Aston Villa are traveling to Carrow Road this weekend’s Premier League game. Both teams haven’t had the best of starts to this year’s Premier League season. Norwich are sitting 15th with 4 points, while Aston Villa are 17th with 3 points from 4 games. Both these teams invested heavily in the summer, with arguably Norwich being the more ambitious team this summer. Norwich have spent heavily on 3 new forwards and new midfielders in an effort to make Norwich more potent in attack. It has worked, Van Wolfswinkel, Elmander, Redmond and Fer have all scored for Norwich in either the League Cup or Premier League. Aston Villa’s new signings have been slowly gelling and only Luna and Okore have started for Aston Villa this season.
Last weekend, Aston Villa lost at home to Newcastle 2-1 while Norwich lost 2-0 to Tottenham. Aston Villa have also lost key defender Okore, who is injured for the remainder of the season. Meanwhile, Gary Hooper is nearing full match fitness for his new club and may feature in Saturday’s game. Norwich get their majority of points at home, meanwhile Aston Villa collect the majority of their points away. It’s safe to say that this game promises goals.
Paul Lambert also returns to his former club which he left controversially last July.
Team News:
Gary Hooper is expected to feature after recovering from a shin problem that has postponed his debut. Meanwhile, Ryan and Elliott Bennett will miss out who are sidelined with a knee injury.
Aston Villa will be without Jores Okore who is out for the remainder of the season after a ligament injury. Ciaran Clark is expected to fill in. Nathan Baker has also recovered from an ankle injury he sustained during the weekend. N’Zogbia remains a long-term injury.
Match Facts:
Villa have collected the most yellow cards (13) in the Premier League this season, but have also seen their opponents receive the most too (12).
Aston Villa won on both visits to Carrow Road last season: 4-1 in a League Cup quarter-final last December, and then 2-1 in the Premier League in May when Gabby Agbonlahor scored his second goal of the game in the last minute.
Norwich, like Villa, have yet to lead at half-time this season.
Likely Lineups:
Ruddy
Whittaker-Turner-Bassong-Garrido
Snodgrass-Fer-Tettey-Redmond
Elmander
Van Wolfswinkel
Benteke
Agbonlahor-Tonev-Weimann
Delph-Westwood
Bennett-Clark-Vlaar-Lowton
Guzan
Prediction:
Norwich 1-1 Aston Villa
I’m going for a draw, however I think the result will really depend on how Paul Lambert set’s his team up. I think Aston Villa can beat Norwich but under the condition that Bennett is brought back into the side, Tonev is given a chance out wide and Helenius plays behind Benteke. This add’s pace and strength into our attack. I know that Delph, Westwood and the defence can cope with Norwich’s attack. But I do expect goals in this game and Gary Hooper may spring a surprise or too, I’d also really watch out for Nathan Redmond, he was superb against Southampton and will cause us problems out wide.
im actually hearing kozack and benteke may start today.
I’ve got BT and the panel just said 3 changes, who at the minute don’t know, but they put a better program on than sky, Villa players are coming on soon for pre talk, the changes are
Bacuna right back 4 man midfield, they are discussing Lambert’s achievement, Luna playing, Redman will have a field day,
Lamberk finally lost the plot a winger at rht bk and kae starting we deserve to lose lamberk out
Bacuna’s played RB at Groningen as well. Not a position he’s unfamiliar in.
This site gets more and more ridiculous everyday, terry only cares about losing THAT’S IT he wants us to lose simple as that! Don’t know why anybody bothers listening to him, not sure why bacuna at RB, he CAN play there but would hav sylla and Delph playing in front of the back 4 wit tonev helenius gabby ahead of them and benteke up front i believe that team can defend and cause trouble in attack wit kozak and weimann to come off da bench but why Lambert doesn’t try this i don’t know im not there everyday in training. Villa 3-1 come fuckin on u villans! Thank god terry is only in da pub watching it don’t want that moaney bastard at any game.
Oohah the full team not said yet that about bacua was the panels thoughts they said he could be right back, coming on in a minute the changes, Lambert live now , team yep bacuna and clarke
El Amardi playing, so is Wiesmann
I know can’t believe kae is playing something’s seriously wrong here
Rather have vlaar in midfield than that joker
And just look who has been our best midfielder! Ahmadi! Look at that.
4-4-2 🙂
tonev starts
Seems Weimann’s really trying to rectify his performances. Sloppy from Benteke to be offside/miss that.
GUZAN! What a save!
Norwich pen cusan saved
Clarke has not got a clue, just stood and let Snodgrass run past him, all over us at the min.
Benteke down looks bad limping, groin strain. He’s off,
That doesn’t look good for Benteke.
This is why Kozak was bought…
Goal villa cozac
And that’s why he was bought. Kozak! 1-0
Fucking get in there!
Kozak!
Gabby so dangerous.
Abonglahor playing well I like that Kozac he’s sharp.
Kojak shud of took first chance with left foot but gabby did really well to lay on a plate for him. Clean sheet as well. Think we will win now
Nothing wrong with kea today, all over the pitch making challenges, seems he actually wants to be playing today!