Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa: Final score, stats and lineups
UEFA Europa League · Semifinals
Nottingham Forest
- Chris Wood 71' (P)
1-0
FT
Aston Villa
1st Leg
Key events
- Halftime 45'+1'
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55'
Lamare BogardeOff: Amadou Onana
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Chris Wood (pen)71'
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Zach AbbottOff: Ola Aina75'
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78'
Youri Tielemans
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78'
Douglas LuizOff: Lucas Digne
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79'
Jadon SanchoOff: John McGinn
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79'
Ian MaatsenOff: Emiliano Buendía
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Ryan YatesOff: Igor Jesus90'
- End Regular Time 90'+6'
Team stats
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5Corner Kicks7
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50.1Possession49.9
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11SHOTS10
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5ON GOAL4
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3Blocked Shots3
Match info
- Competition
- UEFA Europa League
- Round
- Semifinals
- Kickoff
- Thursday, April 30, 2026, 3:00 PM ET
- Venue
- The City Ground, Nottingham, England
- Where to watch
- Paramount+, CBSSN
- Attendance
- 29,790
- Series
- AVL leads series 3-1-1
Team stats
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7Fouls11
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0Yellow Cards1
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0Red Cards0
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2Offsides0
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5Corner Kicks7
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4Saves4
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50.1Possession49.9
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11SHOTS10
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5ON GOAL4
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0.5On Target %0.4
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2Penalty Goals0
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1Penalty Kicks Taken0
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331Accurate Passes328
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389Passes379
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0.9Pass Completion %0.9
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4Accurate Crosses3
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19Crosses24
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0.2Cross %0.1
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43Long Balls36
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22Accurate Long Balls25
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0.5Long Balls %0.7
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3Blocked Shots3
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12Effective Tackles7
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17Tackles15
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0.7Tackle %0.5
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7Interceptions7
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32Effective Clearances15
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32Clearances15
Lineups
Nottingham Forest4-4-2- 27Stefan OrtegaG
- 34Ola Aina↓RB
- 3Neco WilliamsLB
- 16Nicolás DomínguezCM-R
- 31Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
- 4MoratoCD-L
- 21Omari HutchinsonRM
- 8Elliot AndersonCM-L
- 11Chris WoodCF-L
- 19Igor Jesus↓CF-R
- 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteLM
- 51Archie Whitehall
- 61Jimmy Sinclair
- 67Keehan Willows
- 26Matz Sels
- 44Zach Abbott↑
- 65Justin Hanks
- 22Ryan Yates↑
- 77Zyan Blake
- 24James McAtee
- 20Lorenzo Lucca
- 29Dilane Bakwa
Aston Villa4-2-3-1- 23Emiliano MartínezG
- 2Matty CashRB
- 12Lucas Digne↓LB
- 8Youri TielemansLM
- 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
- 14Pau TorresCD-L
- 7John McGinn↓AM-R
- 24Amadou Onana↓RM
- 11Ollie WatkinsF
- 27Morgan RogersAM
- 10Emiliano Buendía↓AM-L
- 21Douglas Luiz↑
- 22Ian Maatsen↑
- 3Victor Lindelöf
- 26Lamare Bogarde↑
- 64James Wright
- 9Harvey Elliott
- 31Leon Bailey
- 5Tyrone Mings
- 19Jadon Sancho↑
- 16Andrés García
- 18Tammy Abraham
- 40Marco Bizot
Last five games
Nottingham ForestDDWWW
AVL leads series 3-1-1
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