Aston Villa

UEFA Europa League

Aston Villa WLWWWD

4:0

Finished

Kick-off was 7 May, 20:00 BST

Nottingham Forest LDDWLL

Venue: Villa Park City: Birmingham

In the UEFA Europa League game on 7 May 2026, Aston Villa beat Nottingham Forest 4:0. Match numbers: shots on target 10:2, corners 6:3.

Key numbers

Possession, % 51 – 49

Shots on target 10 – 2

Shots off target 3 – 4

Expected goals 2.74 – 0.79

🟨 18' Morato — Yellow card ⚽ 36' O. Watkins — Goal 🟨 45+3' Cunha — Yellow card ⇄ 46' J. McAtee — Substitution ⚽ 57' E. Buendia — Penalty ⇄ 71' Morato — Substitution ⇄ 71' C. Wood — Substitution ⇄ 74' V. Lindelof — Substitution ⚽ 77' J. McGinn — Goal ⚽ 80' J. McGinn — Goal ⇄ 86' E. Buendia — Substitution ⇄ 88' Cunha — Substitution ⇄ 88' O. Hutchinson — Substitution ⇄ 90' J. McGinn — Substitution ⇄ 90' M. Rogers — Substitution ⇄ 90' P. Torres — Substitution

Match events

18' 0:0 Nottingham Forest Yellow card Morato
36' 1:0 Aston Villa Goal O. Watkins assist: E. Buendia
45+3' 1:0 Nottingham Forest Yellow card Cunha
46' 1:0 Nottingham Forest Substitution J. McAtee off: R. Yates
57' 2:0 Aston Villa Penalty E. Buendia
71' 2:0 Nottingham Forest Substitution Morato off: D. Bakwa
71' 2:0 Nottingham Forest Substitution C. Wood off: L. Lucca
74' 2:0 Aston Villa Substitution V. Lindelof off: L. Bogarde
77' 3:0 Aston Villa Goal J. McGinn assist: O. Watkins
80' 4:0 Aston Villa Goal J. McGinn assist: M. Rogers
86' 4:0 Aston Villa Substitution E. Buendia off: J. Sancho
88' 4:0 Nottingham Forest Substitution Cunha off: Murillo
88' 4:0 Nottingham Forest Substitution O. Hutchinson off: J. Sinclair
90' 4:0 Aston Villa Substitution J. McGinn off: L. Bailey
90' 4:0 Aston Villa Substitution M. Rogers off: Douglas Luiz
90' 4:0 Aston Villa Substitution P. Torres off: T. Mings

Statistics

51 Possession, % 49

10 Shots on target 2

3 Shots off target 4

2.74 Expected goals 0.79

3 Big chances 1

94 Attacks 81

6 Corners 3

13 Fouls 12

12 Free kicks 13

1 Offsides 2

0 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

4 Goal kicks 12

14 Throw-ins 12

All statistics

17/3352% Aerial duels 16/3348%

55 Backward passes 62

5 Blocked shots 1

13 Clearances 15

2/1217% Crosses 2/1513%

7/1547% Dribbles 3/560%

1.35 Expected assists 0.41

64 Failed passes 63

2 Goalkeeper saves 6

8 Interceptions 17

13 Key passes 6

14/3639% Long passes 23/5244%

69 Passes into the final third 40

207 Passes in the opposition half 176

186 Passes in own half 201

0.56 Shot accuracy 0.29

6 Shots from outside the box 3

12 Shots inside the box 4

5/771% Tackles 8/1457%

381 Total passes 362

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
23	Emiliano Martínez	23
3	Victor Jörgen Nilsson Lindelöf	3
4	Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	4
14	Pau Francisco Torres	14
2	Matthew Stuart Cash	2
7	John McGinn	7
8	Youri Marion A. Tielemans	8
10	Emiliano Buendía Stati	10
12	Lucas Digne	12
11	Oliver George Arthur Watkins	11
27	Morgan Rogers	27

Substitutes
#	Player	number
40	Marco Bizot	40
64	James Wright	64
5	Tyrone Deon Mings	5
16	A. Garcia	16
22	Ian Ethan Maatsen	22
9	Harvey Daniel James Elliott	9
21	Douglas Luiz	21
26	Lamare Trenton Chansey Bogarde	26
18	Tammy Bakumo-Abraham	18
19	Jadon Sancho	19
31	Leon Bailey	31

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Nottingham Forest

Starting XI
#	Player	number
27	Stefan Ortega	27
3	Neco Williams	3
4	Morato	4
23	Jair	23
31	Nikola Milenković	31
8	Elliot Anderson	8
16	Nicolás Domínguez	16
21	Omari Elijah Giraud-Hutchinson	21
24	James John McAtee	24
11	Christopher Grant Wood	11
19	Igor Jesus	19

Substitutes
#	Player	number
26	Matz Sels	26
67	Keehan Willows	67
5	Murillo	5
65	Justin Hanks	65
6	Ibrahim Sangaré	6
10	Morgan Anthony Gibbs-White	10
22	Ryan Yates	22
51	Archie Whitehall	51
61	Jimmy Sinclair	61
14	Dan Assane Ndoye	14
20	Lorenzo Lucca	20
29	Dilane Bakwa	29