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Norwich City 2-1 Aston Villa - March 11, 1978 / Division 1 1977/1978

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Division 1 1977/1978 - Journée 32

Carrow Road - Norwich - England

March 11, 1978

Norwich City

2 - 1

Aston Villa

(penalty) John Ryan

Kevin Reeves

90'

John Gregory

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0' - Goal John Ryan photo Kevin Reeves

0' - Goal Kevin Reeves0

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46' - Substitution Allan Evansis substituted by John Gregory

90' - Goal John Gregory

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Norwich City

2 - 1

Aston Villa

Norwich City Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Norwich City

Hansbury

Roger Hansbury

England

B.date26/01/1955

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Suggett

Colin Suggett

England

B.date30/12/1948

Age29 years

positionDefender

Sullivan

Colin Sullivan

England

B.date24/06/1951

Age26 years

positionDefender

Jones

David Jones

Wales

B.date11/02/1952

Age26 years

positionDefender

Powell

Tony Powell

England

B.date11/06/1947

Age30 years

H1m85

positionDefender

Ryan0

John Ryan

England

B.date20/07/1947

Age30 years

positionMidfield

Paddon

Graham Paddon

England

B.date24/08/1950

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Robson

Keith Robson

England

B.date15/11/1953

Age24 years

positionMidfield

McGuire

Michael McGuire

England

B.date04/09/1952

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Peters

Martin Peters

England

B.date08/11/1943

Age34 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

Reeves0

Kevin Reeves

England

B.date20/10/1957

Age20 years

positionForward

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Roger Hansbury	23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Suggett	29	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Sullivan	26	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Jones	26	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Powell	30	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Ryan	30	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Paddon	27	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Robson	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael McGuire	25	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Peters	34	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Reeves	20	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Aston Villa

Rimmer

Jimmy Rimmer

England

B.date10/02/1948

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Evans46

Allan Evans

Scotland

B.date12/10/1956

Age21 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Smith

Gordon Smith

Scotland

B.date03/07/1954

Age23 years

positionDefender

Phillips

Leighton Phillips

Wales

B.date25/09/1949

Age28 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Gidman

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age24 years

positionRight full-back

Mortimer

Dennis Mortimer

England

B.date05/04/1952

Age25 years

positionCentre Midfield

McNaught

Ken McNaught

Scotland

B.date11/01/1955

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Craig

Tommy Craig

Scotland

B.date21/11/1950

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Carrodus

Frank Carrodus

England

B.date31/05/1949

Age28 years

positionWinger

Deehan

John Deehan

England

B.date06/08/1957

Age20 years

positionForward

Little

Brian Little

England

B.date25/11/1953

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jimmy Rimmer		30	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Allan Evans	46	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon Smith		23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Leighton Phillips		28	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman		24	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dennis Mortimer		25	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ken McNaught		23	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Craig		27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Carrodus		28	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Deehan		20	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Little		24	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		John Gregory	9046	23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tommy Craig

John Gregory

OUT

John Gidman

Gordon Cowans

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Bond

213

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Bond vs Aston Villa

2 victories

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on March 11, 1978

Bond vs Saunders

2 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on March 11, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Saunders

199

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Saunders vs Norwich City

6 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on March 11, 1978

Saunders vs Bond

6 victories

3 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on March 11, 1978

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Norwich City keeps its 10 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Aston Villa running (since 14/02/1970). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/12/1968 (3 matches)

Only back at the time of George Ramsay head of (01/07/1884-01/07/1926), you can see a manager go over Ron Saunders with 47% of wins (49%).

It's the first time Kevin Reeves scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNorwich City 2-1 Liverpool10/12/1977

VNorwich City 1-0 Ipswich Town26/12/1977

DNorwich City 2-2 West Ham02/01/1978

LNorwich City 0-1 Leyton Orient16/01/1978

LNorwich City 1-3 Manchester City21/01/1978

DNorwich City 3-3 Nottingham Forest25/02/1978

Overall

LNorwich City 0-1 Leyton Orient16/01/1978

LNorwich City 1-3 Manchester City21/01/1978

LBristol City 3-0 Norwich City04/02/1978

DNorwich City 3-3 Nottingham Forest25/02/1978

DArsenal 0-0 Norwich City28/02/1978

DWolverhampton 3-3 Norwich City04/03/1978

Current form

Away

VDerby County 0-3 Aston Villa27/12/1977

LManchester City 2-0 Aston Villa31/12/1977

LEverton 4-1 Aston Villa07/01/1978

LEverton 1-0 Aston Villa14/01/1978

VArsenal 0-1 Aston Villa04/02/1978

LBirmingham City 1-0 Aston Villa25/02/1978

Overall

LEverton 1-0 Aston Villa14/01/1978

VAston Villa 1-0 Bristol City28/01/1978

VArsenal 0-1 Aston Villa04/02/1978

LBirmingham City 1-0 Aston Villa25/02/1978

DAston Villa 2-2 FC Barcelona01/03/1978

DAston Villa 0-0 Leicester04/03/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	4	11
Scoring streak	2	1
Conceding streak	4	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	8	0
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	28
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
9	Victories (Competition total)	11
8	Victories (Home / Away)	5
13	Draws (Competition total)	7
5	Draws (Home / Away)	4
8	Losses (Competition total)	10
1	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

39	Goals scored (Competition total)	30
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
46	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.07
1.43	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.93
1.53	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.93
0.93	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (3 times)

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

John Ryan	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Andy Gray
Roger Gibbins	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Andy Gray
John Ryan	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
John Ryan	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Kevin Reeves	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 11 matches	Andy Gray

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

5 v

2 d

2 l

20 gf

14 ga

Away

11 matches

1 v

1 d

9 l

9 gf

25 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

21 matches

6 v

3 d

12 l

29 gf

40 ga

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

9 v

1 d

1 l

25 gf

9 ga

Away

9 matches

2 v

2 d

5 l

14 gf

20 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

21 matches

12 v

3 d

6 l

40 gf

29 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	April 24, 1937
Home	5 - 1	April 24, 1937

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 15, 1977
Away	4 - 1	April 30, 1975

Latest head to head

October 15, 1977 - Division 1 1977/1978

Aston Villa

3 - 0

Norwich City logo Norwich City

April 23, 1977 - Division 1 1976/1977

Aston Villa

1 - 0

Norwich City logo Norwich City

November 27, 1976 - Division 1 1976/1977

Norwich City

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

September 21, 1976 - League Cup 1976/1977

Aston Villa

2 - 1

Norwich City logo Norwich City

December 13, 1975 - Division 1 1975/1976

Aston Villa

3 - 2

Norwich City logo Norwich City

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Edward MacDougall	4 goals	1975 - 1975
Duncan Forbes	1 goal	1975 - 1975
Martin Peters	1 goal	1975 - 1975
Philip Boyer	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Steve Grapes	1 goal	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/03/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Norwich City

Ray Graydon	4 goals	1975 - 1975
Brian Little	3 goals	1976 - 1977
John Deehan	2 goals	1975 - 1975
Gordon Cowans	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Andy Gray	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Charlie Aitken	1 goal	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/03/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Colin Sullivan	6 matches	1975 - 1977
Martin Peters	5 matches	1975 - 1977
Kevin Keelan	5 matches	1975 - 1977
Tony Powell	5 matches	1975 - 1977
Colin Suggett	5 matches	1975 - 1977
David Jones	4 matches	1975 - 1977

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/03/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norwich City

Leighton Phillips	5 matches	1975 - 1977
Frank Carrodus	5 matches	1975 - 1977
Brian Little	5 matches	1975 - 1977
Ray Graydon	4 matches	1975 - 1977
John Robson	4 matches	1975 - 1977
John Gidman	4 matches	1975 - 1977