English League Championship

FT Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Nottingham Forest DLWDW 5
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Aston Villa LLWWW 5
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NFO325
AVL325
Villa Park · 32,868 att.

Match Report

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Aston Villa draw 5-5 with Nottingham Forest in remarkable Championship clash

There were 10 goals and a red card as Aston Villa drew 5-5 at home to Nottingham Forest on Wednesday in England's second tier Championship.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
12
6
Saves
0
37.3
Possession
62.7
8
SHOTS
26
5
ON GOAL
12
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
247
Accurate Passes
437
313
Passes
498
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
11
6
Crosses
44
0.2
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
32
16
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
11
8
Effective Tackles
9
16
Tackles
24
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
18
Interceptions
0
32
Effective Clearances
4
32
Clearances
4

Head to Head

AVL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Ørjan NylandG
  2. 5James ChesterCD-L
  3. 4Axel TuanzebeCD-R
  4. 3Neil TaylorLB
  5. 21Alan HuttonRB
  6. 14Conor HourihaneCM
  7. 10Jack GrealishLM
  8. 7John McGinnRM
  9. 18Tammy AbrahamF
  10. 26Jonathan KodjiaLF
  11. 11Yannick BolasieRF

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Costel PantilimonG
  2. 3Tobias FigueiredoCD-L
  3. 20Michael DawsonCD-R
  4. 18Jack RobinsonLB
  5. 27Tendayi DarikwaRB
  6. 10João CarvalhoAM
  7. 24Claudio YacobLM
  8. 6Jack ColbackRM
  9. 7Lewis GrabbanF
  10. 14Matty CashAM-L
  11. 23Joe LolleyAM-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Nottingham Forest 1. Lewis Grabban (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joe Lolley.
  2. 6' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Nottingham Forest 2. João Carvalho (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joe Lolley.
  3. 11' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Nottingham Forest 2. Tammy Abraham (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yannick Bolasie with a cross.
  4. 14' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Nottingham Forest 2. Tammy Abraham (Aston Villa) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  5. 20' Yannick Bolasie (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 22' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Nottingham Forest 3. Matthew Cash (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joe Lolley following a fast break.
  7. 36' Goal! Aston Villa 3, Nottingham Forest 3. Tammy Abraham (Aston Villa) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  8. 51' Goal! Aston Villa 3, Nottingham Forest 4. Joe Lolley (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jack Colback.
  9. 65' Claudio Yacob (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 66' Substitution, Aston Villa. Anwar El Ghazi replaces Jonathan Kodjia.
  11. 68' Tobias Figueiredo (Nottingham Forest) is shown the red card.
  12. 69' Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 69' Tendayi Darikwa (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 70' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Michael Hefele replaces João Carvalho.
  15. 71' Goal! Aston Villa 4, Nottingham Forest 4. Tammy Abraham (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish with a cross following a set piece situation.
  16. 75' Goal! Aston Villa 5, Nottingham Forest 4. Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Neil Taylor.
  17. 77' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Gil Dias replaces Matthew Cash.
  18. 78' Jack Colback (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 79' Substitution, Aston Villa. Glenn Whelan replaces John McGinn.
  20. 82' Goal! Aston Villa 5, Nottingham Forest 5. Lewis Grabban (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joe Lolley.
  21. 83' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ahmed El Mohamady replaces Yannick Bolasie.
  22. 87' Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  23. 90'+1' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Karim Ansarifard replaces Lewis Grabban.

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