Overview.
Norwich City versus Aston Villa will be the first Premier League meeting between two promoted sides who also contested in the inaugural season of the competition since the 2011-12 campaign – with Norwich beating QPR on both occasions that season. Aston Villa have lost their last three league matches against Norwich City, all in the Championship between April 2018 and May 2019. Norwich won both of their Premier League meetings with Aston Villa in the 1992-93 campaign – since then, they’ve won two of their 14 top-flight games against the Villans (W2 D5 L7). Aston Villa have lost their last 10 away games in the Premier League – it’s their joint-longest run of away defeats in top-flight history, also losing 10 in a row between December 1924-April 1925. Norwich have only lost one of their 13 home league games in 2019, with that loss coming against Chelsea (W9 D3 L1). The Canaries have scored at least twice in 17 of their last 18 league games at Carrow Road.
Match Info.
Competition: ENGLAND: Premier League – Round 8
Kick off: 05.10.2019, 14:00 UTC.
Venue: Carrow Road (Norwich).
Referee: Madley A. (Eng).
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Teams Comparison.
Norwich City are yet to keep a clean sheet across any of their seven Premier League (PL) matches (W2, L5). The ease in which their defence is being breached will certainly be a concern, especially as they have shipped two or more goals in six of their PL fixtures, conceding exactly twice in each of their previous four. Both of their PL wins this season came after they scored the game’s opening goal, with the ‘Canaries’ five PL defeats arriving after initially falling behind. Not great at chasing the game, they found an equaliser just once when conceding the opener, and have scored the final goal of the game on just one occasion this top-flight campaign.
Aston Villa have won just one PL game so far (W1, D2, L4), and have lost all three of their fixtures on the road. From a defensive point of view, their away performances have been a tale of two halves. They are yet to concede in the first half of any PL road trip, but have conceded seven times after half-time – four of those goals came after the 75th minute. Additionally, the visitors have managed just one win against Norwich across the previous four H2Hs (W1, L3). Strikingly, they conceded a goal after the 70th minute in each of those four meetings.
Quick Facts.
Pre-match League Table.
