Nottingham Forest

UEFA Europa League

Nottingham Forest LDDWLL

1:0

Finished

Kick-off was 30 Apr, 20:00 BST

Aston Villa WLWWWD

Venue: City Ground City: Nottingham

In the UEFA Europa League game on 30 April 2026, Nottingham Forest beat Aston Villa 1:0. Match numbers: shots on target 5:4, corners 5:7.

Key numbers

Possession, % 50 – 50

Shots on target 5 – 4

Shots off target 3 – 3

Expected goals 1.56 – 0.79

⇄ 55' A. Onana — Substitution ⚽ 71' C. Wood — Penalty ⇄ 75' O. Aina — Substitution 🟨 78' Y. Tielemans — Yellow card ⇄ 79' L. Digne — Substitution ⇄ 79' J. McGinn — Substitution ⇄ 79' E. Buendia — Substitution ⇄ 90' Igor Jesus — Substitution

Match events

55' 0:0 Aston Villa Substitution A. Onana off: L. Bogarde
71' 1:0 Nottingham Forest Penalty C. Wood
75' 1:0 Nottingham Forest Substitution O. Aina off: Z. Abbott
78' 1:0 Aston Villa Yellow card Y. Tielemans
79' 1:0 Aston Villa Substitution L. Digne off: Douglas Luiz
79' 1:0 Aston Villa Substitution J. McGinn off: J. Sancho
79' 1:0 Aston Villa Substitution E. Buendia off: I. Maatsen
90' 1:0 Nottingham Forest Substitution Igor Jesus off: R. Yates

Statistics

50 Possession, % 50

5 Shots on target 4

3 Shots off target 3

1.56 Expected goals 0.79

2 Big chances 1

156 Attacks 157

5 Corners 7

7 Fouls 11

10 Free kicks 6

2 Offsides 0

0 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

6 Goal kicks 7

10 Throw-ins 18

All statistics

9/2241% Aerial duels 13/2259%

70 Backward passes 51

3 Blocked shots 3

32 Clearances 15

4/1921% Crosses 3/2413%

9/1850% Dribbles 5/1436%

0.74 Expected assists 0.51

58 Failed passes 51

4 Goalkeeper saves 4

7 Interceptions 7

8 Key passes 8

22/4351% Long passes 25/3669%

74 Passes into the final third 88

227 Passes in the opposition half 217

181 Passes in own half 186

0.45 Shot accuracy 0.40

2 Shots from outside the box 3

9 Shots inside the box 7

12/1771% Tackles 7/1547%

389 Total passes 379

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
27	Stefan Ortega	27
3	Neco Williams	3
4	Morato	4
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
11	Christopher Grant Wood	11
19	Igor Jesus	19

Substitutes
#	Player	number
26	Matz Sels	26
67	Keehan Willows	67
44	Zach Abbott	44
65	Justin Hanks	65
22	Ryan Yates	22
24	James John McAtee	24
51	Archie Whitehall	51
61	Jimmy Sinclair	61
20	Lorenzo Lucca	20
29	Dilane Bakwa	29
77	Z. Blake	77

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Aston Villa

Starting XI
#	Player	number
23	Emiliano Martínez	23
2	Matthew Stuart Cash	2
4	Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	4
12	Lucas Digne	12
14	Pau Francisco Torres	14
7	John McGinn	7
8	Youri Marion A. Tielemans	8
10	Emiliano Buendía Stati	10
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
64	James Wright	64
3	Victor Jörgen Nilsson Lindelöf	3
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