Nottingham Forest 1–0 Aston Villa: recap, goals & stats

Finished

Nottingham Forest beat Aston Villa 1–0 in the UEFA Europa League.

DimaScore · published 30 Apr 2026

Nottingham Forest edged Aston Villa 1–0 in the UEFA Europa League. Nottingham Forest: C. Wood (71' pen). Nottingham Forest kept a clean sheet.

UEFA Europa League · Semi-finals

Nottingham Forest

C. Wood 71' (P)

1 – 0

FT

(HT 0-0)

4-4-2·Vitor Pereira

Unai Emery·4-2-3-1

Substitutes

26M. SelsGK
67K. WillowsGK
22R. YatesMID
29D. BakwaFWD
24J. McAteeMID
77Z. BlakeFWD
20L. LuccaFWD
65J. HanksDEF
44Z. AbbottDEF
51A. WhitehallMID
61J. SinclairMID

40M. BizotGK
64J. WrightGK
3V. LindelofDEF
5T. MingsDEF
31L. BaileyFWD
21Douglas LuizMID
22I. MaatsenDEF
9H. ElliottMID
26L. BogardeMID
18T. AbrahamFWD
19J. SanchoFWD
16A. GarciaDEF

Events

55'

A. Onana Out: L. Bogarde

VAR — Penalty confirmed

69'

C. Wood (pen.) (—)

71'

O. Aina Out: Z. Abbott

75'

78'

Y. Tielemans

78'

L. Digne Out: Douglas Luiz

79'

E. Buendía Out: I. Maatsen

79'

J. McGinn Out: J. Sancho

Igor Jesus Out: R. Yates

90'

Statistics

7Fouls11

2Offsides0

85%Passes %87%

11Total Shots10

5Corner Kicks7

389Total passes379

0Yellow Cards1

3Blocked Shots3

5Shots on Goal4

3Shots off Goal3

1.56expected_goals0.79

50%Ball Possession50%

331Passes accurate328

9Shots insidebox7

0.46goals_prevented0.46

4Goalkeeper Saves4

2Shots outsidebox3

Ratings

Nottingham Forest

E. Anderson

MID90'

8.0

O. Aina

DEF75'

7.3

M. Gibbs-White(C)

MID90'

7.3

Morato

DEF90'

7.2

N. Milenković

DEF90'

7.2

S. Ortega

GK90'

7.2

O. Hutchinson

MID90'

7.2

C. Wood

FWD90'

7.0

N. Domínguez

MID90'

7.0

Z. Abbott

DEF15'

6.9

Aston Villa

E. Martínez

GK90'

7.3

J. McGinn(C)

MID79'

7.0

I. Maatsen

DEF11'

6.9

A. Onana

MID55'

6.9

Pau Torres

DEF90'

6.7

J. Sancho

FWD11'

6.7

L. Bogarde

MID35'

6.7

E. Konsa

DEF90'

6.6

M. Cash

DEF90'

6.6

Douglas Luiz

MID12'

6.6

Head-to-head

Over the last 6 meetings, Nottingham Forest lead 2–3 (1 draws) against Aston Villa.

12 Sept 2026Aston Villa 2–1 Nottingham Forest

7 May 2026Aston Villa 0–4 Nottingham Forest

12 Apr 2026Nottingham Forest 1–1 Aston Villa

3 Jan 2026Aston Villa 1–3 Nottingham Forest

5 Apr 2025Aston Villa 1–2 Nottingham Forest

FAQ

What was the score of Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa?: Nottingham Forest 1–0 Aston Villa.
Who scored?: Nottingham Forest : C. Wood (71' pen)

Match Info

Competition

UEFA Europa League

Date

Kick-off

Referee

Joao Pedro Pinheiro, Portugal

Round

Semi-finals

Standings — top 5

1Aston Villa39

2SC Freiburg29

3SC Braga27

4Nottingham Forest27

5Bologna25

Nottingham Forest 1–0 Aston Villa: recap, goals & stats