Aston Villa 3–1 Nottingham Forest
Premier League · Round Regular Season - 20 · 3 January 2026 at 12:30 UTC · Villa Park
Aston Villa
3–1HT 1–0
Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa played Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on 3 January 2026 at Villa Park. The match finished 3–1.
Goals and cards
- 45'O. Watkins (assist by M. Rogers)
- 49'J. McGinn (assist by M. Cash)
- 61'M. Gibbs-White (assist by D. Bakwa)
- 65'Dilane Bakwa — Yellow card
- 73'J. McGinn (assist by Y. Tielemans)
- 89'James McAtee — Yellow card
- 90+4'Lamare Bogarde — Yellow card
Line-ups
Aston Villa 4-2-3-1
- E. Martinez
- M. Cash
- E. Konsa
- V. Lindelof
- I. Maatsen
- B. Kamara
- Y. Tielemans
- J. McGinn
- M. Rogers
- E. Buendia
- O. Watkins
- SUBSTITUTES
- M. Bizot
- D. Malen
- L. Bogarde
- L. Digne
- J. Sancho
- J. Jimoh-Aloba
- G. Hemmings
- A. Garcia
- T. Carroll
Nottingham Forest 4-5-1
- John Victor
- O. Aina
- N. Milenkovic
- Murillo
- N. Williams
- O. Hutchinson
- M. Gibbs-White
- E. Anderson
- N. Dominguez
- D. Bakwa
- Igor Jesus
- SUBSTITUTES
- M. Sels
- T. Awoniyi
- Douglas Luiz
- J. McAtee
- O. Zinchenko
- A. Kalimuendo
- Morato
- N. Savona
- Z. Abbott
Match statistics
| Aston Villa | | Nottingham Forest |
|---|
| 4 | Shots on goal | 5 |
| 3 | Shots off goal | 3 |
| 11 | Total shots | 10 |
| 4 | Blocked shots | 2 |
| 5 | Shots inside box | 6 |
| 6 | Shots outside box | 4 |
| 10 | Fouls | 20 |
| 4 | Corners | 4 |
| 1 | Offsides | 4 |
| 73% | Possession | 27% |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 4 | Saves | 1 |
| 645 | Total passes | 239 |
| 579 | Accurate passes | 170 |
| 90% | Pass accuracy | 71% |
| 1.59 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.89 |
| -1.55 | goals_prevented | -1.55 |