21 Shots 22

5 Shots on Target 12

10 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.85 xG 3.68

1.85 Non-penalty xG 2.76

13 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Norwich Aston Villa

Kick-off

14’

Wesley
Assist: Anwar El Ghazi

0-1

30’

Wesley
Assist: Conor Hourihane

0-2

Half-time0-2

49’

Jack Grealish
Assist: Anwar El Ghazi

0-3

61’

Conor Hourihane
Assist: Matt Targett

0-4

83’

Douglas Luiz
Assist: Wesley

0-5

Josip Drmic

1-5

88’

Full-time1-5

Bookings

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

Norwich

Teemu Pukki

Aston Villa

Conor Hourihane
John McGinn

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.

Norwich 1.87 xGAston Villa 4.18 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Aston Villa attacking Norwich attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Michael McGovern	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Max Aarons	DEF	90		2	0.06	0.06	1
Ibrahim Amadou	DEF	90		1	0.37	0.00	0
Ben Godfrey	DEF	90		1	0.04	0.00	0
Jamal Lewis	DEF	90		1	0.02	0.00	0
Moritz Leitner	MID	90		2	0.08	0.00	0
Kenny McLean	MID	90		1	0.01	0.03	1
Emiliano Buendía	MID	90		2	0.15	0.16	3
Marco Stiepermann	MID	78		4	0.45	0.07	1
Todd Cantwell	MID	82		4	0.20	0.13	3
Teemu Pukki	FWD	86		2	0.16	0.30	3
Patrick Roberts	Sub	12		0	0.00	0.00	0
Dennis Srbeny	Sub	8		0	0.00	0.00	0
Josip Drmic	Sub	4	1	1	0.33	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Tom Heaton	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Frederic Guilbert	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Björn Engels	DEF	77			1	0.11	0.00	0
Matt Targett	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.09	3
Marvelous Nakamba	MID	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
John McGinn	MID	90			3	0.11	0.13	1
Conor Hourihane	MID	80	1	1	1	0.05	0.76	3
Anwar El Ghazi	FWD	66		2	5	0.64	0.89	3
Wesley	FWD	90	2	1	6	2.62	0.04	1
Jack Grealish	FWD	90	1		4	0.57	0.05	2
Trézéguet	Sub	24			1	0.04	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Douglas Luiz	Sub	10	1		1	0.04	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Norwich win 40% Avg odds 2.42

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.60

Aston Villa win 33% Avg odds 2.86

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

Form going into the game

Norwich L L W L L

Aston Villa W L D L D

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Previous and next meeting

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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.