Nottingham Forest

Premier League

Nottingham Forest LDDWLL

1:1

Finished

Kick-off was 12 Apr, 14:00 BST

Aston Villa WLWWWD

Venue: City Ground City: Nottingham

In the Premier League game on 12 April 2026, Nottingham Forest beat Aston Villa 1:1. Match numbers: shots on target 4:5, corners 7:3.

Key numbers

Possession, % 41 – 59

Shots on target 4 – 5

Shots off target 6 – 7

Expected goals 1.15 – 1.02

🟨 11' M. Cash — Yellow card ⚽ 23' Murillo — Own goal ⚽ 38' N. Williams — Goal 🟨 45' O. Hutchinson — Yellow card 🟨 63' Murillo — Yellow card ⇄ 65' O. Hutchinson — Substitution 🟨 67' J. McGinn — Yellow card ⇄ 77' R. Barkley — Substitution ⇄ 78' L. Digne — Substitution ⇄ 78' M. Rogers — Substitution ⇄ 84' M. Gibbs-White — Substitution ⇄ 87' O. Watkins — Substitution ⇄ 89' Igor Jesus — Substitution ⇄ 89' O. Aina — Substitution ⇄ 90+1' M. Cash — Substitution

Match events

11' Aston Villa Yellow card M. Cash
23' Aston Villa Own goal Murillo
38' Nottingham Forest Goal N. Williams assist: C. Hudson-Odoi
45' Nottingham Forest Yellow card O. Hutchinson
63' Nottingham Forest Yellow card Murillo
65' Nottingham Forest Substitution O. Hutchinson off: C. Wood
67' Aston Villa Yellow card J. McGinn
77' Aston Villa Substitution R. Barkley off: Douglas Luiz
78' Aston Villa Substitution L. Digne off: I. Maatsen
78' Aston Villa Substitution M. Rogers off: E. Buendia
84' Nottingham Forest Substitution M. Gibbs-White off: N. Dominguez
87' Aston Villa Substitution O. Watkins off: T. Abraham
89' Nottingham Forest Substitution Igor Jesus off: R. Yates
89' Nottingham Forest Substitution O. Aina off: D. Ndoye
90+1' Aston Villa Substitution M. Cash off: A. Garcia

Statistics

41 Possession, % 59

4 Shots on target 5

6 Shots off target 7

1.15 Expected goals 1.02

1 Big chances 3

7 Corners 3

15 Fouls 10

8 Free kicks 15

1 Offsides 2

2 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

8 Goal kicks 10

5 Throw-ins 15

All statistics

15/2560% Aerial duels 10/2540%

60 Backward passes 86

5 Blocked shots 0

21 Clearances 12

6/2227% Crosses 3/1421%

5/1145% Dribbles 10/1663%

1 Expected assists 0.50

58 Failed passes 59

5 Goalkeeper saves 4

9 Interceptions 8

12 Key passes 10

19/3949% Long passes 21/4349%

84 Passes into the final third 107

229 Passes in the opposition half 238

129 Passes in own half 277

0.27 Shot accuracy 0.42

6 Shots from outside the box 4

9 Shots inside the box 8

12/1580% Tackles 6/1540%

336 Total passes 501

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
26	Matz Sels	26
3	Neco Williams	3
5	Murillo	5
31	Nikola Milenković	31
34	Ola Aina	34
6	Ibrahim Sangaré	6
7	Callum James Hudson-Odoi	7
8	Elliot Anderson	8
10	Morgan Anthony Gibbs-White	10
21	Omari Elijah Giraud-Hutchinson	21
19	Igor Jesus	19

Substitutes
#	Player	number
27	Stefan Ortega	27
4	Morato	4
25	Luca Netz	25
16	Nicolás Domínguez	16
22	Ryan Yates	22
24	James John McAtee	24
11	Christopher Grant Wood	11
14	Dan Assane Ndoye	14
29	Dilane Bakwa	29

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Aston Villa

Starting XI
#	Player	number
23	Emiliano Martínez	23
2	Matthew Stuart Cash	2
3	Victor Jörgen Nilsson Lindelöf	3
12	Lucas Digne	12
14	Pau Francisco Torres	14
6	Ross Barkley	6
7	John McGinn	7
8	Youri Marion A. Tielemans	8
24	Amadou Ba Zeund Georges Mvom Onana	24
27	Morgan Rogers	27
11	Oliver George Arthur Watkins	11

Substitutes
#	Player	number
40	Marco Bizot	40
4	Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	4
16	A. Garcia	16
22	Ian Ethan Maatsen	22
10	Emiliano Buendía Stati	10
21	Douglas Luiz	21
26	Lamare Trenton Chansey Bogarde	26
18	Tammy Bakumo-Abraham	18
31	Leon Bailey	31

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