Premier League – Season Continues – Aston Villa v Norwich City on Match-day 35
Next Saturday at 3:00pm GMT, on matchday 35 of the Premier League, we will see Villa play Norwich at Villa Park.
Norwich will travel to Villa, as twentieth plays fifteenth in the table.
Aston Villa’s Premier League season, has so far seen them gain 37 points, going into this game
Only a positive result will be acceptable for Steven Gerrard’s Villa, having drawn away to Leicester City, which itself followed a loss to Tottenham Hotspur. A win would go some way to restoring the team’s confidence.
Also, league success is all about winning football matches, any way you can, so four losses in five matches would not make this a successful season for Villa. With 37 points, they currently sit fifteenth in the League. The breakdown for the team’s record is 12 wins, 17 losses and 4 draws having won 12 meetings, drawn four fixtures, and lost 17 games.
Villa have won five matches, drawn three fixtures, and lost seven games of their 15 League matches at home this season.
Aston Villa will have 40 points so far this season, should they secure a win.
Steven Gerrard will be forced to make changes to the plans for his squad, as injury or illness has depleted him of two of his Villa players.
Dean Smith’s Norwich, away to Aston Villa on Saturday, hoping to improve relegation prospects
Norwich come to this match on the back of a 0-3 home loss against Newcastle United at Carrow Road.
Also, With 14 defeats in the last 19 meetings, Dean Smith’s Norwich are justifiably in the bottom half of the table, very much looking at a relegation battle. They currently stand twentieth in the League, with 21 points for a total of 5 wins, 23 losses and 6 draws having won five matches, drawn six fixtures, and lost 23 games.
Norwich’s away record is remarkable and poses a significant threat to Villa. In the 16 games they’ve played on the road this season, they have so far won two fixtures, drawn three matches, and lost 11 games.
A victory for Norwich City would put them on 24 points.
Dean Smith could be missing up to four of their players through injury or illness for the game on Saturday.
Aston Villa v Norwich City – Head-to-Head.
Regarding their historical duels Villa and Norwich have faced each other 24 times in the past, with the balance of wins sitting in Villa’s favour (13 – 6). Additionally, Norwich have tasted defeat against Villa in ten out of the last 18 meetings with them. The last time they played each other in this competition was December 2021 and the score line ended up with a 0-2 away win for Norwich City.
Players to watch
For Villa, Ollie Watkins contributed withfour goals in 32 League matches this season, while Teemu Pukki is a top performing player who has scoredfive goals in 33 League fixtures this Premier League Season for Norwich.
Other players of note for Villa are Philippe Coutinho and Jacob Ramsey with four goals and four goals respectively and for Norwich are Teemu Pukki and Josh Sargent with five goals both.
