English League Championship

FT Saturday, February 4, 2017
Aston Villa LLLDL 1
–
Nottingham Forest LDWLW 2
1st2ndT
AVL101
NFO112
The City Ground · 19,866 att.

Match Report

Ben Brereton's late goal gives Nottingham Forest victory over Aston Villa

Ben Brereton's late goal gives Nottingham Forest victory over Aston Villa

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
7
29.4
Possession
70.6
11
SHOTS
17
8
ON GOAL
6
0.7
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
145
Accurate Passes
485
231
Passes
559
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
30
0.2
Cross %
0.1
67
Long Balls
67
16
Accurate Long Balls
45
0.2
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
4
10
Effective Tackles
6
14
Tackles
9
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
34
Effective Clearances
21
34
Clearances
21

Head to Head

Lineups

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Stephen HendersonG
  2. 13Daniel FoxCD-L
  3. 4Michael MancienneCD-R
  4. 3Daniel PinillosLB
  5. 2Eric LichajRB
  6. 16Zach CloughAM
  7. 11Ben OsbornLM
  8. 24David VaughanRM
  9. 9Britt AssombalongaF
  10. 19Jamie WardAM-L
  11. 41Matty CashAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 45Ben Brereton DíazSUB
  2. 22Pajtim KasamiSUB
  3. 18Mustapha CarayolSUB
  4. 38Vladimir StojkovicSUB
  5. 28Thomas LamSUB
  6. 42Joe WorrallSUB
  7. 39Apostolos VelliosSUB

AVL · 3-4-1-2

  1. 34Sam JohnstoneG
  2. 6Tommy ElphickCD
  3. 2Nathan BakerCD-L
  4. 12James ChesterCD-R
  5. 5Henri LansburyCM-L
  6. 14Conor HourihaneCM-R
  7. 40Jack GrealishAM
  8. 20Birkir BjarnasonLM
  9. 16James BreeRM
  10. 9Scott HoganCF-L
  11. 26Jonathan KodjiaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Alan HuttonSUB
  2. 7Leandro BacunaSUB
  3. 31Mark BunnSUB
  4. 19Andre GreenSUB
  5. 23Jordan AmaviSUB
  6. 37Albert AdomahSUB
  7. 22Gary GardnerSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Aston Villa 1. Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
  2. 32' Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 39' Matthew Cash (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 42' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Aston Villa 1. Britt Assombalonga (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  5. 45'+1' Scott Hogan (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 70' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ben Brereton replaces Matthew Cash.
  7. 77' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Thomas Lam replaces Jamie Ward.
  8. 78' Second yellow card to Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) for a bad foul.
  9. 82' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leandro Bacuna replaces Jonathan Kodjia.
  10. 84' Substitution, Aston Villa. Albert Adomah replaces Scott Hogan.
  11. 85' Substitution, Aston Villa. Andre Green replaces Henri Lansbury.
  12. 87' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Mustapha Carayol replaces Zach Clough.
  13. 90'+3' Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Aston Villa 1. Ben Brereton (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Britt Assombalonga with a headed pass.

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