5 most toothless Premier League attacks of all time

Paul Lambert's Aston Villa have broken records this season. But we're not talking about the kind of records Premier League clubs want to be breaking. Instead, their achievements in the 2014/15 campaign to date make for miserable reading.It all stems from an alarming lack of goals. Following their 5-0 defeat to Arsenal at the end of January, Villa had gone an unbelievable 10 hours of top-flight football without scoring. After trudging off the pitch in their Emirates thrashing, the players will have seen the league table bear some ugly news - their goals for section read '11' - and that's after 23 games. Something is seriously wrong at Villa Park. Whether it's Christian Benteke's injury struggles, the fact that there's little to no creativity in the team, Tom Cleverley's presence ... whatever it is, something needs to change. It seems simple enough, but Villa need to start hitting the back of the net to shoot themselves up the table. With their struggles in mind, it begs the question - are Villa the worst we've ever seen in the Premier League? Will they continue in this vein? (If they do, they will be) And just who before them have struggled as badly as they are at the moment? Check through these slides to see the top five worst attacks in the history of the Premier League. 

#5 Norwich City (28) 2013/14

Just to get this clear before we venture any further, there’s actually four teams in history who have ended a season with 28 goals. There’s one to follow, there’s the 2013/14 version of Norwich City and an incarnation each of Leeds United and Middlesbrough. If you’re wondering why the latter two don’t appear – well that’s because the two that do show boasted inferior goal difference. Football lists hey?

The Canaries were managed by Chris Hughton for most of the season before his sacking in April 2014 while his replacement Neil Adams couldn’t do enough to save them from relegation. Nevertheless, Norwich tried their best and infamously gave themselves a little too much to do before Hughton’s departure.

The timing was a little bizarre in terms of giving Adams four games to survive, and it’s even worse considering those four matches came against Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal. Tough break.

Norwich are currently in the hunt to bounce back up to the Premier League at the first attempt, as they push for a place in the Championship play-offs. If they do manage to get back, they’ll need to find a man to depend upon more than Gary Hooper – who mustered just eight goals as the club’s top scorer.