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Norwich City FC vs Aston Villa FC, Championship 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2018-19
Norwich City FC
2 – 1
Full Time
Aston Villa FC
Tue 23 Oct 2018 · 18:45 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Christoph Zimmermann 5' Y
Y 45' Neil Taylor
Tom Trybull 87' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Norwich City FC vs Aston Villa FC — Championship .

Match Details

  • Referee Tom Nield
  • Referee Simon Hooper
  • Referee Adrian Holmes
  • Referee Scott Ledger
4 games this season 🟨 1.5/game ⚽ 2.0 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Swansea City AFC 8 17
2 West Ham United FC 8 15
3 Middlesbrough FC 8 15
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 7 14
5 West Bromwich Albion FC 8 14
6 Queens Park Rangers FC 8 13
7 Stoke City FC 8 13
8 Bristol City FC 8 13
9 Charlton Athletic FC 8 12
10 Birmingham City FC 8 11
11 Millwall FC 8 11
12 Lincoln City FC 8 11
13 Southampton FC 8 10
14 Wrexham AFC 8 10
15 Bolton Wanderers FC 8 10
16 Blackburn Rovers FC 8 9
17 Norwich City FC 8 9
18 Sheffield United FC 8 9
19 Portsmouth FC 7 8
20 Watford FC 8 8
21 Cardiff City FC 8 7
22 Derby County FC 8 5
23 Preston North End FC 8 4
24 Burnley FC 8 4

Head-to-Head

2
4
Norwich City FC 6 games · Avg 2.8 goals Aston Villa FC
Last 5 meetings
2018-10-23 Norwich City FC 2–1 Aston Villa FC

Recent Form

Norwich City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Oct Aston Villa FC H 2–1 W
20 Oct Nottingham Forest FC A 2–1 W
06 Oct Stoke City FC H 0–1 L
03 Oct Derby County FC A 1–1 D
29 Sep Wigan Athletic FC H 1–0 W
22 Sep Queens Park Rangers FC A 1–0 W
Aston Villa FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Oct Norwich City FC A 1–2 L
20 Oct Swansea City AFC H 1–0 W
06 Oct Millwall FC A 1–2 L
02 Oct Preston North End FC H 3–3 D
28 Sep Bristol City FC A 1–1 D
22 Sep Sheffield Wednesday FC H 1–2 L

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Norwich City FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Norwich City FC
0-15
5/4
16-30
3/3
31-45
2/2
46-60
–/2
61-75
5/3
76+
1/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Norwich City FC
Mohamed Toure 5 G
Andre Brooks 2 G 2 A
Mathias Kvistgaarden 2 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Norwich City FC have kicked off against Aston Villa FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' Norwich City FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 5.
  • 10' Both keepers have barely been tested. Norwich City FC and Aston Villa FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 19' What a strike from James Chester! The score is 0-1.
  • 24' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Anwar El Ghazi made 358 appearances and scored 35 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 29' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 34' It looks surprising Aston Villa FC does not make any changes. Tom Trybull has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 39' Aston Villa FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 39.
  • 44' The energy levels are beginning to show. Dean Smith might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 45' Neil Taylor is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
  • 50' The Aston Villa FC manager makes a substitution. Albert Adomah departs to be replaced by Anwar El Ghazi.
  • 54' GOAL! Jordan Rhodes scores on 54. Assisted by Emiliano Buendia
  • 54' A change in the Aston Villa FC ranks — Tammy Abraham exits the field as Scott Hogan enters on 54.
  • 59' Alan Hutton has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 5 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 64' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 69' Norway international Orjan Nyland has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 73' GOAL! Jordan Rhodes scores on 73. Assisted by Marco Stiepermann
  • 78' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Norwich City FC that had 373 games and scored 468 goals.
  • 81' A tactical swap from Aston Villa FC — Jonathan Kodjia on, Conor Hourihane off on 81 minutes.
  • 85' The Norwich City FC manager makes a substitution. Marco Stiepermann departs to be replaced by Mario Vrancic.
  • 87' Tom Trybull was booked on 87.
  • 90' Another substitution for Norwich City FC to replace Emiliano Buendia by Louis Thompson on 90 minute.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 2-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Norwich City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Daniel Farke

Aston Villa FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Dean Smith

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Wesley 2
Conor Hourihane 2
Ollie Watkins 2
Jordan Rhodes 2
Jacob Ramsey 2
Jack Grealish 1
Douglas Luiz 1
James Chester 1

Head to Head

2018-10-23 Norwich City FC 2–1 Aston Villa FC

Norwich City FC Form

2018-10-23 Norwich City FC 2–1 Aston Villa FC W 2018-10-20 Nottingham Forest FC 1–2 Norwich City FC W 2018-10-06 Norwich City FC 0–1 Stoke City FC L 2018-10-03 Derby County FC 1–1 Norwich City FC D 2018-09-29 Norwich City FC 1–0 Wigan Athletic FC W 2018-09-22 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–1 Norwich City FC W

Aston Villa FC Form

2018-10-23 Norwich City FC 2–1 Aston Villa FC L 2018-10-20 Aston Villa FC 1–0 Swansea City AFC W 2018-10-06 Millwall FC 2–1 Aston Villa FC L 2018-10-02 Aston Villa FC 3–3 Preston North End FC D 2018-09-28 Bristol City FC 1–1 Aston Villa FC D 2018-09-22 Aston Villa FC 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.51 Norwich City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.01 Aston Villa FC xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
Norwich City FC51% Draw26% Aston Villa FC23%
Actual: Norwich City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes50% 0% No50%
Avg goals/match: 2.52
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 72%
28%
± 2.5 46%
54%
± 3.5 25%
75%
± 4.5 12%
88%

Double Chance

Norwich City FC or Draw
78%
Draw or Aston Villa FC
49%
Norwich City FC or Aston Villa FC
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Norwich City FC33% Draw48% Aston Villa FC19%
Actual: Aston Villa FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.2%
1 – 0
11.2%
0 – 0
10.1%
2 – 1
Actual
2 – 0
8.9%
0 – 1
7.1%
1 – 2
6%
2 – 2
4.6%
3 – 1
4.5%
3 – 0
4.4%
0 – 2
4%
3 – 2
2.4%

Asian Handicap — Norwich City FC

Handicap Norwich City FC covers Push Aston Villa FC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 15% 76%
-1.5 24% — 76%
-1 24% 23% 53%
-0.5 47% — 53%
+0.5 76% — 24%
+1 76% 15% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 6% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Norwich City FC keeps clean sheet
37% ✓
Aston Villa FC keeps clean sheet
23% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.