Premier League · ENG · Round 16

Nottingham Forest
2 - 1 Full time
Aston Villa

The City Ground · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Lineups

Nottingham Forest4-2-3-1
MS26Sels
OA34Aina
NM31⚽Milenković
M5↓68'Murillo
NW7Williams
RY22↓68'Yates
EA8Anderson
ND16↓77'Dominguez
MG10Gibbs-White
CH14↓90'Hudson-Odoi
CW11Wood
EM23Martínez
EK4Konsa
DC3Carlos
PT14Torres
LD12↓90'Digne
BK44↓90'Kamara
YT8↓74'Tielemans
MC2Cash
MR27Rogers
JM7McGinn
JD9⚽↓74'Durán
Aston Villa4-2-3-1

Nottingham Forest substitutes

4 Morato 6.9 ↑68'
20 Jota Silva 6.1 ↑68'
21 Anthony Elanga 7.1 ⚽↑77'
30 Willy Boly ↑90'
33 Carlos Miguel
15 Harry Toffolo
18 James Ward-Prowse
24 Ramón Sosa
9 Taiwo Awoniyi

Coach: Nuno Espírito Santo · Unavailable: Danilo (injury)

Aston Villa substitutes

24 Amadou Onana 6.4 ↑74'
11 Ollie Watkins 6.1 ↑74'
22 Ian Maatsen ↑90'
6 Ross Barkley ↑90'
48 Oliwier Zych
25 Robin Olsen
20 Kosta Nedeljković
26 Lamare Bogarde
10 Emiliano Buendía

Coach: Unai Emery · Unavailable: Leon Bailey (injury), Jacob Ramsey (injury)

Match events

Second half
63'Jhon Durán assist: John McGinn 0 - 1⚽
68'↑ Jota Silva ↓ Ryan Yates⇄
68'↑ Morato ↓ Murillo⇄
70'Jhon Durán
74'↑ Amadou Onana ↓ Youri Tielemans⇄
74'↑ Ollie Watkins ↓ Jhon Durán⇄
77'↑ Anthony Elanga ↓ Nicolás Dominguez⇄
87'Nikola Milenković assist: Morgan Gibbs-White 1 - 1⚽
90+1'↑ Ian Maatsen ↓ Lucas Digne⇄
90+1'↑ Ross Barkley ↓ Boubacar Kamara⇄
90+3'Anthony Elanga assist: Elliot Anderson 2 - 1⚽
90+4'↑ Willy Boly ↓ Callum Hudson-Odoi⇄

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Match details

CompetitionPremier League
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 14 December 2024, 17:30 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

4Nottingham Forest wins5Draws8Aston Villa wins

17 past meetings on record. Biggest Nottingham Forest win: Aston Villa 4–0 Nottingham Forest (2026). Biggest Aston Villa win: Nottingham Forest 1–3 Aston Villa (2019).

7 May 2026Aston Villa 4 - 0 Nottingham ForestEuropa League
30 Apr 2026Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Aston VillaEuropa League
12 Apr 2026Nottingham Forest 1 - 1 Aston VillaPremier League
3 Jan 2026Aston Villa 3 - 1 Nottingham ForestPremier League
5 Apr 2025Aston Villa 2 - 1 Nottingham ForestPremier League
24 Feb 2024Aston Villa 4 - 2 Nottingham ForestPremier League
5 Nov 2023Nottingham Forest 2 - 0 Aston VillaPremier League
8 Apr 2023Aston Villa 2 - 0 Nottingham ForestPremier League
10 Oct 2022Nottingham Forest 1 - 1 Aston VillaPremier League
13 Mar 2019Nottingham Forest 1 - 3 Aston VillaChampionship
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28 Nov 2018Aston Villa 5 - 5 Nottingham ForestChampionship
13 Jan 2018Nottingham Forest 0 - 1 Aston VillaChampionship
23 Sep 2017Aston Villa 2 - 1 Nottingham ForestChampionship
4 Feb 2017Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Aston VillaChampionship
11 Sep 2016Aston Villa 2 - 2 Nottingham ForestChampionship
1 Aug 2015Nottingham Forest 3 - 3 Aston VillaClub Friendlies
4 Aug 2012Nottingham Forest 3 - 1 Aston VillaClub Friendlies