Confirmed teamsheets: Aston Villa vs Norwich
Written by Dan on November 5, 2011
You have to go all the way back to 2004/05 to find the last time this fixture was played; a 3-0 win under David O’Leary. Alex McLeish could really do with something similar today.
Darren Bent has said that one goal could open the floodgates, and McLeish has “rubbished” silly rumours of a January sale. Jermaine Jenas is finally fit, Nathan Delfouneso makes space on the bench for him, and though Barry Bannan was welcomed back into the fold after his recent shenanigans, he’s not included in the squad. We’re all set.
Here’s how Norwich manager Paul Lambert and McLeish, his former team mate and manager at Motherwell, are setting their sides out today:
| Aston Villa | Norwich | ||
| 1 | Shay Given | 1 | John Ruddy |
| 2 | Alan Hutton | 25 | Kyle Naughton |
| 6 | James Collins | 20 | Leon Barnett |
| 5 | Richard Dunne | 2 | Russell Martin |
| 3 | Stephen Warnock | 23 | Marc Tierney |
| 31 | Chris Herd | 17 | Elliott Bennett |
| 19 | Stiliyan Petrov | 4 | Bradley Johnson |
| 18 | Emile Heskey | 12 | Anthony Pilkington |
| 10 | Charles N’Zogbia | 14 | Wes Hoolahan |
| 11 | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 5 | Steve Morison |
| 9 | Darren Bent | 9 | Grant Holt |
| Subs | Subs | ||
| 22 | Brad Guzan | 13 | Declan Rudd |
| 24 | Carlos Cuellar | 24 | Ritchie De Laet |
| 21 | Ciaran Clark | 15 | David Fox |
| 16 | Fabian Delph | 7 | Andrew Crofts |
| 8 | Jermaine Jenas | 11 | Andrew Surman |
| 7 | Stephen Ireland | 10 | Simeon Jackson |
| 12 | Marc Albrighton | 21 | Aaron Wilbraham |
Castrol Football Prediction
Form
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | GFA | GAA | PpG | Pts | Rank | |
| AVFC last 5 home | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 8 | 9 |
| NCFC last 5 away | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 5 | 12 |
Last 10 results for this fixture:
| League | Season | Result | Manager |
| Div One (Old) | 1984/85 | D 2-2 | Graham Turner |
| Div One (Old) | 1986/87 | L 1-4 | Billy McNeill |
| Div One (Old) | 1988/89 | W 3-1 | Graham Taylor I |
| Div One (Old) | 1989/90 | D 3-3 | Graham Taylor I |
| Div One (Old) | 1990/91 | W 2-1 | Jozef Venglos |
| Div One (Old) | 1991/92 | W 1-0 | Ron Atkinson |
| Premier League | 1992/93 | L 2-3 | Ron Atkinson |
| Premier League | 1993/94 | D 0-0 | Ron Atkinson |
| Premier League | 1994/95 | D 1-1 | Ron Atkinson |
| Premier League | 2004/05 | W 3-0 | David O’Leary |