Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest

NFO

1 : 0

FT
Aston Villa

Aston Villa

AVL

📅 30 April 2026, 19:00 📍 The City Ground Nottingham Forest won after full-time.

Match Events

NFO
AVL
55'

Lamare Bogarde

↑ Amadou Onana

Zach Abbott

↑ Ola Aina 

75'
78'

Youri Tielemans

Foul

78'

Douglas Luiz

↑ Lucas Digne

79'

Ian Maatsen

↑ Emiliano Buendía

79'

Jadon Sancho

↑ John McGinn

Ryan Yates 

↑ Igor Jesus

90'

Lineups

NFO

Starting XI

27 Stefan Ortega
34 Ola Aina 
31 Nikola Milenković
4 Morato
3 Neco Williams
21 Omari Hutchinson 
16 Nicolás Domínguez
8 Elliot Anderson
10 Morgan Gibbs-White
19 Igor Jesus
11 Chris Wood 

Bench

20 Lorenzo Lucca
22 Ryan Yates 
24 James McAtee
26 Matz Sels
29 Dilane Bakwa
44 Zach Abbott
51 Archie Whitehall
61 Jimmy Sinclair
65 Justin Hanks
67 Keehan Willows
77 Zyan Blake

AVL

Starting XI

23 Emiliano Martínez
2 Matty Cash
4 Ezri Konsa
14 Pau Torres
12 Lucas Digne
24 Amadou Onana
8 Youri Tielemans
7 John McGinn
27 Morgan Rogers
10 Emiliano Buendía
11 Ollie Watkins

Bench

3 Victor Lindelöf
5 Tyrone Mings
9 Harvey Elliott
16 Andrés García
18 Tammy Abraham
19 Jadon Sancho
21 Douglas Luiz
22 Ian Maatsen
26 Lamare Bogarde
31 Leon Bailey
40 Marco Bizot
64 James Wright

Match Stats

NFO AVL
11 Shots Total 10
5 Shots On Target 4
5 Corners 7
6 Fouls 11
2 Offsides 0
3 Saves 4
3 Shots Off Target 3
84 Attacks 73
48 Dangerous Attacks 53
50 Ball Possession % 50
49 Ball Safe 51
1 Penalties 0
9 Shots Insidebox 7
2 Shots Outsidebox 3
1 Goals 0
6 Goal Kicks 7
6 Goal Attempts 4
10 Free Kicks 8
3 Shots Blocked 3
2 Substitutions 4
10 Throwins 18
39 Long Passes 35
9 Successful Headers 13
16 Tackles 16
390 Passes 379
334 Successful Passes 326
86 Successful Passes Percentage 86
0 Yellowcards 1
2 Injuries 1
19 Total Crosses 24
4 Accurate Crosses 3
7 Interceptions 7
43 Duels Won 40
19 Dribble Attempts 15
9 Successful Dribbles 6
8 Key Passes 7
2 Big Chances Created 1
1 Big Chances Missed 1
47 Successful Dribbles Percentage 40
20 Successful Long Passes 24
51 Successful Long Passes Percentage 69

Team Form

NFO
W W W W L
AVL
W W L L W

Head to Head

7 May 2026 Europa League
AVL
4–0
NFO
12 Apr 2026 Premier League
NFO
1–1
AVL
3 Jan 2026 Premier League
AVL
3–1
NFO
5 Apr 2025 Premier League
AVL
2–1
NFO
14 Dec 2024 Premier League
NFO
2–1
AVL