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Match Recap
Aston Villa beat Nottingham Forest 4–0 in the UEFA Europa League (Semi-finals) on 7 May 2026. Aston Villa saw more of the ball with 51% possession, and Aston Villa had 18 shots (10 on target) to Nottingham Forest's 7 (2 on target). The expected-goals (xG) figures read 2.74 for Aston Villa and 0.79 for Nottingham Forest. The goals came from O. Watkins 36', E. Buendia 57', J. McGinn 77', J. McGinn 80'. Relive the Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest UEFA Europa League highlights on Daily Goal: watch every goal and the full match below, free, with each strike timestamped so you can jump straight to the moment it happened.
Match Statistics
Aston Villa
VS
Nottingham Forest
51%
Ball Possession
49%
2.74
Expected goals (xG)
0.79
18
Total Shots
7
10
Shots on target
2
3
Shots off target
4
5
Blocked Shots
1
12
Shots inside box
4
6
Shots outside box
3
6
Corner Kicks
3
1
Offsides
2
13
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
2
—
Red Cards
—
2
Goalkeeper Saves
6
381
Total passes
362
317
Accurate passes
299
83%
Pass accuracy
83%
0.48
Goals prevented
0.48
Lineups
Aston Villa
Unai Emery
4-2-3-1
Nottingham Forest
Vitor Pereira
4-4-1-1
Substitutes — Aston Villa
40M. Bizot
64J. Wright
5T. Mings
31L. Bailey
21Douglas Luiz
22I. Maatsen
9H. Elliott
26L. Bogarde
18T. Abraham
19J. Sancho
16A. Garcia
Substitutes — Nottingham Forest
26M. Sels
67K. Willows
6I. Sangare
22R. Yates
10M. Gibbs-White
29D. Bakwa
5Murillo
20L. Lucca
14D. Ndoye
65J. Hanks
51A. Whitehall
61J. Sinclair