English Premier League

FT Sunday, November 5, 2023
Aston Villa WDWWW 0
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Nottingham Forest LDDDL 2
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The City Ground · 29,313 att.

Match Report

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Martinez error helps give Forest unlikely win over Villa

Nottingham Forest snapped a six-match winless run to beat Aston Villa 2-0 in a Premier League Midlands derby on Sunday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
9
10
Corner Kicks
0
1
Saves
3
73.5
Possession
26.5
13
SHOTS
5
3
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
598
Accurate Passes
172
654
Passes
240
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
10
Accurate Crosses
0
36
Crosses
4
0.3
Cross %
0.0
40
Long Balls
54
24
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
0
5
Effective Tackles
18
10
Tackles
30
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
8
10
Effective Clearances
34
10
Clearances
34

Head to Head

AVL leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

NFO · 4-3-3

  1. 23Odisseas VlachodimosG
  2. 40MurilloCD-L
  3. 19Moussa NiakhatéCD-R
  4. 15Harry ToffoloLB
  5. 43Ola AinaRB
  6. 5Orel MangalaCM
  7. 16Nicolás DomínguezLM
  8. 6Ibrahim SangaréRM
  9. 9Taiwo AwoniyiF
  10. 21Anthony ElangaLF
  11. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteRF

AVL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 14Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 12Lucas DigneLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 6Douglas LuizCM-L
  7. 44Boubacar KamaraCM-R
  8. 22Nicolò ZanioloLM
  9. 7John McGinnRM
  10. 11Ollie WatkinsCF-L
  11. 19Moussa DiabyCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Aston Villa 0. Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Harry Toffolo.
  2. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey replaces Nicolò Zaniolo.
  3. 47' Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Aston Villa 0. Orel Mangala (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Toffolo.
  4. 59' Substitution, Aston Villa. Youri Tielemans replaces Matty Cash.
  5. 64' Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 71' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Sèrge Aurier replaces Harry Toffolo because of an injury.
  7. 78' Substitution, Aston Villa. Diego Carlos replaces Boubacar Kamara.
  8. 82' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Danilo replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
  9. 86' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leander Dendoncker replaces Douglas Luiz.
  10. 86' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Neco Williams replaces Ola Aina.
  11. 87' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
  12. 88' Danilo (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.

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