Nottingham Forest 1–0 Aston Villa
UEFA Europa League · Round Semi-finals · 30 April 2026 at 19:00 UTC · City Ground
Nottingham Forest
1–0HT 0–0
Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest played Aston Villa in the UEFA Europa League on 30 April 2026 at City Ground. The match finished 1–0.
Goals and cards
- 71'C. Wood
- 78'Youri Tielemans — Yellow card
Line-ups
Nottingham Forest 4-4-2
- S. Ortega
- O. Aina
- N. Milenkovic
- Morato
- N. Williams
- O. Hutchinson
- N. Dominguez
- E. Anderson
- M. Gibbs-White
- Igor Jesus
- C. Wood
- SUBSTITUTES
- M. Sels
- K. Willows
- R. Yates
- D. Bakwa
- J. McAtee
- Z. Blake
- L. Lucca
- J. Hanks
- Z. Abbott
- A. Whitehall
- J. Sinclair
Aston Villa 4-2-3-1
- E. Martinez
- M. Cash
- E. Konsa
- P. Torres
- L. Digne
- A. Onana
- Y. Tielemans
- J. McGinn
- M. Rogers
- E. Buendia
- O. Watkins
- SUBSTITUTES
- M. Bizot
- J. Wright
- V. Lindelof
- T. Mings
- L. Bailey
- Douglas Luiz
- I. Maatsen
- H. Elliott
- L. Bogarde
- T. Abraham
- J. Sancho
- A. Garcia
Match statistics
| Nottingham Forest | | Aston Villa |
|---|
| 5 | Shots on goal | 4 |
| 3 | Shots off goal | 3 |
| 11 | Total shots | 10 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 3 |
| 9 | Shots inside box | 7 |
| 2 | Shots outside box | 3 |
| 7 | Fouls | 11 |
| 5 | Corners | 7 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 50% | Possession | 50% |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 4 | Saves | 4 |
| 389 | Total passes | 379 |
| 331 | Accurate passes | 328 |
| 85% | Pass accuracy | 87% |
| 1.56 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.79 |
| 0.46 | goals_prevented | 0.46 |