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Aston Villa 4-0 Nottingham Forest · Europa League

Aston Villa beat Nottingham Forest 4-0 in the Europa League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest met in the Europa League at Villa Park in Birmingham on Thursday, 7 May 2026.

Goalscorers

Aston Villa: O. Watkins 36'; E. Buendía 58'; J. McGinn 77', 80'. Nottingham Forest did not score.

How the match went

Possession was almost even at 51% to 49%. Aston Villa had 18 shots with 10 on target, Nottingham Forest 7 with 2 on target. There were 9 corners in total, 6 to Aston Villa and 3 to Nottingham Forest. Aston Villa conceded 13 fouls, Nottingham Forest 12. The referee showed 2 yellow cards (0 for Aston Villa, 2 for Nottingham Forest).

Line-ups

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

Nottingham Forest started in a 4-4-1-1: Stefan Ortega, Jair, Nikola Milenković, Morato, Neco Williams, Omari Hutchinson, Nicolás Domínguez, Elliot Anderson, James McAtee, Igor Jesus, Chris Wood.

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Minute by minute

  1. 36'Goal! Aston Villa 1-0 Nottingham Forest. O. Watkins (Aston Villa) scores, assisted by E. Buendía.
  2. 45'Half-time. Aston Villa 1-0 Nottingham Forest.
  3. 56'VAR: no penalty for Aston Villa.
  4. 58'Goal! Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest. E. Buendía (Aston Villa) converts the penalty.
  5. 77'Goal! Aston Villa 3-0 Nottingham Forest. J. McGinn (Aston Villa) scores, assisted by O. Watkins.
  6. 80'Goal! Aston Villa 4-0 Nottingham Forest. J. McGinn (Aston Villa) scores, assisted by M. Rogers.
  7. 90'Full-time. Aston Villa 4-0 Nottingham Forest.
Full commentary (44 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest.
  2. 9'Attempt missed. O. Hutchinson (Nottingham Forest), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  3. 12'Attempt saved. P. Torres (Aston Villa), header from a corner. xG 0.12.
  4. 13'Attempt blocked. O. Watkins (Aston Villa), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
  5. 13'Attempt blocked. E. Buendía (Aston Villa), header from a corner. xG 0.02.
  6. 15'Attempt saved. E. Buendía (Aston Villa), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  7. 18'Yellow card for Morato (Nottingham Forest).
  8. 21'Attempt blocked. E. Buendía (Aston Villa), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.11.
  9. 22'Attempt missed. Y. Tielemans (Aston Villa), header from a corner. xG 0.11.
  10. 26'Attempt saved. O. Watkins (Aston Villa), header from a corner. xG 0.07.
  11. 32'Attempt missed. N. Domínguez (Nottingham Forest), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  12. 34'Attempt missed. Y. Tielemans (Aston Villa), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  13. 34'Attempt blocked. M. Cash (Aston Villa), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  14. 36'Goal! Aston Villa 1-0 Nottingham Forest. O. Watkins (Aston Villa) scores, assisted by E. Buendía.
  15. 38'Attempt saved. O. Watkins (Aston Villa), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  16. 45'4 minutes of added time.
  17. 45+3'Yellow card for Jair (Nottingham Forest).
  18. 45'Half-time. Aston Villa 1-0 Nottingham Forest.
  19. 46'The second half is under way.
  20. 46'Substitution, Nottingham Forest: R. Yates comes on for J. McAtee.
  21. 55'Attempt blocked. P. Torres (Aston Villa), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.17.
  22. 56'VAR: no penalty for Aston Villa.
  23. 58'Goal! Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest. E. Buendía (Aston Villa) converts the penalty.
  24. 62'Attempt saved. J. McGinn (Aston Villa), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.14.
  25. 64'Attempt missed. I. Jesus (Nottingham Forest), header. xG 0.02.
  26. 66'Attempt saved. M. Rogers (Aston Villa), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  27. 70'Attempt saved. C. Wood (Nottingham Forest), right-footed shot. xG 0.49.
  28. 71'Substitution, Nottingham Forest: L. Lucca comes on for C. Wood.
  29. 71'Substitution, Nottingham Forest: D. Bakwa comes on for Morato.
  30. 72'Attempt missed. E. Buendía (Aston Villa), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  31. 74'Substitution, Aston Villa: L. Bogarde comes on for V. Lindelöf.
  32. 77'Goal! Aston Villa 3-0 Nottingham Forest. J. McGinn (Aston Villa) scores, assisted by O. Watkins.
  33. 80'Goal! Aston Villa 4-0 Nottingham Forest. J. McGinn (Aston Villa) scores, assisted by M. Rogers.
  34. 86'Substitution, Aston Villa: J. Sancho comes on for E. Buendía.
  35. 88'Substitution, Nottingham Forest: J. Sinclair comes on for O. Hutchinson.
  36. 88'Substitution, Nottingham Forest: Murillo comes on for Jair.
  37. 90'Substitution, Aston Villa: D. Luiz comes on for P. Torres.
  38. 90'Substitution, Aston Villa: L. Bailey comes on for J. McGinn.
  39. 90'Substitution, Aston Villa: T. Mings comes on for M. Rogers.
  40. 90'4 minutes of added time.
  41. 90+1'Attempt saved. R. Yates (Nottingham Forest), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  42. 90+4'Attempt missed. L. Lucca (Nottingham Forest), header from a corner. xG 0.05.
  43. 90+4'Attempt blocked. R. Yates (Nottingham Forest), right-footed shot. xG 0.13.
  44. 90'Full-time. Aston Villa 4-0 Nottingham Forest.
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