This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Aston Villa and Norwich City at 15:00 on 5th November 2011 in the Premier League.

Footymad preview History of the Aston Villa v Norwich City fixture

Norwich City travel to take on Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Canaries will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 17 and win only 3 of the 27 games.

The last time the two teams met at Aston Villa was back in January 2005, over five years ago, with Aston Villa running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2004/2005 Sat 15 Jan Aston Villa 3 - 0 Norwich City Premiership
2004/2005 Sat 18 Sep Norwich City 0 - 0 Aston Villa Premiership
1994/1995 Sun 14 May Norwich City 1 - 1 Aston Villa Premiership
1994/1995 Sat 15 Oct Aston Villa 1 - 1 Norwich City Premiership
1993/1994 Mon 04 Apr Aston Villa 0 - 0 Norwich City Premiership
1993/1994 Wed 29 Dec Norwich City 1 - 2 Aston Villa Premiership
1992/1993 Wed 24 Mar Norwich City 1 - 0 Aston Villa Premier League

For a detailed analysis of the complete head-to-head record between the two sides, click here

Recent respective form guides

Aston Villa are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 5.

Norwich City have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Canaries's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.

Aston Villa's 12 points from 10 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.

Norwich City's 13 points from 10 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Aston Villa 6 1 2 3 7 11 5
Norwich City 6 3 2 1 11 9 11

For a detailed analysis of current team form guides in this or any division, click here

FootyMad's prediction ...

The away form of the Canaries has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Aston Villa. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Aston Villa 4 games since last home draw.
Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Norwich City Not won in previous 2 away matches.
Drawn each of the last 2 games.
No win in the 2 most recent games.

For a detailed analysis of current team sequences throughout the leagues, click here