UEFA Europa League

Semi-finals• 7 May 2026

Aston Villa 4–0 Nottingham Forest

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Goals

36'

Assist: E. Buendia

57'

E. Buendia

77'

Assist: O. Watkins

80'

Assist: M. Rogers

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

VS

Nottingham Forest

Vitor Pereira 4-4-1-1

23Martinez

12Digne 14Torres 4Konsa 2Cash

8Tielemans 3Lindelof

10Buendia 27Rogers 7McGinn

11Watkins

11Wood

19Jesus

24McAtee 8Anderson 16Dominguez 21Hutchinson

3Williams 4Morato 31Milenkovic

23Cunha

27Ortega

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