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Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa · Europa League

Nottingham Forest beat Aston Villa 1-0 in the Europa League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa met in the Europa League at City Ground in Nottingham on Thursday, 30 April 2026.

Goalscorers

Nottingham Forest: C. Wood 71'. Aston Villa did not score.

How the match went

Possession was almost even at 50% to 50%. Nottingham Forest had 11 shots with 5 on target, Aston Villa 10 with 4 on target. There were 12 corners in total, 5 to Nottingham Forest and 7 to Aston Villa. Nottingham Forest conceded 7 fouls, Aston Villa 11. The referee showed 1 yellow card (0 for Nottingham Forest, 1 for Aston Villa).

Line-ups

Nottingham Forest started in a 4-4-2: Stefan Ortega, Ola Aina, Nikola Milenković, Morato, Neco Williams, Omari Hutchinson, Nicolás Domínguez, Elliot Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Igor Jesus, Chris Wood.

Aston Villa started in a 4-2-3-1: Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Amadou Onana, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn, Morgan Rogers, Emiliano Buendía, Ollie Watkins.

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Minute by minute

  1. 45'Half-time. Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa.
  2. 69'VAR: no penalty for Nottingham Forest.
  3. 71'Goal! Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa. C. Wood (Nottingham Forest) converts the penalty.
Full commentary (33 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa.
  2. 2'Attempt blocked. M. Rogers (Aston Villa), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  3. 3'Attempt blocked. I. Jesus (Nottingham Forest), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  4. 9'Attempt saved. Y. Tielemans (Aston Villa), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  5. 17'Attempt missed. P. Torres (Aston Villa), header from a corner. xG 0.08.
  6. 21'Attempt missed. M. Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest), header. xG 0.04.
  7. 23'Attempt blocked. I. Jesus (Nottingham Forest), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  8. 26'Attempt blocked. O. Hutchinson (Nottingham Forest), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
  9. 27'Attempt missed. E. Anderson (Nottingham Forest), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  10. 28'Attempt missed. M. Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  11. 28'Attempt saved. M. Rogers (Aston Villa), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  12. 33'Attempt saved. I. Jesus (Nottingham Forest), right-footed shot. xG 0.32.
  13. 45'Half-time. Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa.
  14. 46'The second half is under way.
  15. 52'Attempt saved. O. Hutchinson (Nottingham Forest), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  16. 55'Substitution, Aston Villa: L. Bogarde comes on for A. Onana.
  17. 57'Attempt blocked. L. Digne (Aston Villa), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  18. 57'Attempt saved. O. Watkins (Aston Villa), right-footed shot. xG 0.36.
  19. 57'Attempt blocked. M. Rogers (Aston Villa), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  20. 69'VAR: no penalty for Nottingham Forest.
  21. 71'Goal! Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa. C. Wood (Nottingham Forest) converts the penalty.
  22. 75'Substitution, Nottingham Forest: Z. Abbott comes on for O. Aina.
  23. 75'Attempt missed. M. Rogers (Aston Villa), header. xG 0.03.
  24. 78'Substitution, Aston Villa: D. Luiz comes on for L. Digne.
  25. 78'Yellow card for Y. Tielemans (Aston Villa).
  26. 79'Substitution, Aston Villa: I. Maatsen comes on for E. Buendía.
  27. 79'Substitution, Aston Villa: J. Sancho comes on for J. McGinn.
  28. 83'Attempt saved. O. Hutchinson (Nottingham Forest), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  29. 89'Attempt saved. N. Williams (Nottingham Forest), header. xG 0.03.
  30. 90'Substitution, Nottingham Forest: R. Yates comes on for I. Jesus.
  31. 90'Attempt missed. Y. Tielemans (Aston Villa), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.04.
  32. 90'5 minutes of added time.
  33. 90+5'Attempt saved. J. Sancho (Aston Villa), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
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