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Aston Villa — Nottingham Forest: 3:1, Premier League

Premier League
Aston Villa W8 Sep · Away Club Brugge KV · 3:2L12 Sep · Home Nottingham Forest · 1:2W16 Sep · Away Coventry · 3:1W19 Sep · Away Tottenham · 3:2W2 Oct · Away Sevilla FC · 3:1D10 Oct · Home Brentford · 2:2
3:1
Finished

Kick-off was UTC

Nottingham Forest L25 Aug · Home Leeds · 0:2D29 Aug · Away Liverpool · 2:2D5 Sep · Home Tottenham · 0:0W12 Sep · Away Aston Villa · 2:1L19 Sep · Home Coventry · 0:1L11 Oct · Away Crystal Palace · 1:3
Venue: Villa Park City: Birmingham

In the Premier League game on 3 January 2026, Aston Villa beat Nottingham Forest 3:1. Match numbers: shots on target 4:5, fouls 10:20.

Key numbers

Possession, % 73 – 27
Shots on target 4 – 5
Shots off target 3 – 3
Expected goals 1.59 – 0.89

Match events

  1. 45+1' 1:0 Aston Villa Goal O. Watkins assist: M. Rogers
  2. 49' 2:0 Aston Villa Goal J. McGinn assist: M. Cash
  3. 61' 2:1 Nottingham Forest Goal M. Gibbs-White assist: D. Bakwa
  4. 64' 2:1 Nottingham Forest Yellow card D. Bakwa
  5. 69' 2:1 Aston Villa Substitution I. Maatsen off: L. Digne
  6. 69' 2:1 Aston Villa Substitution E. Buendia off: J. Sancho
  7. 69' 2:1 Nottingham Forest Substitution O. Aina off: N. Savona
  8. 69' 2:1 Nottingham Forest Substitution D. Bakwa off: J. McAtee
  9. 73' 3:1 Aston Villa Goal J. McGinn assist: Y. Tielemans
  10. 78' 3:1 Nottingham Forest Substitution John Victor off: M. Sels
  11. 83' 3:1 Aston Villa Substitution J. McGinn off: L. Bogarde
  12. 83' 3:1 Aston Villa Substitution O. Watkins off: D. Malen
  13. 84' 3:1 Nottingham Forest Substitution N. Dominguez off: Douglas Luiz
  14. 84' 3:1 Nottingham Forest Substitution Igor Jesus off: A. Kalimuendo
  15. 89' 3:1 Nottingham Forest Yellow card J. McAtee
  16. 90' 3:1 Aston Villa Substitution M. Cash off: A. Garcia
  17. 90+4' 3:1 Aston Villa Yellow card L. Bogarde

Statistics

73 Possession, % 27
4 Shots on target 5
3 Shots off target 3
1.59 Expected goals 0.89
2 Big chances 2
4 Corners 4
10 Fouls 20
18 Free kicks 10
1 Offsides 4
1 Yellow cards 2
4 Goal kicks 11
17 Throw-ins 8
All statistics
10/1663% Aerial duels 6/1638%
90 Backward passes 47
4 Blocked shots 2
12 Clearances 28
2/1613% Crosses 0/90%
4/1527% Dribbles 8/1080%
1.01 Expected assists 0.51
66 Failed passes 69
4 Goalkeeper saves 1
11 Interceptions 14
7 Key passes 7
16/3053% Long passes 20/4842%
189 Passes into the final third 21
426 Passes in the opposition half 94
235 Passes in own half 154
0.36 Shot accuracy 0.50
6 Shots from outside the box 4
5 Shots inside the box 6
9/1850% Tackles 8/1942%
645 Total passes 239

Line-ups

Aston Villa

Starting XI
# Player number
23 Emiliano Martínez 23
2 Matthew Stuart Cash 2
3 Victor Jörgen Nilsson Lindelöf 3
4 Ezri Konsa Ngoyo 4
22 Ian Ethan Maatsen 22
7 John McGinn 7
8 Youri Marion A. Tielemans 8
10 Emiliano Buendía Stati 10
27 Morgan Rogers 27
44 Boubacar Bernard Kamara 44
11 Oliver George Arthur Watkins 11
Substitutes
# Player number
40 Marco Bizot 40
12 Lucas Digne 12
16 A. Garcia 16
71 T. Carroll 71
20 Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba 20
26 Lamare Trenton Chansey Bogarde 26
53 G. Hemmings 53
17 Donyell Malen 17
19 Jadon Sancho 19
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Nottingham Forest

Starting XI
# Player number
13 John Victor 13
3 Neco Williams 3
5 Murillo 5
31 Nikola Milenković 31
34 Ola Aina 34
8 Elliot Anderson 8
10 Morgan Anthony Gibbs-White 10
16 Nicolás Domínguez 16
21 Omari Elijah Giraud-Hutchinson 21
29 Dilane Bakwa 29
19 Igor Jesus 19
Substitutes
# Player number
26 Matz Sels 26
4 Morato 4
35 Oleksandr Zinchenko 35
37 Nicolò Savona 37
44 Zach Abbott 44
12 Douglas Luiz 12
24 James John McAtee 24
9 Taiwo Awoniyi 9
15 Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga 15
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