UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, April 30, 2026
Aston Villa WDWWL 0
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Nottingham Forest DDWWW 1
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1st Leg · The City Ground · 29,790 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Wood gives Forest get edge over Villa in Europa League semifinal

Chris Wood 's second-half penalty gave Nottingham Forest the advantage in their all-English Europa League semifinal with Aston Villa.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
4
49.9
Possession
50.1
10
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
2
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
328
Accurate Passes
331
379
Passes
389
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
24
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.2
36
Long Balls
43
25
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
12
15
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
7
15
Effective Clearances
32
15
Clearances
32

Highlights

01:32 Nicol & Hislop slam VAR after Anderson avoided red card vs. Aston Villa Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

AVL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NFO · 4-4-2

  1. 27Stefan OrtegaG
  2. 4MoratoCD-L
  3. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 3Neco WilliamsLB
  5. 34Ola AinaRB
  6. 8Elliot AndersonCM-L
  7. 16Nicolás DomínguezCM-R
  8. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteLM
  9. 21Omari HutchinsonRM
  10. 11Chris WoodCF-L
  11. 19Igor JesusCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 51Archie WhitehallSUB
  2. 61Jimmy SinclairSUB
  3. 67Keehan WillowsSUB
  4. 26Matz SelsSUB
  5. 44Zach AbbottSUB
  6. 65Justin HanksSUB
  7. 22Ryan YatesSUB
  8. 77Zyan BlakeSUB
  9. 24James McAteeSUB
  10. 20Lorenzo LuccaSUB
  11. 29Dilane BakwaSUB

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 14Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 12Lucas DigneLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 27Morgan RogersAM
  7. 8Youri TielemansLM
  8. 24Amadou OnanaRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 10Emiliano BuendíaAM-L
  11. 7John McGinnAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Douglas LuizSUB
  2. 22Ian MaatsenSUB
  3. 3Victor LindelöfSUB
  4. 26Lamare BogardeSUB
  5. 64James WrightSUB
  6. 9Harvey ElliottSUB
  7. 31Leon BaileySUB
  8. 5Tyrone MingsSUB
  9. 19Jadon SanchoSUB
  10. 16Andrés GarcíaSUB
  11. 18Tammy AbrahamSUB
  12. 40Marco BizotSUB

Timeline

  1. 55' Substitution, Aston Villa. Lamare Bogarde replaces Amadou Onana because of an injury.
  2. 71' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Aston Villa 0. Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  3. 75' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Zach Abbott replaces Ola Aina because of an injury.
  4. 78' Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 78' Substitution, Aston Villa. Douglas Luiz replaces Lucas Digne.
  6. 79' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jadon Sancho replaces John McGinn.
  7. 79' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ian Maatsen replaces Emiliano Buendía.
  8. 90' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Igor Jesus.

UEFA Europa League News

All news
News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.