English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 5, 2025
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Match Report

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Aston Villa get UCL boost with win over Forest

Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers and Donyell Malen struck twice in two minutes in a 2-1 Premier League victory over Nottingham Forest on Saturday in an entertaining battle between teams chasing Champions League qualification next season.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
4
6
Saves
2
47.9
Possession
52.1
19
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
8
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
327
Accurate Passes
363
389
Passes
429
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
17
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.2
43
Long Balls
58
19
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
7
21
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
5
20
Effective Clearances
12
20
Clearances
12

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 3Axel DisasiCD-R
  4. 22Ian MaatsenLB
  5. 16Andrés GarcíaRB
  6. 21Marco AsensioAM
  7. 8Youri TielemansLM
  8. 24Amadou OnanaRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 27Morgan RogersAM-L
  11. 17Donyell MalenAM-R

NFO · 3-4-1-2

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD
  3. 5MurilloCD-L
  4. 4MoratoCD-R
  5. 8Elliot AndersonCM-L
  6. 22Ryan YatesCM-R
  7. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteAM
  8. 7Neco WilliamsLM
  9. 16Nicolás DomínguezRM
  10. 14Callum Hudson-OdoiCF-L
  11. 21Anthony ElangaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Youri Tielemans with a through ball.
  2. 15' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Nottingham Forest 0. Donyell Malen (Aston Villa) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ian Maatsen with a cross.
  3. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ezri Konsa replaces Andrés García.
  4. 45' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jota Silva replaces Anthony Elanga.
  5. 49' Morato (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 51' Marco Asensio (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 57' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Nottingham Forest 1. Jota Silva (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Neco Williams with a cross.
  8. 62' Substitution, Aston Villa. Marcus Rashford replaces Ollie Watkins.
  9. 62' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jacob Ramsey replaces Donyell Malen.
  10. 62' Substitution, Aston Villa. Boubacar Kamara replaces Amadou Onana.
  11. 73' Jota Silva (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 73' Substitution, Aston Villa. John McGinn replaces Marco Asensio.
  13. 74' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ramón Sosa replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
  14. 75' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Willy-Arnaud Boly replaces Morato.
  15. 86' Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

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