English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 12, 2026
Nottingham Forest WLLDD 2
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Aston Villa LLLDW 1
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Villa Park · 36,714 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

AVL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Zion SuzukiG
  2. 14Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 3Victor LindelöfCD-R
  4. 22Ian MaatsenLB
  5. 29Aaron Wan-BissakaRB
  6. 10Emiliano BuendíaAM
  7. 6Ross BarkleyLM
  8. 8Boubacar KamaraRM
  9. 11Nicolas JacksonF
  10. 53George HemmingsAM-L
  11. 7John McGinnAM-R

NFO · 3-4-2-1

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 2Ousmane DiomandeCD
  3. 5MurilloCD-L
  4. 34Ola AinaCD-R
  5. 21Xaver SchlagerCM-L
  6. 24James McAteeCM-R
  7. 3Neco WilliamsLM
  8. 27Daniel MuñozRM
  9. 19Liam DelapF
  10. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteCF-L
  11. 14Dan NdoyeCF-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Delay in match because of an injury Pau Torres (Aston Villa).
  2. 23'
  3. 25' Substitution, Aston Villa. Tyrone Mings replaces Pau Torres because of an injury.
  4. 25' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  5. 25'
  6. 29' Delay in match because of an injury Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest).
  7. 29'
  8. 31' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  9. 31'
  10. 43' Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 45' Nicolas Jackson (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 45'+3' Murillo (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Tammy Abraham replaces Nicolas Jackson.
  14. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Alysson replaces George Hemmings.
  15. 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.
  16. 56' Xaver Schlager (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 63' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ibrahim Mbaye replaces Emiliano Buendía.
  18. 63' Substitution, Aston Villa. Johan Manzambi replaces Ross Barkley.
  19. 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.
  20. 75' Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  21. 75' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Igor Jesus replaces Dan Ndoye.
  22. 80' James McAtee (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  23. 80' Delay in match because of an injury Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa).
  24. 80'
  25. 82' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  26. 82'
  27. 82' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ibrahim Sangaré replaces James McAtee.
  28. 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.
  29. 90'+1' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Chris Wood replaces Liam Delap.
  30. 90'+5' Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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