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