English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 24, 2024
Nottingham Forest LDWLW 2
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Aston Villa LWLLW 4
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NFO112
AVL314
Villa Park · 42,422 att.

Match Report

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Aston Villa hold off Forest fightback to win 4-2

Aston Villa held off a spirited comeback attempt from Nottingham Forest to secure a 4-2 Premier league home win on Saturday, with the hosts' Douglas Luiz netting twice and striker Ollie Watkins and winger Leon Bailey setting each other up to score.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
1
41.9
Possession
58.1
10
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
321
Accurate Passes
469
372
Passes
512
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
3
7
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.2
30
Long Balls
31
14
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
5
15
Effective Tackles
7
23
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
1
11
Effective Clearances
22
11
Clearances
22

Head to Head

AVL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 14Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 17Clément LengletCD-R
  4. 15Álex MorenoLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 8Youri TielemansAM
  7. 6Douglas LuizLM
  8. 7John McGinnRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 41Jacob RamseyAM-L
  11. 31Leon BaileyAM-R

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 40MurilloCD-L
  3. 18FelipeCD-R
  4. 19Moussa NiakhatéLB
  5. 7Neco WilliamsRB
  6. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteAM
  7. 28Danilo SantosLM
  8. 16Nicolás DomínguezRM
  9. 9Taiwo AwoniyiF
  10. 14Callum Hudson-OdoiAM-L
  11. 21Anthony ElangaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leon Bailey.
  2. 15' Murillo (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 29' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Nottingham Forest 0. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey.
  4. 39' Goal! Aston Villa 3, Nottingham Forest 0. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by John McGinn with a cross following a corner.
  5. 45' Felipe (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+5' Goal! Aston Villa 3, Nottingham Forest 1. Moussa Niakhaté (Nottingham Forest) with an attempt from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Taiwo Awoniyi with a headed pass following a corner.
  7. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Harry Toffolo replaces Murillo.
  8. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Divock Origi replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
  9. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Andrew Omobamidele replaces Felipe.
  10. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Calum Chambers replaces Pau Torres.
  11. 48' Goal! Aston Villa 3, Nottingham Forest 2. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Divock Origi with a through ball.
  12. 57' Álex Moreno (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 59' Substitution, Aston Villa. Lucas Digne replaces Álex Moreno.
  14. 61' Goal! Aston Villa 4, Nottingham Forest 2. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  15. 73' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
  16. 81' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Giovanni Reyna replaces Morgan Gibbs-White.
  17. 82' Substitution, Aston Villa. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Youri Tielemans.
  18. 90'+2' Substitution, Aston Villa. Moussa Diaby replaces Leon Bailey.
  19. 90'+2' Substitution, Aston Villa. Morgan Rogers replaces Ollie Watkins.

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