ChampionshipRegular Season - 37FT
Nottingham Forest
1-3
HT (1-2)
Aston VillaCity Ground · Nottingham
Last 5 meetings
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Sun
Apr 12
2026
Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa1
1
HT 1-1Regular Season - 32City Ground, NottinghamMichael Salisbury, England
L
Sat
Jan 3
2026
Aston VillaNottingham Forest3
1
HT 1-0Regular Season - 20Villa Park, BirminghamSimon Hooper, England
L
Sat
Apr 5
2025
Aston VillaNottingham Forest2
1
HT 2-0Regular Season - 31Villa Park, BirminghamS. Hooper
W
Sat
Dec 14
2024
Nottingham ForestAston Villa2
1
HT 0-0Regular Season - 16The City Ground, Nottingham, NottinghamshireS. Barrott
L
Sat
Feb 24
2024
Aston VillaNottingham Forest4
2
HT 3-1Regular Season - 26Villa Park, BirminghamS. Barrott
Match events
- 3'J. ColbackAssist: J. Lolley
- 7'J. McGinnAssist: Ahmed El Mohamady
- 15'J. McGinn
- 28'Kortney Hause
- 29'Karim Ansarifard
- 61'Alexander Milošević
- 61'K. HauseAssist: C. Hourihane
- 62'D. Murphy ↑K. Ansarifard ↓
- 64'A. Adomah ↑A. El Ghazi ↓
- 65'Neil Taylor
- 71'A. Guédioura ↑Pelé ↓
- 72'J. Kodjia ↑T. Abraham ↓
- 76'Diogo Gonçalves ↑R. Yates ↓
- 86'Jack Colback
- 87'G. Whelan ↑J. Grealish ↓
- 90'Jonathan Kodjia
Match stats
Nottingham ForestAston Villa
- 52%Possession48%
- 14Shots11
- 2Shots on target4
- 4Shots off target6
- 8Blocked shots1
- 5Shots inside box9
- 9Shots outside box2
- 380Passes356
- 280Accurate passes255
- 74%Pass accuracy72%
- 8Corners6
- 0Offsides1
- 17Fouls13
- 3Yellow cards3
- 1Saves1
Lineups
Nottingham Forest
Formation: 4-3-2-1
Starting XI
Goalkeeper
- 1C. Pantilimon
Defenders
- 29Y. Benalouane
- 17A. Milosevic
- 27T. Darikwa
Midfielders
- 6J. Colback
- 28Pelé
- 11B. Osborn
- 10João Carvalho
- 22R. Yates
- 23J. Lolley
Forwards
- 37K. Ansarifard
Substitutes
- 9D. Murphy
- 5A. Guédioura
- 19Diogo Gonçalves
- 15L. Steele
- 13M. Wagué
- 8B. Watson
- 33Léo Bonatini
Coach: M. O'Neill
Aston Villa
Formation: 4-3-3
Starting XI
Goalkeeper
- 12J. Steer
Defenders
- 3N. Taylor
- 30K. Hause
- 40T. Mings
- 27Ahmed El Mohamady
Midfielders
- 14C. Hourihane
- 10J. Grealish
- 7J. McGinn
- 22A. El Ghazi
- 19A. Green
Forwards
- 18T. Abraham
Substitutes
- 37A. Adomah
- 26J. Kodjia
- 6G. Whelan
- 15M. Jedinak
- 11T. Carroll
- 20B. Bjarnason
- 28L. Kalinić
Coach: D. Smith
Top performers
Nottingham Forest- Jack Colback1G90'7.5
- Joe Lolley1A90'7.2
- Tendayi Darikwa90'6.8
- João Carvalho90'6.6
- Ryan Yates76'6.5
Aston Villa- John McGinn2G90'8.7
- Kortney Hause1G90'7.7
- Conor Hourihane1A90'7.2
- Tyrone Mings90'7.1
- Andre Green90'7.0