English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 8, 2023
Nottingham Forest DLLDL 0
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Aston Villa WDWWW 2
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Villa Park · 42,076 att.

Match Report

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Aston Villa up to sixth in Premier League and on track for European football

Bertrand Traore and Ollie Watkins earned Aston Villa a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest to keep them on course for a place in Europe.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
7
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
2
34.7
Possession
65.3
6
SHOTS
8
2
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
149
Accurate Passes
384
227
Passes
448
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
2
18
Crosses
10
0.1
Cross %
0.2
42
Long Balls
36
16
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
8
17
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
5
Interceptions
4
11
Effective Clearances
21
11
Clearances
21

Head to Head

AVL leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 15Álex MorenoLB
  5. 18Ashley YoungRB
  6. 6Douglas LuizCM-L
  7. 7John McGinnCM-R
  8. 10Emiliano BuendíaLM
  9. 41Jacob RamseyRM
  10. 11Ollie WatkinsCF-L
  11. 31Leon BaileyCF-R

NFO · 3-4-2-1

  1. 12Keylor NavasG
  2. 38FelipeCD
  3. 19Moussa NiakhatéCD-L
  4. 4Joe WorrallCD-R
  5. 21Cheikhou KouyatéCM-L
  6. 6Jonjo ShelveyCM-R
  7. 15Harry ToffoloLM
  8. 7Neco WilliamsRM
  9. 20Brennan JohnsonF
  10. 28Danilo SantosCF-L
  11. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteCF-R

Timeline

  1. 28' Substitution, Aston Villa. Bertrand Traoré replaces Leon Bailey because of an injury.
  2. 32' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Remo Freuler replaces Cheikhou Kouyaté because of an injury.
  3. 35' Álex Moreno (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 36' Jonjo Shelvey (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 48' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  6. 65' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Joe Worrall.
  7. 65' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Orel Mangala replaces Jonjo Shelvey.
  8. 75' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leander Dendoncker replaces Emiliano Buendía.
  9. 78' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. André Ayew replaces Danilo.
  10. 85' Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 85' Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 90' Orel Mangala (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+1' Harry Toffolo (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+5' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Nottingham Forest 0. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey.
  15. 90'+6' Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.

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