Game #5522
Aston Villa
Thursday, 26 December 2019


Won
18th (-)
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
Premier League
Norwich City
Villa Park
Attendance: 41,289
🟩 26 Dec 2019, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0

Norwich City

Assist(s) | Jack Grealish | 64' |
🟩 26 Dec 2019, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park


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
Match Statistics
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
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 26 Dec 2019, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Thursday, 26 December 2019
Villa struggle but eventually beat bottom of the pile Norwich at Villa Park.
Conor Hourihane secures the 60th win and 28th goal of his Villa career on his 127th appearance (107 Starts) to make it W60 D29 L38, 28 Goals, 18 Assists and 23 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Ahmed Elmohamady secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 99th appearance (82 Starts) to make it W50 D23 L26, 3 Goals, 15 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
🟩 26 Dec 2019, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
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
🟩 26 Dec 2019, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2019-20 |
Matchday | #23 |
League Game | #19 |
Manager Game | #61 |
Thursday, 26 December 2019
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🟩 26 Dec 2019, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Chris Kavanagh | 🏴 | Ashton-under-Lyne, 2015-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Dean Smith | 🏴 | 2018-2021
🕒 61 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 | 13 🟥 20 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 26 Dec 2019, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Chris Kavanagh | 🏴 | Ashton-under-Lyne, 2014- 🆘
Assistants: Sian Massey-Ellis, Adam Nunn
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Wesley
🟨 Douglas Luiz
CARDS

🟨 Tom Trybull
🟨 Alexander Tettey
🟨 Teemi Pukki
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 26 Dec 2019, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
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.
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 |
🟩 26 Dec 2019, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park
MANAGER
Dean Smith | 🏴 | 2018-2021

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 | 🇩🇪 |

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 | 🇫🇮 | 🟨 |
🟩 26 Dec 2019, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 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
🔁 | M Marco Stiepermann | 🇩🇪 | for M Alexander Tettey | 🇳🇴 | 75’ |
🔁 | M Mario Vrančić | 🇧🇦 | for M Tom Trybull | 🇩🇪 | 75’ |
🔁 | W Onel Hernández | 🇨🇺 | for W Emiliano Buendia | 🇦🇷 | 76’ |

🟩 26 Dec 2019, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
CB Björn Engels | 🇧🇪 |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Ralf Fährmann | 🇩🇪 |
LB Jamal Lewis | 🇬🇧 |
M Ibrahim Amadou | 🇨🇲 |
CF Dennis Srbeny | 🇩🇪 |
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
🟩 26 Dec 2019, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | | 127 | 20* | 28* | 18 | 60* | 29 | 38 | - | - | 23 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | | 11* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 26 Dec 2019, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

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

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
🟩 26 Dec 2019, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

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

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 |
🟩 26 Dec 2019, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

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

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 26 Dec 2019, Villa 1-0 Norwich, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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