Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest, 2026-27 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueNottingham Forest's late winner deepens Aston Villa's new season woe
Igor Jesus piled the misery on Aston Villa as his late goal snatched a 2-1 victory for Nottingham Forest at Villa Park.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Pau Torres (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Foul by Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest).
- 6': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by James McAtee.
- 7': Attempt saved. Victor Lindelöf (Aston Villa) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal by Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest).
- 7': Attempt blocked. Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
- 8': Attempt saved. Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest). Assisted by Boubacar Kamara.
- 9': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Murillo.
- 10': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Liam Delap.
- 12': James McAtee (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 12': Foul by Ross Barkley (Aston Villa).
- 12': Attempt saved. James McAtee (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Zion Suzuki (Aston Villa). Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White.
- 15': James McAtee (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Foul by Ross Barkley (Aston Villa).
- 16': Attempt missed. Ousmane Diomande (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 16': Foul by Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest).
- 16': Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Foul by Murillo (Nottingham Forest).
- 17': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 19': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Murillo.
- 19': Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Foul by Ross Barkley (Aston Villa).
- 20': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Daniel Muñoz is caught offside.
- 21': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Dan Ndoye is caught offside.
- 23': Attempt saved. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Zion Suzuki (Aston Villa). Assisted by Daniel Muñoz.
- 23': Delay in match because of an injury Pau Torres (Aston Villa).
- 25': Substitution, Aston Villa. Tyrone Mings replaces Pau Torres because of an injury.
- 25': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 28': Foul by Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest).
- 28': Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Xaver Schlager (Nottingham Forest).
- 28': Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 29': Delay in match because of an injury Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest).
- 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 32': Attempt saved. Ross Barkley (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest). Assisted by George Hemmings.
- 32': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Neco Williams.
- 35': Attempt saved. Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Zion Suzuki (Aston Villa). Assisted by Daniel Muñoz.
- 36': James McAtee (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 36': Foul by Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa).
- 39': Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Foul by George Hemmings (Aston Villa).
- 40': Foul by Murillo (Nottingham Forest).
- 40': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Foul by Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest).
- 43': Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Ousmane Diomande (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Nicolas Jackson (Aston Villa).
- 45': Nicolas Jackson (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by James McAtee.
- 45'+3': Foul by Murillo (Nottingham Forest).
- 45'+3': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45'+3': Murillo (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+5': First Half ends, Aston Villa 0, Nottingham Forest 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Aston Villa 0, Nottingham Forest 0.
- 45': Substitution, Aston Villa. Tammy Abraham replaces Nicolas Jackson.
- 45': Substitution, Aston Villa. Alysson replaces George Hemmings.
- 46': Goal! Aston Villa 0, Nottingham Forest 1. Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Murillo.
- 50': Attempt missed. Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Xaver Schlager.
- 52': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Daniel Muñoz is caught offside.
- 54': Xaver Schlager (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Foul by Alysson (Aston Villa).
- 55': Attempt missed. Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White.
- 56': Foul by Xaver Schlager (Nottingham Forest).
- 56': Ross Barkley (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Xaver Schlager (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 58': Attempt missed. Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Dan Ndoye.
- 59': Attempt missed. Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White with a cross.
- 61': Attempt blocked. Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Liam Delap.
- 61': Attempt missed. Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest) header from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Daniel Muñoz with a cross.
- 62': Foul by James McAtee (Nottingham Forest).
- 62': Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Foul by James McAtee (Nottingham Forest).
- 63': Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Substitution, Aston Villa. Ibrahim Mbaye replaces Emiliano Buendía.
- 63': Substitution, Aston Villa. Johan Manzambi replaces Ross Barkley.
- 65': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Liam Delap is caught offside.
- 66': Foul by James McAtee (Nottingham Forest).
- 66': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by James McAtee.
- 69': Foul by Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest).
- 69': Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Foul by Murillo (Nottingham Forest).
- 72': Alysson (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 73': Attempt saved. Ibrahim Mbaye (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner by Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest). Assisted by John McGinn.
- 73': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Matz Sels.
- 74': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Nottingham Forest 1. Alysson (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by John McGinn with a cross following a corner.
- 75': Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
- 75': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Igor Jesus replaces Dan Ndoye.
- 75': Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Foul by Ibrahim Mbaye (Aston Villa).
- 76': Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 76': Foul by Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa).
- 77': Attempt missed. James McAtee (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White following a set piece situation.
- 79': Attempt blocked. Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest) with an attempt from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White with a cross.
- 80': Attempt missed. Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Igor Jesus following a fast break.
- 80': James McAtee (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 80': Delay in match because of an injury Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa).
- 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 82': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ibrahim Sangaré replaces James McAtee.
- 83': Ian Maatsen went off injured after Aston Villa had used all subs.
- 85': Attempt saved. Daniel Muñoz (Nottingham Forest) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top right corner by Zion Suzuki (Aston Villa). Assisted by Neco Williams with a cross.
- 86': Attempt saved. Xaver Schlager (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Zion Suzuki (Aston Villa). Assisted by Daniel Muñoz with a cross.
- 86': Attempt missed. Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right.
- 87': Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 87': Foul by Victor Lindelöf (Aston Villa).
- 88': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Nottingham Forest 2. Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White.
- 90': Attempt missed. Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the left.
- 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Chris Wood replaces Liam Delap.
- 90'+2': Foul by Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest).
- 90'+2': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Boubacar Kamara.
- 90'+4': Zion Suzuki (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Foul by Murillo (Nottingham Forest).
- 90'+5': Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+5': Foul by Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa).
- 90'+5': Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+6': Attempt missed. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
- 90'+7': Attempt missed. Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ibrahim Mbaye with a cross.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Nottingham Forest 2.
- 0': Match ends, Aston Villa 1, Nottingham Forest 2.
Statistics
 NFO |
AVL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Fouls | 11 |
| 5 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 4 | Offsides | 0 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 5 | Saves | 5 |
| 46.7 | Possession | 53.3 |
| 22 | SHOTS | 7 |
| 7 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.7 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 308 | Accurate Passes | 341 |
| 358 | Passes | 412 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 9 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 15 | Crosses | 15 |
| 0.6 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 41 | Long Balls | 42 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 13 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 15 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 23 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 37 | Effective Clearances | 12 |
| 37 | Clearances | 12 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 36,714
Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 36,714
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester City | 5 | +8 | 15 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 5 | +4 | 12 |
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 5 | +11 | 10 |
| 4 | Brentford | 5 | +6 | 9 |
Line-Ups
Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Zion Suzuki (GK) |
| 14 | Pau Torres |
| 3 | Victor Lindelöf |
| 22 | Ian Maatsen |
| 29 | Aaron Wan-Bissaka |
| 10 | Emiliano Buendía |
| 6 | Ross Barkley |
| 8 | Boubacar Kamara |
| 11 | Nicolas Jackson  |
| 53 | George Hemmings |
| 7 | John McGinn |
Nottingham Forest (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 26 | Matz Sels (GK) |
| 2 | Ousmane Diomande |
| 5 | Murillo |
| 34 | Ola Aina |
| 21 | Xaver Schlager |
| 24 | James McAtee |
| 3 | Neco Williams |
| 27 | Daniel Muñoz |
| 19 | Liam Delap |
| 10 | Morgan Gibbs-White |
| 14 | Dan Ndoye |
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