Aston Villa 3-1 Nottingham Forest: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Aston Villa

O. Watkins 45' +1

J. McGinn 49'

J. McGinn 73'

Nottingham Forest

M. Gibbs-White 61'

Premier League 2025/2026

Regular Season - 20

January 3, 2026 12:30pm

Villa Park, Birmingham

Key stats

Ball Possession

74%

26%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Aston Villa 4-2-3-1

Nottingham Forest 4-5-1

Goalkeeper

E. Martínez

6.9

John

5.2

Defenders

I. Maatsen

6.2

N. Williams

6.0

V. Lindelöf

6.9

Murillo

6.3

E. Konsa

7.2

N. Milenković

5.9

M. Cash

7.3

O. Aina

6.2

Midfielders

Y. Tielemans

7.9

D. Bakwa

6.2

B. Kamara

7.7

N. Domínguez

7.2

E. Buendía

6.7

M. Gibbs-White

7.6

M. Rogers

7.2

E. Anderson

6.3

J. McGinn

8.7

O. Hutchinson

6.5

Forwards

O. Watkins

7.9

Igor Jesus

6.0

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Highest rating

8.7

J. McGinn

7.6

M. Gibbs-White

Match Summary

On January 03, 2026 during the 2025/2026 Premier League match, Aston Villa faced off against Nottingham Forest at Villa Park, Birmingham. The game concluded with Aston Villa securing a victory. With 74% possession, Aston Villa versus Nottingham Forest's 26% and shots on goal at 4 to 4. Aston Villa had 90% successful passes (of 634 passes) over Nottingham Forest which had 71% successful passes (of 220 passes). The outstanding efforts by J. McGinn and M. Gibbs-White played a key role.

Lineup

4-2-3-1

4-5-1

Martínez

6.9

Played:
95Min

Saves:
3 of 4

Accurate passes:
26/32

Won duels:
1/1

Cash

7.3

Played:
90Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
58/62

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/4

Dribbles:
1/1

Konsa

7.2

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
93/100

Won duels:
6/6

Lindelöf

6.9

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
64/66

Won duels:
4/4

Maatsen

6.2

Played:
69Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
33/35

Won duels:
3/7

Dribbles:
1/2

Kamara

7.7

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
5

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
4

Accurate passes:
83/90

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
13/22

Dribbles:
2/5

Tielemans

7.9

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
4

Accurate passes:
98/107

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/9

McGinn

8.7

Played:
83Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
35/44

Won duels:
3/7

Dribbles:
0/3

Rogers

7.2

Played:
95Min

Accurate passes:
35/41

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/10

Dribbles:
0/2

Buendía

6.7

Played:
69Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
24/29

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/7

Dribbles:
1/3

Watkins

7.9

Played:
83Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
7/13

Won duels:
3/5

Jesus

6.0

Played:
84Min

Accurate passes:
5/6

Won duels:
3/15

Dribbles:
1/1

Bakwa

6.2

Played:
69Min

Accurate passes:
9/14

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/5

Domínguez

7.2

Played:
84Min

Tackles:
5

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
16/20

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/12

Gibbs-White

7.6

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
15/19

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
5/10

Dribbles:
0/1

Anderson

6.3

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
26/32

Won duels:
6/13

Dribbles:
1/1

Hutchinson

6.5

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
13/20

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/5

Dribbles:
1/2

Williams

6.0

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
3

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
15/20

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/7

Murillo

6.3

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
15/23

Won duels:
3/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Milenković

5.9

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
8/15

Won duels:
4/7

Aina

6.2

Played:
69Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
7/11

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/5

John

5.2

Played:
78Min

Saves:
1 of 4

Accurate passes:
13/22

Substitutes

Coach

Unai Emery

Digne

6.3

Played:
26Min

Accurate passes:
5/5

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
0/1

Sancho

6.3

Played:
26Min

Accurate passes:
6/7

Won duels:
0/1

Dribbles:
0/1

Bizot

García

Played:
5Min

Accurate passes:
1/1

Bogarde

6.7

Played:
12Min

Accurate passes:
2/2

Won duels:
3/4

Carroll

Jimoh

Hemmings

Malen

6.3

Played:
12Min

Won duels:
0/1

Coach

Sean Dyche

Savona

6.2

Played:
26Min

Accurate passes:
5/5

McAtee

6.2

Played:
26Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
2/3

Won duels:
1/2

Sels

6.7

Played:
17Min

Accurate passes:
5/6

Won duels:
1/1

Morato

Zinchenko

Abbott

Luiz

6.3

Played:
11Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
3/4

Won duels:
0/1

Awoniyi

Kalimuendo

6.2

Played:
11Min

Won duels:
0/1

Key stats

Lineup

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Match Summary

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Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline

Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline