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Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa

Premier League
Nottm Forest
8-9-15
1-1
Final
Aston Villa
16-7-9
The City Ground

Match pulse

NFOAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'HTAVL
41%Possession59%
15Shots12
4On target5
7Corners3
5Saves4
15Fouls10
11'Matty CashAVL45'Omari HutchinsonNFO63'MurilloNFO67'John McGinnAVL
Team1H2HT
NFO101
AVL101

Final score

Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa drew 1-1 on Sunday, April 12, 2026 at The City Ground. Goals for Nottm Forest: Neco Williams (38'). Goals for Aston Villa: Murillo (own goal) (23').

Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0
  1. 17.4Neco WilliamsLB
  2. 27.1Matz SelsG
  3. 36.8Marco BizotG
  4. 46.6Callum Hudson-OdoiAM-L
  5. 56.4Ross BarkleyAM
  6. 66.3Morgan Gibbs-WhiteAM
  7. 76.2Ola AinaRB
  8. 86.2Youri TielemansLM
  9. 96.1Igor JesusF
  10. 106.1Victor LindelöfCD-R
  11. 116.1Amadou OnanaRM
  12. 126.1Morgan RogersAM-L

Team stats

NFOAVL
15Fouls10
2Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
1Offsides2
7Corner Kicks3
5Saves4
40.8Possession59.2
15SHOTS12
4ON GOAL5
0.3On Target %0.4
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
278Accurate Passes442
336Passes501
0.8Pass Completion %0.9
6Accurate Crosses3
22Crosses14
0.3Cross %0.2
39Long Balls43
19Accurate Long Balls21
0.5Long Balls %0.5
5Blocked Shots0
12Effective Tackles6
15Tackles15
0.8Tackle %0.4
9Interceptions8
21Effective Clearances12
21Clearances12

Player of the game

Neco Williams

NFO · 1 G

7.4

Deserved to win

13%
NFO · 0.15 xG
78%
Draw
10%
AVL · 0.12 xG

Dead even on chances: this one could have gone either way

Play by play

  1. Match ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Aston Villa 1.
  2. Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Aston Villa 1.
  3. 90'+1'Ibrahim Sangaré

    Free kick won

    Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  4. 90'+1'

    Foul

    Foul by Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa).

  5. 90'+1'
    Sub

    Subbed on for M. Cash

    Substitution, Aston Villa. Andrés García replaces Matty Cash.

    A. García

  6. 90'

    Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.

  7. 90'

    Free kick won

    Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  8. 90'

    Foul

    Foul by Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest).

  9. 89'
    Sub

    Subbed on for O. Aina

    Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Dan Ndoye replaces Ola Aina.

    D. Ndoye

  10. 89'
    Sub

    Subbed on for I. Jesus

    Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Igor Jesus.

    R. Yates

  11. 88'

    Foul

    Foul by Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa).

  12. 88'

    Free kick won

    Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  13. 87'
    Sub

    Subbed on for O. Watkins

    Substitution, Aston Villa. Tammy Abraham replaces Ollie Watkins.

    T. Abraham

  14. 86'

    Offside

    Offside, Nottingham Forest. Neco Williams is caught offside.

  15. 86'

    Shot off target

    Attempt missed. Victor Lindelöf (Aston Villa) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Youri Tielemans with a cross following a corner.

  16. 86'

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Matz Sels.

  17. 86'

    Shot on target

    Attempt saved. Matty Cash (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest). Assisted by Emiliano Buendía.

  18. 85'

    Shot on target

    Attempt saved. Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest).

  19. 84'
    Sub

    Subbed on for M. Gibbs-White

    Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Nicolás Domínguez replaces Morgan Gibbs-White.

    N. Domínguez

  20. 82'

    Foul

    Foul by Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest).

  21. 82'

    Free kick won

    John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  22. 81'

    Handball

    Handball by Amadou Onana (Aston Villa).

  23. 80'

    Foul

    Foul by Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest).

  24. 80'

    Free kick won

    Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  25. 79'

    Shot off target

    Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía.

Leaders

NFOAVL
Total Shots
Neco Williams
4
Victor Lindelöf
2
Accurate Passes
Murillo
41
Pau Torres
71
Saves
Matz Sels
5
Marco Bizot
4

Season seriesAVL leads series 3-2

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