Premier League · Sep 12, 2026 15:00 · Round 4

Aston Villa1 – 2Nottingham Forest

Villa Park, BirminghamReferee: Andy Madley · 3.5 yellow cards per match20 °C223 Hub Premier 3, Arena Cloud, Arena Sport 3

Match officials

Andy Madley · Referee
Constantine Hatzidakis · 1st Assistant
Richard West · 2nd Assistant
Oliver Langford · 4th Official

Match stats

54%Possession46%
7Shots22
5Shots on target7
1Shots off target12
1Blocked shots3
6Shots inside box14
1Shots outside box8
2Big chances6
6Corners1
421Passes360
346Accurate passes309
82%Pass accuracy86%
108Attacks69
40Dangerous attacks37
11Fouls16
0Offsides4
5Saves5
17Tackles23
7Interceptions8
29%Dribble success23%
2Yellow cards5
3Accurate Crosses9
62Ball Safe55
1Big Chances Missed5
21Dribble Attempts13
47Duels Won50
20Free Kicks13
6Goal Attempts17
13Goal Kicks7
1Hit Woodwork0
2Injuries1
6Key Passes19
39Long Passes37
5Substitutions3
6Successful Dribbles3
9Successful Headers13
11Successful Long Passes20
28%Successful Long Passes Percentage54%
6Tackles Won15
23Throwins12
15Total Crosses14

Events

25'Substitution · Tyrone Mings in, Pau Torres out
43'Yellow card · Dan Ndoye
45+3'Yellow card · Murillo
45'Yellow card · Nicolas Jackson
46'Goal 0-1 · Liam Delap (Murillo)
46'Substitution · Tammy Abraham in, Nicolas Jackson out
46'Substitution · Alysson in, George Hemmings out
56'Yellow card · Xaver Schlager
63'Substitution · Johan Manzambi in, Ross Barkley out
63'Substitution · Ibrahim Mbaye in, Emiliano Buendía out
74'Goal 1-1 · Alysson (John McGinn )
74'Yellow card · Liam Delap
75'Substitution · Igor Jesus in, Dan Ndoye out
80'Yellow card · James McAtee
82'Substitution · Ibrahim Sangaré in, James McAtee out
88'Goal 1-2 · Igor Jesus (Morgan Gibbs-White)
90+1'Substitution · Chris Wood in, Liam Delap out
90+5'Yellow card · Tyrone Mings

Lineups

Nottingham ForestCoach: Oliver Glasner3-4-2-1

26Sels

34Aina

2Diomande

5Murillo

27Muñoz

24McAtee

21Schlager

3Williams

14Ndoye

10Gibbs-White

19Delap

11Jackson

53Hemmings

10Buendía

7McGinn

6Barkley

8Kamara

22Maatsen

14Torres

3Lindelöf

29Wan-Bissaka

1Suzuki

Aston VillaCoach: Unai Emery4-2-3-1

Substitutes

5Tyrone Mings
13Matteo Ruggeri
17Alejandro Garnacho
18Tammy Abraham
19Ibrahim Mbaye
26Lamare Bogarde
40Marco Bizot
44Johan Manzambi
47Alysson

Substitutes

6Ibrahim Sangaré
7Callum Hudson-Odoi
8Nicolás Domínguez
9Chris Wood
11Igor Jesus
12John Victor
15Arnaud Kalimuendo
22Ryan Yates
25Luca Netz

Missing players

Aston Villa

Amadou OnanaCruciate Ligament Tear · expected back Jun 1, 2027
Brian MadjoAnkle Injury
João GomesRed Card Suspension
Leon GoretzkaKnee Problems
Taylor Harwood-BellisNo Eligibility · expected back Jan 28, 2027

Nottingham Forest

Nicolò SavonaKnee Injury

Players

Aston Villa	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Rating
	90				46	7.0
	90				48	7.0
	90			1	66	6.4
	25				26	6.6
	83			2	35	6.4
	90				36	6.8
	63			1	32	6.3
	90		1		21	7.0
	63				20	6.2
	46				7	6.4
	46				6	6.3
Substitutes
	65			1	35	6.8


	44				10	6.3
	27			1	10	6.7


	27				10	6.2
	44	1		1	13	7.0

Nottingham Forest	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Rating
	90				21	7.4
	90				40	6.7
	90			1	33	6.8
	90		1		43	7.0
	90			1	37	7.6
	82			2	48	7.1
	90			1	42	7.5
	90			2	21	7.0
	75			5	9	6.6
	90		1	2	37	8.1
	90	1		6	12	7.3
Substitutes
	8			1	8	6.5


	1
	15	1		1	9	7.3

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Head-to-head

League matches between the teams

4Wins

2Draws

2Wins

8 matches · goals 14–10

Aston Villa1 – 2Nottingham Forest

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