Aston Villa 1-2 Nottingham Forest · Premier League
Aston Villa lost to Nottingham Forest 1-2 in the Premier 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 Premier League at Villa Park in Birmingham on Saturday, 12 September 2026.
Goalscorers
Aston Villa: Alysson 74'. Nottingham Forest: L. Delap 46'; I. Jesus 88'.
How the match went
Aston Villa saw more of the ball, 54% of it. Aston Villa had 7 shots with 5 on target, Nottingham Forest 22 with 7 on target. There were 7 corners in total, 6 to Aston Villa and 1 to Nottingham Forest. Aston Villa conceded 11 fouls, Nottingham Forest 16. The referee showed 7 yellow cards (2 for Aston Villa, 5 for Nottingham Forest).
Line-ups
Aston Villa started in a 4-2-3-1: Zion Suzuki, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelöf, Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen, Boubacar Kamara, Ross Barkley, John McGinn, Emiliano Buendía, George Hemmings, Nicolas Jackson.
Nottingham Forest started in a 3-4-2-1: Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Ousmane Diomande, Murillo, Daniel Muñoz, James McAtee, Xaver Schlager, Neco Williams, Dan Ndoye, Morgan Gibbs-White, Liam Delap.
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