UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, May 7, 2026
Nottingham Forest WWWWW 0
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Aston Villa WWLLL 4
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2nd Leg - Aston Villa advance 4-1 on aggregate · Villa Park · 43,028 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Aston Villa trounce Nottingham Forest to reach Europa League final

Aston Villa are through to their first European final in 44 years after they thrashed Nottingham Forest 4-0 in the all-English Europa League semifinal to advance 4-1 on aggregate.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
6
6
Saves
2
49.1
Possession
50.9
7
SHOTS
18
2
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
2
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
299
Accurate Passes
317
362
Passes
381
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
15
Crosses
12
0.1
Cross %
0.2
52
Long Balls
36
23
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
5
14
Tackles
7
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
17
Interceptions
8
15
Effective Clearances
13
15
Clearances
13

Highlights

01:35 Vitor Pereira: I'm proud of my team despite defeat vs. Aston Villa Watch on ESPN 01:19 Unai Emery: UEL final vs. Freiburg will be very difficult Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

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. 3Victor LindelöfRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 10Emiliano BuendíaAM-L
  11. 7John McGinnAM-R

NFO · 4-4-1-1

  1. 27Stefan OrtegaG
  2. 4MoratoCD-L
  3. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 3Neco WilliamsLB
  5. 23Jair PaulaRB
  6. 8Elliot AndersonCM-L
  7. 16Nicolás DomínguezCM-R
  8. 24James McAteeLM
  9. 21Omari HutchinsonRM
  10. 11Chris WoodF
  11. 19Igor JesusRCF

Timeline

  1. 18' Morato (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 36' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía.
  3. 45'+3' Jair Cunha (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces James McAtee.
  5. 58' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Nottingham Forest 0. Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  6. 71' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Dilane Bakwa replaces Morato.
  7. 71' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Lorenzo Lucca replaces Chris Wood.
  8. 74' Substitution, Aston Villa. Lamare Bogarde replaces Victor Lindelöf.
  9. 77' Goal! Aston Villa 3, Nottingham Forest 0. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
  10. 80' Goal! Aston Villa 4, Nottingham Forest 0. John McGinn (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Morgan Rogers.
  11. 86' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jadon Sancho replaces Emiliano Buendía.
  12. 88' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Murillo replaces Jair Cunha.
  13. 88' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jimmy Sinclair replaces Omari Hutchinson.
  14. 90' Substitution, Aston Villa. Tyrone Mings replaces Morgan Rogers.
  15. 90' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey replaces John McGinn.
  16. 90' Substitution, Aston Villa. Douglas Luiz replaces Pau Torres.

UEFA Europa League News

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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.