UEFA Europa League Full Time May 7 • 7:00 PM

UEFA Europa League Europe Thu, May 7 • 07:00 PM

Aston Villa

4 vs 0

Full Time

Nottingham Forest

Aston Villa

4 vs 0

Scheduled

Villa Park

Ref Glenn Nyberg Attendance N/A

Nottingham Forest

O. Watkins - 36'

E. Buendía - 58'

J. McGinn - 77'

J. McGinn - 80'

Competition Stage Semi Finals

Status Full Time

Venue Villa Park

Kickoff Thu, May 7 • 07:00 PM

Pre-match Context

Competition Stage

Semi Finals

Match State

Full Time

H2H Edge (last 5)

Aston Villa

Draws

Nottingham Forest

Stadium

Villa Park

42.7K cap.

Match Information

Kickoff

May 7, 2026 - 07:00 PM

Referee

Glenn Nyberg

Capacity

42.7K

Possession Edge

Aston Villa 51% - 49% Nottingham Forest

Match Snapshot

Half Time

0 - 0

Full Time

4 - 0

Cards

H 0Y/0R · A 2Y/0R

Offsides

Aston Villa 1 · 2 Nottingham Forest

Key Moments

⇄

90' · 2

Pau Torres

Aston Villa

⇄

88' · 2

Omari Hutchinson

Nottingham Forest

⇄

86' · 2

Emilliano Buendía

Aston Villa

80' · 2

John McGinn

Aston Villa

77' · 2

John McGinn

Aston Villa

⇄

74' · 2

Victor Lindelof

Aston Villa

Statistics

Full Match Statistics

Advanced Snapshot

Aston Villa edge

Control 51% Possession 49% Control

Attack 18.0 Pressure 7.0 Attack

Tempo 16 Discipline 19 Tempo

51%

Aston Villa

Poss

49%

Nottingham Forest

51%

Ball Possession

49%

2.74

Expected Goals

0.79

Expected Goals Conceded

2.74

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Shots off Goal

7/15 (47%)

Successful Dribbles

3/5 (60%)

Corner Kicks

Throw-ins

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Goalkeeper Saves

381

Total Passes

362

Free Kicks

Goal Kicks

103

Possession Lost

105

Final Third Possession Won

Was Dribbled Past

Was Fouled

26/56 (46%)

Ground Duels Won

30/56 (54%)

17/33 (52%)

Aerial Duels Won

16/33 (48%)

Duels Won

Clearances

5/7 (71%)

Tackles Won

8/14 (57%)

Interceptions

Backward Passes

Passes Into Final Third

Key Passes

14/36 (39%)

Long Passes Completed

23/52 (44%)

207

Passes Opposition Half

176

186

Passes Own Half

201

2/12 (17%)

Crosses Completed

2/15 (13%)

1.35

Expected Assists

0.41

Big Chances Missed

Shots Outside The Box

Shots Inside The Box

4.48

Expected Goals On Target

0.68

Hit Woodwork

Shots Blocked

Attacks

317

Passes Completed

299

Big Chances Created

Aston Villa Confirmed

Formation

4-2-3-1

Depth

11 XI / 11 bench

Field Pos

Mapped

4-2-3-1

Emiliano Martinez

Lucas Digne

Pau Torres

↓ 90' OUT | Douglas Luiz IN

Ezri Konsa

Matty Cash

Youri Tielemans

Victor Lindelof

↓ 74' OUT | Lamare Bogarde IN

Emilliano Buendía

↓ 86' OUT | Jadon Sancho IN

Morgan Rogers

John McGinn

Ollie Watkins

Substitutes

5 Tyrone Mings

26 Lamare Bogarde

↑ 74' IN | Victor Lindelof OUT

21 Douglas Luiz

↑ 90' IN | Pau Torres OUT

31 Leon Bailey

19 Jadon Sancho

↑ 86' IN | Emilliano Buendía OUT

40 Marco Bizot

64 James Wright

16 Andrés García

22 Ian Maatsen

9 Harvey Elliott

18 Tammy Abraham

Missing

Amadou Onana

Missing

Boubacar Kamara

Missing

Alysson Edward

Missing

Management

Unai Emery

Management

Nottingham Forest Confirmed

Formation

4-4-1-1

Depth

11 XI / 12 bench

Field Pos

Mapped

4-4-1-1

Stefan Ortega

Neco Williams

Morato

Nikola Milenkovic

Jair

James Mcatee

↓ 46' OUT | Ryan Yates IN

Elliot Anderson

Nicolas Dominguez

Omari Hutchinson

↓ 88' OUT | Jimmy Sinclair IN

Igor Jesus

Chris Wood

↓ 71' OUT | Lorenzo Lucca IN