Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Aston Villa 14th with 45 points, Norwich City 20th with 22, 23 apart. Per game in the league, Aston Villa were scoring 1.37 and conceding 1.42, Norwich City 0.61 and 2.21, against a competition average of 1.41 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Aston Villa for 5 matches.
The sides have met 20 times in the GioScore results database: 12 wins for Aston Villa, 2 draws and 6 for Norwich City, at 2.9 goals per meeting.
The venue was Villa Park in Birmingham, with room for 42,640 spectators. On the scoreboard, Aston Villa led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.