Striker Nelson Oliveira maintained his hot scoring streak as Norwich recorded a deserved 1-0 victory over a disappointing Aston Villa side at Carrow Road.
The Portuguese international struck in the 62nd minute to make it three goals in successive Sky Bet Championship games and settle a low-key encounter.
Norwich, who had lost six games out of seven before this one, were the better side throughout and had the chances to have won by a bigger margin, while Steve Bruce's side never got out of first gear.
They failed to force John Ruddy into a save until injury-time, when the Canaries keeper comfortably kept out Jonathan Kodjia's close range effort,
After a scrappy start, with frequent misplaced passes from both sides, Norwich finally produced the first effort on goal after 11 minutes, with Graham Dorrans' shot from just outside the box being deflected wide by James Chester.
Nelson Oliveira strike enough for Norwich to see off Aston Villa
