Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest match stats & report

4–0 Full time

UEFA Europa League · Semi-finals · Villa Park, Birmingham · Ref Glenn Nyberg, Sweden

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Aston Villa beat Nottingham Forest 4–0 in the UEFA Europa League (Semi-finals) on 7 May 2026. Expected goals finished 2.74–0.79. Aston Villa had 51% of the ball.

Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest match statistics

Aston VillaNottingham Forest

51% Ball possession 49%
2.74 Expected goals (xG) 0.79
18 Total shots 7
10 Shots on target 2
3 Shots off target 4
5 Blocked shots 1
12 Shots inside the box 4
6 Corners 3
13 Fouls 12
1 Offsides 2
0 Yellow cards 2
381 Passes 362
83% Pass accuracy 83%
2 Goalkeeper saves 6

Goals and cards

18' Yellow card Morato Nottingham Forest
36' Goal O. Watkins (assist E. Buendía) Aston Villa
45+3' Yellow card Jair Nottingham Forest
58' Penalty scored E. Buendía Aston Villa
77' Goal J. McGinn (assist O. Watkins) Aston Villa
80' Goal J. McGinn (assist M. Rogers) Aston Villa

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Aston Villa

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Unai Emery

23 E. Martinez

12 L. Digne 14 P. Torres 4 E. Konsa 2 M. Cash

8 Y. Tielemans 3 V. Lindelöf

10 E. Buendía 27 M. Rogers 7 J. McGinn

11 O. Watkins

Bench M. Bizot , J. Wright , T. Mings , L. Bailey , Douglas Luiz , I. Maatsen , H. Elliott , L. Bogarde , T. Abraham , J. Sancho , A. Garcia

Nottingham Forest

Confirmed 4-4-1-1 Vitor Pereira

27 S. Ortega

3 N. Williams 4 Morato 31 N. Milenkovic 23 Jair

24 J. McAtee 8 E. Anderson 16 N. Domínguez 21 O. Hutchinson

19 Igor Jesus

11 C. Wood

Bench M. Sels , Keehan Willows , I. Sangare , R. Yates , M. Gibbs-White , D. Bakwa , Murillo , L. Lucca , D. Ndoye , J. Hanks , A. Whitehall , J. Sinclair

Form guide

Aston Villa at home

5–1–4 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.8 per game
Conceded: 1.6 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 4.7 per game
Shots on target: 6.3 per game

29% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Nottingham Forest away

3–2–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.3 per game
Conceded: 1.7 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 5.0 per game
Shots on target: 5.0 per game

20% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
30 Apr 26	Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa	1–0
12 Apr 26	Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa	1–1
3 Jan 26	Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest	3–1
5 Apr 25	Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest	2–1
14 Dec 24	Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa	2–1
24 Feb 24	Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest	4–2

The full Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest head-to-head record