UEFA Europa League
·Semi-final First leg
Featured match
Second leg
Aston Villa4-0Nottingham Forest
Aggregate
Nottingham Forest1-4Aston Villa
Through: Aston Villa
- Christopher Wood 71' (pen)
- Pre-match
- First half
- Half-time
- Second half
- Full-time
The match in brief
Nottingham Forest beat Aston Villa 1-0. Scorers for Nottingham Forest: Christopher Wood 71' (pen).
Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa
- Full-time 1 - 0
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90'
R. Yates Out: Igor Jesus · Nottingham Forest Substitution for Nottingham Forest: R. Yates comes on for Igor Jesus
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79'
J. Sancho Out: John McGinn · Aston Villa Substitution for Aston Villa: J. Sancho comes on for John McGinn
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79'
Ian Maatsen Out: Emiliano Buendía · Aston Villa Substitution for Aston Villa: Ian Maatsen comes on for Emiliano Buendía
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78'
Douglas Luiz Out: Lucas Digne · Aston Villa Substitution for Aston Villa: Douglas Luiz comes on for Lucas Digne
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78'
Youri Tielemans Yellow card · Aston Villa Youri Tielemans of Aston Villa is booked
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75'
Z. Abbott Out: Olufisayo Aina · Nottingham Forest Substitution for Nottingham Forest: Z. Abbott comes on for Olufisayo Aina
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71'
Christopher Wood 1-0 Penalty goal · Nottingham Forest Christopher Wood converts from the spot for Nottingham Forest (1-0)
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69'
O. Hutchinson VAR · Penalty confirmed · Nottingham Forest VAR review: Penalty confirmed
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55'
L. Bogarde Out: Amadou Onana · Aston Villa Substitution for Aston Villa: L. Bogarde comes on for Amadou Onana
- Half-time 0 - 0
- Kick-off
The teams before the match
Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa
DDWWW
Last 5 matches WDWWL
1.9Goals scored per match1.9
0.7Goals conceded per match1.1
4Clean sheets4
From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.
Nottingham Forest4-4-2
Aston Villa4-2-3-1
12
6.3
Digne
78'
Lucas Digne
- 78'Out
8
6.3
Tielemans
78'
Youri Tielemans
- 78'Yellow card
- 55'Out
11
7.0
Wood
71'
Christopher Wood
- 71'Penalty goal
- 90'Out
10
7.3
Gibbs-White
Morgan Gibbs-White
Player profile
8
8.0
Anderson
Elliot Anderson
Player profile
16
7.0
Domínguez
N. Domínguez
Player profile
21
7.2
Hutchinson
O. Hutchinson
Player profile
Nottingham Forest4-4-2
Coach: Vitor Pereira
Starting XI
- 27GK Stefan Ortega 7.2
- 34DF Olufisayo Aina75' 7.3
- 31DF Nikola Milenković 7.2
- 4DF Morato 7.2
- 3DF N. Williams 6.9
- 21MF O. Hutchinson 7.2
- 16MF N. Domínguez 7.0
- 8MF Elliot Anderson 8.0
- 10MF Morgan Gibbs-White 7.3
- 19FW Igor Jesus90' 6.7
- 11FW Christopher Wood71' 7.0
Substitutes
- 26GK Matz Sels
- 67GK K. Willows
- 22MF R. Yates90'
- 29FW D. Bakwa
- 24MF J. McAtee
- 77FW Z. Blake
- 20FW Lorenzo Lucca
- 65DF J. Hanks
- 44DF Z. Abbott75' 6.9
- 51MF A. Whitehall
- 61MF J. Sinclair
Aston Villa4-2-3-1
Coach: Unai Emery
Starting XI
- 23GK Emiliano Martínez 7.3
- 2DF Matthew Cash 6.6
- 4DF Ezri Konsa 6.6
- 14DF Pau Torres 6.7
- 12DF Lucas Digne78' 6.3
- 24MF Amadou Onana55' 6.9
- 8MF Youri Tielemans78' 6.3
- 7MF John McGinn79' 7.0
- 27MF Morgan Rogers 6.3
- 10MF Emiliano Buendía79' 6.3
- 11FW Oliver Watkins 6.5
Substitutes
- 40GK Marco Bizot
- 64GK J. Wright
- 3DF Victor Lindelöf
- 5DF T. Mings
- 31FW L. Bailey
- 21MF Douglas Luiz78' 6.6
- 22DF Ian Maatsen79' 6.9
- 9MF H. Elliott
- 26MF L. Bogarde55' 6.7
- 18FW T. Abraham
- 19FW J. Sancho79' 6.7
- 16DF Andrés García
Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa
50%
50%
11
Shots
10
5
On target
4
3
Off target
3
5
Corners
7
7
Fouls
11
2
Offsides
0
0
Yellow cards
1
4
Saves
4
389
Passes
379
85%
Pass accuracy
87%
1.56
Expected goals
0.79
Nottingham Forest wins2Draws2
Aston Villa wins4Last meetings
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12 April 2026 · Premier League
Nottingham Forest
1-1
Aston Villa
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3 January 2026 · Premier League
Aston Villa
3-1
Nottingham Forest
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5 April 2025 · Premier League
Aston Villa
2-1
Nottingham Forest
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14 December 2024 · Premier League
Nottingham Forest
2-1
Aston Villa
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24 February 2024 · Premier League
Aston Villa
4-2
Nottingham Forest
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5 November 2023 · Premier League
Nottingham Forest
2-0
Aston Villa
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8 April 2023 · Premier League
Aston Villa
2-0
Nottingham Forest
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10 October 2022 · Premier League
Nottingham Forest
1-1
Aston Villa