Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Nottingham Forest

C. Wood 71' (Pen)

Aston Villa

UEFA Europa League 2025/2026

Semi-finals

April 30, 2026 7:00pm

City Ground, Nottingham

Key stats

Ball Possession

51%

49%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Nottingham Forest 4-4-2

Aston Villa 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper

S. Ortega

7.2

E. Martínez

7.7

Defenders

N. Williams

6.7

L. Digne

6.3

Morato

7.2

Pau Torres

6.3

N. Milenković

6.9

E. Konsa

6.7

O. Aina

7.0

M. Cash

6.7

Midfielders

M. Gibbs-White

7.2

Y. Tielemans

6.2

E. Anderson

7.9

A. Onana

6.9

N. Domínguez

6.9

E. Buendía

6.3

O. Hutchinson

7.3

M. Rogers

6.3

J. McGinn

7.3

Forwards

C. Wood

7.2

O. Watkins

6.3

Igor Jesus

6.7

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Highest rating

7.9

E. Anderson

7.7

E. Martínez

Match Summary

On April 30, 2026 during the 2025/2026 UEFA Europa League match, Nottingham Forest faced off against Aston Villa at City Ground, Nottingham. The game concluded with Nottingham Forest securing a victory. With 51% possession, Nottingham Forest versus Aston Villa's 49% and shots on goal at 5 to 3. Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa both had the same percentage of successful passes. The outstanding efforts by E. Anderson and E. Martínez played a key role.

Lineup

4-4-2

4-2-3-1

Ortega

7.2

Played:
94Min

Saves:
3 of 3

Accurate passes:
19/26

Won duels:
1/1

Aina

7.0

Played:
75Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
30/35

Won duels:
3/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Milenković

6.9

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
20/23

Won duels:
5/8

Morato

7.2

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
29/34

Won duels:
1/4

Williams

6.7

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
29/33

Won duels:
4/12

Dribbles:
0/3

Hutchinson

7.3

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
29/33

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
11/16

Dribbles:
6/10

Domínguez

6.9

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
41/45

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/9

Anderson

7.9

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
62/68

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
7/9

Dribbles:
1/1

Gibbs-White

7.2

Played:
94Min

Accurate passes:
36/44

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/7

Dribbles:
1/2

Jesus

6.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
16/17

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Wood

7.2

Played:
94Min

Accurate passes:
13/21

Won duels:
2/4

Watkins

6.3

Played:
94Min

Accurate passes:
17/20

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/7

Dribbles:
1/3

Buendía

6.3

Played:
79Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
22/28

Won duels:
4/11

Dribbles:
0/2

Rogers

6.3

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
18/23

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
8/14

Dribbles:
2/2

McGinn

7.3

Played:
79Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
18/23

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
7/9

Dribbles:
2/2

Tielemans

6.2

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
35/38

Won duels:
2/8

Dribbles:
1/2

Onana

6.9

Played:
55Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
12/15

Won duels:
3/4

Digne

6.3

Played:
78Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
19/21

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Torres

6.3

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
26/29

Won duels:
2/5

Dribbles:
0/1

Konsa

6.7

Played:
94Min

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
52/56

Won duels:
0/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Cash

6.7

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
28/33

Won duels:
4/6

Martínez

7.7

Played:
94Min

Saves:
3 of 4

Accurate passes:
21/30

Substitutes

Coach

Vitor Pereira

Abbott

6.7

Played:
19Min

Accurate passes:
8/8

Sels

Willows

Hanks

Yates

Played:
4Min

Accurate passes:
2/3

McAtee

Bakwa

Whitehall

Sinclair

Lucca

Blake

Coach

Unai Emery

Bogarde

6.7

Played:
39Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
25/28

Won duels:
2/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Bizot

Wright

Lindelöf

Mings

García

Maatsen

6.6

Played:
15Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
6/7

Won duels:
2/2

Elliott

Sancho

6.7

Played:
15Min

Accurate passes:
4/4

Luiz

6.7

Played:
16Min

Accurate passes:
8/8

Bailey

Abraham

Key stats

Lineup

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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

Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa

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