Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest, 2023-24 English Premier League
· English Premier League
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4 - 2
4 - 2
Aston Villa hold off Forest fightback to win 4-2
Aston Villa held off a spirited comeback attempt from Nottingham Forest to secure a 4-2 Premier league home win on Saturday, with the hosts' Douglas Luiz netting twice and striker Ollie Watkins and winger Leon Bailey setting each other up to score.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Álex Moreno (Aston Villa).
- 1': Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).
- 3': Moussa Niakhaté (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 3': Foul by Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest).
- 4': Goal! Aston Villa 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leon Bailey.
- 7': Attempt missed. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.
- 10': Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey.
- 10': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Moussa Niakhaté.
- 10': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Murillo.
- 11': Offside, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey is caught offside.
- 14': Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 14': Foul by Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa).
- 15': Attempt blocked. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 15': Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Foul by Murillo (Nottingham Forest).
- 15': Murillo (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 16': Foul by Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest).
- 16': Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 20': Attempt saved. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
- 20': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Matz Sels.
- 22': Foul by Danilo (Nottingham Forest).
- 22': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Delay in match because of an injury Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
- 23': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 24': Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Foul by Matty Cash (Aston Villa).
- 29': Goal! Aston Villa 2, Nottingham Forest 0. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey.
- 35': Clément Lenglet (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest).
- 36': Foul by Pau Torres (Aston Villa).
- 36': Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Foul by Felipe (Nottingham Forest).
- 38': Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 39': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Danilo.
- 39': Goal! Aston Villa 3, Nottingham Forest 0. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by John McGinn with a cross following a corner.
- 41': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi is caught offside.
- 42': Attempt missed. Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
- 43': Attempt missed. Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by John McGinn.
- 45': Foul by Felipe (Nottingham Forest).
- 45': Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45': Felipe (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+2': Foul by Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest).
- 45'+2': Álex Moreno (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+4': Attempt missed. Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi.
- 45'+4': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Pau Torres.
- 45'+5': Goal! Aston Villa 3, Nottingham Forest 1. Moussa Niakhaté (Nottingham Forest) with an attempt from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Taiwo Awoniyi with a headed pass following a corner.
- 45'+6': First Half ends, Aston Villa 3, Nottingham Forest 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Aston Villa 3, Nottingham Forest 1.
- 45': Substitution, Aston Villa. Calum Chambers replaces Pau Torres.
- 45': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Andrew Omobamidele replaces Felipe.
- 45': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Divock Origi replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
- 45': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Harry Toffolo replaces Murillo.
- 48': Goal! Aston Villa 3, Nottingham Forest 2. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Divock Origi with a through ball.
- 49': Attempt missed. Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Divock Origi with a through ball.
- 51': Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 51': Foul by Divock Origi (Nottingham Forest).
- 53': Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Álex Moreno.
- 54': Attempt missed. Danilo (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
- 55': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Divock Origi is caught offside.
- 56': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Clément Lenglet.
- 57': Álex Moreno (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 57': Foul by Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest).
- 57': Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 59': Substitution, Aston Villa. Lucas Digne replaces Álex Moreno.
- 61': Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 61': Goal! Aston Villa 4, Nottingham Forest 2. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
- 63': Attempt missed. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Neco Williams.
- 64': Foul by Harry Toffolo (Nottingham Forest).
- 64': Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Delay in match because of an injury Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).
- 65': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 67': Attempt saved. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Divock Origi.
- 71': Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 71': Foul by Divock Origi (Nottingham Forest).
- 73': Attempt blocked. Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 73': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
- 74': Danilo (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 74': Foul by Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).
- 75': Attempt missed. Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White with a through ball following a set piece situation.
- 76': Foul by Andrew Omobamidele (Nottingham Forest).
- 76': Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Attempt missed. Matty Cash (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey.
- 80': Clément Lenglet (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 80': Foul by Divock Origi (Nottingham Forest).
- 81': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Giovanni Reyna replaces Morgan Gibbs-White.
- 82': Substitution, Aston Villa. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Youri Tielemans.
- 83': Attempt blocked. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 83': Foul by Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest).
- 83': John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 84': Attempt blocked. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 85': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Ryan Yates.
- 85': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Andrew Omobamidele.
- 86': Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
- 86': Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Foul by Matty Cash (Aston Villa).
- 87': Foul by Giovanni Reyna (Nottingham Forest).
- 87': Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Substitution, Aston Villa. Moussa Diaby replaces Leon Bailey.
- 90'+2': Substitution, Aston Villa. Morgan Rogers replaces Ollie Watkins.
- 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Zaniolo.
- 90'+4': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Harry Toffolo.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Aston Villa 4, Nottingham Forest 2.
- 0': Match ends, Aston Villa 4, Nottingham Forest 2.
Statistics
 NFO |
AVL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Fouls | 7 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 2 | Saves | 1 |
| 41.9 | Possession | 58.1 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 16 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 321 | Accurate Passes | 469 |
| 372 | Passes | 512 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 7 | Crosses | 13 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 30 | Long Balls | 31 |
| 14 | Accurate Long Balls | 16 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 15 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 23 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 1 |
| 11 | Effective Clearances | 22 |
| 11 | Clearances | 22 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 42,422
Venue: Villa Park
Location: Birmingham, England
Attendance: 42,422
Premier League Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 12 | +16 | 31 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 12 | +5 | 23 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 12 | +9 | 22 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 12 | +9 | 22 |
Line-Ups
Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Emiliano Martínez (GK) |
| 14 | Pau Torres |
| 17 | Clément Lenglet |
| 15 | Álex Moreno  |
| 2 | Matty Cash |
| 8 | Youri Tielemans |
| 6 | Douglas Luiz |
| 7 | John McGinn |
| 11 | Ollie Watkins |
| 41 | Jacob Ramsey |
| 31 | Leon Bailey |
Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 26 | Matz Sels (GK) |
| 40 | Murillo |
| 18 | Felipe |
| 19 | Moussa Niakhaté |
| 7 | Neco Williams |
| 10 | Morgan Gibbs-White |
| 28 | Danilo |
| 16 | Nicolás Domínguez |
| 9 | Taiwo Awoniyi |
| 14 | Callum Hudson-Odoi |
| 21 | Anthony Elanga |
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