Villa 2 – Norwich 0: The Canaries beaten away by The Villa
Aston Villa defeat Norwich City 2-0 on Saturday at Villa Park. Villa wanted to continue adding points after a scoreless draw against Leicester City in their previous match. Norwich lost 3-0 in the last match they played against Newcastle United. After today’s result, Villa are in 13th place on the table and has 40 points while Norwich sit in 20th with 21 points after 35 matches.
It was an impressive opening from Villa, with Ollie Watkins finding the net just before half-time
The Villa continued to pile on the pressure in the second and were rewarded, thanks to a goal from Danny Ings just before the final whistle, leaving the final score at 2-0.
Both teams used all available substitutes. For Villa, Danny Ings, Douglas Luiz and Emiliano Buendia, came on for Leon Bailey, Tim Iroegbunam and Philippe Coutinho, Norwich brought on Josh Sargent, Jon Rowe and Lukas Rupp to replace Pierre Lees-Melou, Milot Rashica and Josh Sargent.
There were bookings for Calum Chambers, Tim Iroegbunam, Danny Ings and Jacob Ramsey from Villa. For Norwich, Max Aarons saw yellow.
Villa will next travel to Burnley, while Norwich will face West Ham United at home.
| Technical card: | |
|---|---|
| Aston Villa: | Emilano Martinez, Matty Cash, Calum Chambers, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne, Leon Bailey (Danny Ings, min.40), John McGinn, Tim Iroegbunam (Douglas Luiz, min.73), Jacob Ramsey, Philippe Coutinho (Emiliano Buendia, min.76) and Ollie Watkins |
| Norwich City: | Tim Krul, Max Aarons, Brandon Williams, Grant Hanley, Sam Byram, Kieran Dowell, Mathias Normann, Billy Gilmour, Pierre Lees-Melou (Josh Sargent, min.67), Milot Rashica (Jon Rowe, min.78) and Teemu Pukki |
| Stadium: | Villa Park |
| Goals: | Ollie Watkins (1-0, min. 41) and Danny Ings (2-0, min. 90) |
