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Game #5247

Aston Villa

Sunday, 2 March 2014

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Won

11th (+1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Premier League

Norwich City

Villa Park

Attendance: 30,303

🟩 2 March 2014, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

Aston Villa

4-1

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Norwich City

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Assist(s) | Ron Vlaar | 25’ | Ashley Westwood | 27’ | Andreas Weimann | 37’ |

🟩 2 March 2014, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Sunday, 2 March 2014

🥅 | 3’ Goal, 0-1, (Norwich City), Wes Hoolahan
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-1, Christian Benteke, Assist by Ron Vlaar
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 2-1, Christian Benteke, Assist by Ashley Westwood
⚽ | 37’ Goal, 3-1, Christian Benteke, Assist by Andreas Weimann
⚽ | 41’ Goal, 4-1, Own Goal, Sébastien Bassong
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 4-1 Norwich City
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Andreas Weimann, Sub on, Marc Albrighton
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Christian Benteke, Sub on, Grant Holt
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 4-1 Norwich City

Match Statistics

Possession F | 49%
Possession A | 51%
Shots F | 4
Shots A | 4
Shots on Target F | 2
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 2
Fouls F | 12
Fouls A | 10

🟩 2 March 2014, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Sunday, 2 March 2014

  • Having played four relegation sides in succession Villa finally score and win having lost two and drawn one against their fellow strugglers under Paul Lambert. 

  • Villa have now won 4 of 14 home games in 2013-14 under Paul Lambert.

  • Villa now have 8 victories in 28 games this season under Paul Lambert.

  • Villa record their 3rd win in 15 under Paul Lambert.

  • Christian Benteke scores his second hat-trick in a Villa shirt and contributes his 40th goal involvement on his 64th appearance (60 Starts) to make it W22 D14 L28, 34 Goals, 11 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • Ten months on from his crucial hat-trick that effectively saved Villa from relegation under Paul Lambert, Christian Benteke did it again to lift Villa to seven points off the drop zone with ten to play. 

  • Ron Vlaar secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 55th appearance to make it W20 D14 L21, 2 Goals and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Meanwhile, off the field, Villa announce losses of £52m for the 2012-13 season as the gamble on buying lower league youngsters fails to pay off.

🟩 2 March 2014, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Norwich City

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1984–85

Aston Villa

Norwich City

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Norwich City

Previous 5 vs. Norwich: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩

🟩 2 March 2014, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2013-14 |
Matchday | #31 |
League Game | #28 |
Manager Game | #77 |
Sunday, 2 March 2014

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🟩 2 March 2014, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Glasgow, 2012-2015
Referee: Anthony Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wythenshaw, 2006-
Kick off: 4.30pm
HT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 77 | 🟩 | 25 🟨 | 18 🟥 34 | 1.21

Villa Career Form:

Bottom 8

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

🟩 2 March 2014, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Anthony Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wythenshaw, 2006-
Matches Officiated: 11
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 2
🟥 : 4
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 26 Oct 13, Villa 0-2 Everton (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Mick McDonough, Matt Wilkes

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

🟨 Robert Snodgrass
🟨 Alexander Tettey
🟨 Johan Elmander

🟩 2 March 2014, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Paul Lambert names an unchanged line up meanwhile Shay Given returns from loan to be immediately deposited by Lambert into the infamous 'bomb squad' of first team players not to be considered for duty. Given will be a loan member as Lambert also chooses to send previous occupant Alan Hutton out on loan for the remainder of the season.

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.38 |

Oldest Player |
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 29.50 |

Youngest Player |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 22.55 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 2 March 2014, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Paul Lambert | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2012-2015

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Aston Villa

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Ryan Bertrand | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 | 🔥 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Karim El Ahmadi | 🇲🇦 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 🔥 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Chris Hughton | 🇮🇪 |

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Norwich City

GK John Ruddy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Martin Olsson | 🇸🇪 |
CB Russell Martin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Sébastien Bassong | 🇨🇲 |
CB Joseph Yobo | 🇳🇬 |
M Bradley Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Wes Hoolahan | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Alexander Tettey | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Nathan Redmond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Gary Hooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Line Ups

🟩 2 March 2014, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 W Marc Albrighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | 81’ |
🔁 CF Grant Holt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 | 82’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | W Robert Snodgrass | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | (W Anthony Pilkington | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | W Nathan Redmond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (CF Johan Elmander | 🇸🇪 | 🟨 |)
🔁 | M Alexander Tettey | 🇳🇴 | (M Jonny Howson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 2 March 2014, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 |
F Callum Robinson | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ryan Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Steven Whittaker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CF Luciano Becchio | 🇦🇷 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 2 March 2014, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI: £26.82m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 3/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 6/18

SQUAD STATS

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Team Cost: £21.18m

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/18

🟩 2 March 2014, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 2 March 2014, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 4 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 |
M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 |
CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 |

Bomb Squad | 1 |
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |

Out on Loan | 7 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Fulham
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Notts County
LB Enda Stevens | 🇮🇪 | Doncaster
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Coventry
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wednesday
F Jordan Bowery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Doncaster
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Bolton

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 2 March 2014, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

“It wasn’t a great start for us but for that half an hour period I thought we were blistering. “Christian’s first goal probably set the tone for what was going to happen.” Paul Lambert, Sunday, 2 March 2014.
Quotes

🟩 2 March 2014, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 2 March 2014

Aston Villa came from behind and eased their relegation worries with four goals in 15 minutes in a ruthless first-half display against Norwich. Wes Hoolahan side-footed Norwich ahead but Christian Benteke struck twice in two minutes - a superb volley and a header - to put his side in front. A clinical counter-attack ended with Leandro Bacuna’s curling effort. Sebastien Bassong’s own goal added to Norwich’s woes and the Canaries remain close to the drop-zone. Norwich, who would have hoped to capitalise on last week’s 1-0 victory over Tottenham are four points ahead of 18th placed Sunderland, but the League Cup finalists have played two fewer games. The Canaries’ final four league matches of the season are against Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal. But ahead of this clash, City manager Chris Hughton said his team should accept the game’s “ups and downs”, though he would not have expected to experience such a range of emotions in a mesmerising opening 45 minutes. His team made the perfect start - Gary Hooper picking out recalled team-mate Hoolahan who calmly side-footed into the corner from 12 yards - but dramatically unravelled thereafter. Such a handsome victory over his former employers will no doubt please Villa manager Paul Lambert, but he will mainly take delight in his side having opened a seven-point gap between themselves and the Black Cats. It was a result few would have predicted when Norwich were breaking forward with ease in the first 10 minutes and murmurs of unrest could be heard rippling around the stadium. But momentum swung Villa’s way in an astonishing 15-minute period and the boos were soon replaced by roars of approval. Benteke inspired the revival and his first goal was breathtaking. With his back to goal the Belgian beautifully controlled Ron Vlaar’s hopeful ball into the box with his chest and, with a shuffle of the hips, volleyed beyond a helpless John Ruddy. The striker’s second was a simple close-range header from an Ashley Westwood corner but equally as effective. Norwich were shell-shocked and Villa took advantage as Gabriel Agbonlahor, Andreas Weimann and Bacuna counter-attacked with pace, with the latter curling his strike into the far post. The visitors then struck a nail into their own coffin when Bassong, under pressure from Agbonlahor, directed Fabian Delph’s cross into his own net. It was only the second time Aston Villa had scored four goals in the first half of a Premier League match. The last time they did so was in their 7-1 win against Wimbledon in February, 1995. Villa had not scored in three league matches prior to this match so it was perhaps optimistic to expect them to repeat their free-scoring first-half exploits after the break. Agbonlahor should have extended his team’s advantage but instead headed Delph’s cross straight at Ruddy. The former England forward was denied once more by Ruddy in the dying minutes as the onrushing goalkeeper saved with his legs. But they were misses which had little impact on a game which ended Villa’s four-match winless run in the league and secured them just their third win in 15 matches.
Reports

🟩 2 March 2014, Villa 4-1 Norwich, Villa Park.

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