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# Aston Villa 1-2 Nottingham Forest

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 12 Sept 15:00
- **League:** Premier League, Regular Season - 4
- **Venue:** Villa Park, Birmingham

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 25' | Substitution 1 | Pau Torres (on for Tyrone Mings) | Aston Villa |
| 43' | Yellow Card | Dan Ndoye | Nottingham Forest |
| 45' | Yellow Card | Nicolas Jackson | Aston Villa |
| 45+3' | Yellow Card | Murillo Santiago | Nottingham Forest |
| 45' | Substitution 2 | Nicolas Jackson (on for Tammy Abraham) | Aston Villa |
| 45' | Substitution 3 | George Hemmings (on for  Alysson Edward Franco da Rocha) | Aston Villa |
| 46' | Normal Goal | Liam Delap (Murillo Santiago) | Nottingham Forest |
| 56' | Yellow Card | Xaver Schlager | Nottingham Forest |
| 63' | Substitution 4 | Emiliano Buendía (on for Ibrahim Mbaye) | Aston Villa |
| 63' | Substitution 5 | Ross Barkley (on for Johan Manzambi) | Aston Villa |
| 74' | Normal Goal |  Alysson Edward Franco da Rocha (John McGinn) | Aston Villa |
| 75' | Yellow Card | Liam Delap | Nottingham Forest |
| 75' | Substitution 1 | Dan Ndoye (on for Igor Jesus) | Nottingham Forest |
| 80' | Yellow Card | James Mcatee | Nottingham Forest |
| 82' | Substitution 2 | James Mcatee (on for Ibrahim Sangaré) | Nottingham Forest |
| 88' | Normal Goal | Igor Jesus (Morgan Gibbs-White) | Nottingham Forest |
| 90+1' | Substitution 3 | Liam Delap (on for Chris Wood) | Nottingham Forest |
| 90+5' | Yellow Card | Tyrone Mings | Aston Villa |

## Statistics

| Stat | Aston Villa | Nottingham Forest |
|------|--------|--------|
| Passes accurate | 339 | 309 |
| Shots insidebox | 5 | 14 |
| Shots outsidebox | 1 | 7 |
| Blocked Shots | 1 | 3 |
| Free Kicks | 16 | 11 |
| Shots on Goal | 5 | 7 |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 5 | 5 |
| Total passes | 408 | 359 |
| Total Shots | 6 | 21 |
| Yellow Cards | 2 | 5 |
| Corner Kicks | 6 | 1 |
| Shots off Goal | 0 | 11 |
| Offsides | 0 | 4 |
| Fouls | 11 | 16 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Ball Possession | 53% | 47% |

## Aston Villa Lineup (4-2-3-1)

**Starting XI:** Z. Suzuki (1), A. Wan-Bissaka (29), V. Lindelöf (3), Pau Torres (14), I. Maatsen (22), B. Kamara (8), R. Barkley (6), J.  McGinn (7), E. Buendía (10), George Hemmings (53), N. Jackson (11)

**Substitutes:** I. Mbaye (19), T. Abraham (18), A. Garnacho (17), Alysson Edward (47), J. Manzambi (44), L. Bogarde (26), M. Ruggeri (13), T. Mings (5), M. Bizot (40)


## Nottingham Forest Lineup (3-4-2-1)

**Starting XI:** M. Sels (26), O. Aina (34), O. Diomande (2), Murillo (5), D. Muñoz (27), J. McAtee (24), X. Schlager (21), N. Williams (3), D. Ndoye (14), M. Gibbs-White (10), L. Delap (19)

**Substitutes:** C. Wood (9), A. Kalimuendo (15), John (12), L. Netz (25), C. Hudson-Odoi (7), I. Sangaré (6), N. Domínguez (8), R. Yates (22), Igor Jesus (11)