Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest Live Score, Timeline & Match Stats

Premier League Full Time Jan 3 • 12:30 PM

Premier League England Sat, Jan 3 • 12:30 PM

Aston Villa

3 vs 1

Full Time

Nottingham Forest

Aston Villa

3 vs 1

Scheduled

Villa Park

Ref Simon Hooper Attendance N/A

Nottingham Forest

Ollie Watkins 45+1'

John McGinn 49'

John McGinn 73'

Morgan Gibbs-White 61'

Competition Stage Matchday 34

Status Full Time

Venue Villa Park

Kickoff Sat, Jan 3 • 12:30 PM

Pre-match Context

Competition Stage

Matchday 34

Match State

Full Time

H2H Edge (last 5)

Aston Villa

Draws

Nottingham Forest

Stadium

Villa Park

42.7K cap.

Match Information

Kickoff

Jan 3, 2026 - 12:30 PM

Referee

Simon Hooper

Capacity

42.7K

Possession Edge

Aston Villa 73% - 27% Nottingham Forest

Match Snapshot

Half Time

0 - 0

Full Time

3 - 1

Cards

H 1Y/0R · A 2Y/0R

Offsides

Aston Villa 1 · 4 Nottingham Forest

Key Moments

⇄

90' · 2

Matty Cash

Aston Villa

⇄

83' · 2

Igor Jesus

Nottingham Forest

⇄

83' · 2

John McGinn

Aston Villa

⇄

78' · 2

John

Nottingham Forest

73' · 2

John McGinn

Aston Villa

⇄

69' · 2

Emilliano Buendía

Aston Villa

Statistics

Full Match Statistics

Advanced Snapshot

Aston Villa edge

Control 73% Possession 27% Control

Attack 11.0 Pressure 10.0 Attack

Tempo 15 Discipline 29 Tempo

73%

Aston Villa

Poss

27%

Nottingham Forest

73%

Ball Possession

27%

1.59

Expected Goals

0.89

Expected Goals Conceded

1.59

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Shots off Goal

4/15 (27%)

Successful Dribbles

8/10 (80%)

Corner Kicks

Throw-ins

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Goalkeeper Saves

645

Total Passes

239

Free Kicks

Goal Kicks

Substitutions

126

Possession Lost

115

Final Third Possession Won

Was Dribbled Past

Was Fouled

39/76 (51%)

Ground Duels Won

37/76 (49%)

10/16 (62%)

Aerial Duels Won

6/16 (38%)

Duels Won

Error Led To Goal

Clearances

9/18 (50%)

Tackles Won

8/19 (42%)

Interceptions

Backward Passes

189

Passes Into Final Third

Key Passes

16/30 (53%)

Long Passes Completed

20/48 (42%)

426

Passes Opposition Half

235

Passes Own Half

154

2/16 (12%)

Crosses Completed

0/9 (0%)

1.01

Expected Assists

0.51

Big Chances Missed

Shots Outside The Box

Shots Inside The Box

1.45

Expected Goals On Target

1.67

Shots Blocked

579

Passes Completed

170

Big Chances Created

Aston Villa Confirmed

Formation

4-2-3-1

Depth

11 XI / 9 bench

Field Pos

Mapped

4-2-3-1

Emiliano Martínez

Ian Maatsen

Victor Lindelof

Ezri Konsa

Matty Cash

↓ 90' OUT | Andrés García IN

Youri Tielemans

Boubacar Kamara

Emilliano Buendía

↓ 69' OUT | Jadon Sancho IN

Morgan Rogers

John McGinn

↓ 83' OUT | Lamare Bogarde IN

Ollie Watkins

Substitutes

16 Andrés García

↑ 90' IN | Matty Cash OUT

12 Lucas Digne

26 Lamare Bogarde

↑ 83' IN | John McGinn OUT

17 Donyell Malen

19 Jadon Sancho

↑ 69' IN | Emilliano Buendía OUT

40 Marco Bizot

71 TJ Carroll

53 George Hemmings

20 Jamaldeen Jimoh

Missing

Amadou Onana

Missing

Evann Guessand

Missing

Pau Torres

Missing

Ross Barkley

Missing

Tyrone Mings

Missing

Management

Unai Emery

Management

Nottingham Forest Confirmed

Formation

4-5-1

Depth

11 XI / 9 bench

Field Pos

Mapped

4-5-1

John

↓ 78' OUT | Matz Sels IN

Neco Williams

Murillo

Nikola Milenkovic

Ola Aina

↓ 69' OUT | Nicolò Savona IN

Dilane Bakwa

Nicolas Dominguez

Elliot Anderson

Morgan Gibbs-White

Omari Hutchinson

Igor Jesus

↓ 83' OUT | Arnaud Kalimuendo IN