Premier League

Norwich 2-0 Aston Villa

Norwich vs Aston Villa finished 2-0 in Premier League. Key event: 2' Leandro Bacuna (assist Jordan Veretout · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.8%, 68.8%). Home form: L W D L D; Away form: D D L D L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

NOR 2 - 0 Finished

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Competition Premier League Season 2015/2016 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 28 Dec 2015, 19:00 Venue time 28 Dec 2015, 19:00 GMT

Match context 4 facts

Home form L W D L D 5 pts, goals 4-8, 0.80 scored/match, 1.60 conceded/match

Away form D D L D L 3 pts, goals 5-8, 1.00 scored/match, 1.60 conceded/match

Norwich · season record 4 W · 5 D · 9 L 2015/2016: 18 recorded matches, goals 20–32; before 28 Dec 2015 UTC. Not official standings.

Aston Villa · season record 1 W · 5 D · 12 L 2015/2016: 18 recorded matches, goals 15–32; before 28 Dec 2015 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 15 shots · 2 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Norwich 9 shots · 1.1 xG · 2 goals

Aston Villa 6 shots · 0.24 xG · 0 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Aston Villa160 plotted of 342 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Norwich160 plotted of 217 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Aston Villa189 exact passer-recipient links

AYE GRE HUT RIC WES GES BAC VER SIN CLA RIC

AYEJordan Ayew19 passes
GREJack Grealish2 passes
HUTAlan Hutton24 passes
RICMicah Richards20 passes
WESAshley Westwood25 passes
GESRudy Gestede2 passes
BACLeandro Bacuna29 passes
VERJordan Veretout23 passes
SINScott Sinclair10 passes
CLACiaran Clark16 passes
RICKieran Richardson19 passes

Norwich73 exact passer-recipient links

BEN MAR RED HOO JER O'' RUD DOR ODJ

BENRyan Bennett14 passes
MARRussell Martin15 passes
REDNathan Redmond7 passes
HOOWes Hoolahan16 passes
JERCameron Jerome2 passes
O''Gary O''Neil1 passes
RUDDeclan Rudd2 passes
DORGraham Dorrans15 passes
ODJVadis Odjidja-Ofoe1 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Aston Villa342 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Norwich217 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 22 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

NorwichAston Villa

0–5′0–100
5–10′0–100
10–15′47–53
15–20′100–0
20–25′100–0
25–30′100–0
30–35′100–0
35–40′73–27
40–45′63–37
45–50′5–95
50–55′100–0
55–60′74–26
60–65′61–39
65–70′100–0
70–75′100–0
75–80′48–52
80–85′0–100
85–90′0–100
90–95′0–100

Timeline 37 events

2' shot Leandro Bacuna AST assist Jordan Veretout · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.8%, 68.8%

5' shot Robbie Brady NOR xG 0.11 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 81.9%, 35.7%

5' shot Robert Brady NOR Free Kick · Blocked · xG 0.09

7' shot Kieran Richardson AST assist Jordan Ayew · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.4%, 65.5%

15' shot Jordan Ayew AST assist Jordan Veretout · xG 0.09 · Set Piece · location 89.9%, 48.2%

16' shot Robbie Brady NOR assist Alexander Tettey · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.1%, 75.3%

16' shot Robert Brady NOR Open Play · Off T · xG 0.02

23' shot Jonny Howson NOR xG 0.46 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.3%, 39.4%

23' Goal Jonathan Howson 1–0 NOR Open Play · Goal

30' shot Kieran Richardson AST assist Jordan Veretout · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 78.6%, 74.2%

37' shot Graham Dorrans NOR assist Nathan Redmond · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 89.5%, 41%

41' Yellow Jordan Veretout AST Yellow Card

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55' shot Nathan Redmond NOR assist Alexander Tettey · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.4%, 71.7%

55' shot Jonny Howson NOR xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82%, 49.3%

55' shot Jonathan Howson NOR Open Play · Off T · xG 0.08

57' Sub Adama Traoré Diarra AST on for Scott Sinclair · Tactical

58' shot Sebastien Bassong NOR assist Robbie Brady · xG 0.01 · From Corner · location 96%, 67.4%

58' shot Sébastien Aymar Bassong Nguena NOR Open Play · Off T · xG 0.03

59' Yellow Ryan Bennett NOR Yellow Card

68' Sub Rudy Gestede AST on for Leandro Bacuna · Tactical

75' Yellow Idrissa Gana Gueye AST Yellow Card

77' shot Nathan Redmond NOR xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 74.1%, 69.3%

78' shot Adama Traoré AST assist Alan Hutton · xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85%, 32.6%

78' shot Adama Traoré Diarra AST Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.04

79' shot Micah Richards AST Open Play · Off T · xG 0.09

81' Sub Jack Grealish AST on for Jordan Veretout · Tactical

84' Sub Gary O''Neil NOR on for Graham Dorrans · Tactical

86' shot Dieumerci Mbokani NOR assist Wes Hoolahan · xG 0.32 · Open Play · location 91.9%, 45.4%

86' Goal Dieumerci Mbokani Bezua 2–0NOR Open Play · Goal

87' Sub Cameron Jerome NOR on for Dieumerci Mbokani Bezua · Tactical

87' Sub Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe NOR on for Wes Hoolahan · Tactical

89' Yellow Jordan Ayew AST Yellow Card

90+2' Yellow Micah Richards AST Yellow Card

90+2' Yellow Russell Martin NOR Yellow Card

90+6' shot Jordan Ayew AST Free Kick · Saved · xG 0.05

90' Yellow Ashley Westwood AST Yellow Card

96' shot Jordan Ayew AST xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 74%, 57.5%

Team statistics 2 metrics

1.10 Expected Goals 0.24

82% 17%

9 Total Shots 6

60% 40%

Lineups

Norwich

22 N Nathan Redmond LEFT MIDFIELD

13 D Declan Rudd GK

27 A Alexander Banor Tettey RIGHT DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

8 J Jonathan Howson RIGHT MIDFIELD

24 R Ryan Bennett RIGHT CENTER BACK

14 W Wes Hoolahan CENTER ATTACKING MIDFIELD

12 R Robert Brady LEFT BACK

18 G Graham Dorrans LEFT DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

5 R Russell Martin RIGHT BACK

9 D Dieumerci Mbokani Bezua CENTER FORWARD

6 S Sébastien Aymar Bassong Nguena LEFT CENTER BACK

Aston Villa

6 C Ciaran Clark LEFT CENTER BACK

8 I Idrissa Gana Gueye RIGHT DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

19 J Jordan Ayew CENTER FORWARD

15 A Ashley Westwood LEFT DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

17 J Jordan Veretout CENTER ATTACKING MIDFIELD

7 L Leandro Bacuna LEFT BACK

21 A Alan Hutton RIGHT BACK

9 S Scott Sinclair RIGHT WING

1 B Bradley Guzan GK

4 M Micah Richards RIGHT CENTER BACK

18 K Kieran Richardson LEFT WING