Premier League 2 · ENG · Round 5

Nottingham Forest Academy
2 - 3 Full time
Aston Villa Academy

Loughborough University Football Stadium · Loughborough, Leicestershire

Lineups

Nottingham Forest U213-4-1-2
KW1Willows
ZA4âš½Abbott
JT2Thompson
JH5âš½Hanks
JS7↓46'Sinclair
CN8↓72'Nwosu
BH6Hammond
JN3Newton
AW10Whitehall
LS9Sillah
KT11↓71'Thompson
RH1Hollingshead
AT2McWilliams
TC4Carroll
LR5Routh
RF3Fortes
AB6Borland
JJ8Jimoh-Aloba
TM7↓83'Mulley
CB10↓60'Brannigan
BB11⚽↓89'Broggio
RW9↓46'Wilson
Aston Villa U214-2-3-1

Nottingham Forest U21 substitutes

14 Fuad Smith 6.8 ↑46'
16 Blaine McClure 6.2 ↑71'
15 Adam Berry 7.3 ⚽↑72'
12 Luke Campbell
17 David Modupe

Coach: Warren Joyce

Aston Villa U21 substitutes

12 Mason Cotcher 7.2 ⚽↑46'
14 Mohamed Koné 6.4 ↑60'
15 Calum Moreland ↑83'
16 Alfie Lynskey ↑89'
13 Owen Asemota

Coach: James Shan

Match events

8'Zach Abbott (own goal) 0 - 1âš½
18'Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba
28'Archie Whitehall
31'Ben Broggio assist: Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba 0 - 2âš½
Second half
46'↑ Fuad Smith ↓ Jimmy Sinclair⇄
46'↑ Mason Cotcher ↓ Rory Wilson⇄
52'Jack Thompson
54'Mason Cotcher 0 - 3âš½
60'↑ Mohamed Koné ↓ Cole Brannigan⇄
62'TJ Carroll
71'↑ Blaine McClure ↓ Kalum Thompson⇄
72'↑ Adam Berry ↓ Chinazaekpere Nwosu⇄
77'Justin Hanks 1 - 3âš½
79'Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba
83'↑ Calum Moreland ↓ Trai-Varn Mulley⇄
83'Adam Berry assist: Justin Hanks 2 - 3âš½
89'↑ Alfie Lynskey ↓ Ben Broggio⇄
90+4'Ben Hammond

Where to watch

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Match details

CompetitionPremier League 2
Kick-off (UTC)Friday, 26 September 2025, 18:00 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

1Nottingham Forest Academy wins0Draws0Aston Villa Academy wins

1 past meetings on record. Biggest Nottingham Forest Academy win: Nottingham Forest U21 3–0 Aston Villa U21 (2024).

19 Apr 2024Nottingham Forest U21 3 - 0 Aston Villa U21Premier League 2