Aston Villa vs Nott'm Forest

8 April 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Bertrand Traoré 48’
  • Ollie Watkins 90+5’

Match summary

Aston Villa won 2-0 at home to Nott'm Forest. It was goalless at half-time.

Bertrand Traoré put Aston Villa ahead in the 48th minute and Ollie Watkins made it 2-0 in stoppage time, set up by Jacob Ramsey.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 1.43 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Nott'm Forest's 0.23 from 6.

Match stats

Aston Villa Nott'm Forest
8 Shots 6
3 Shots on Target 2
1 Corners 8
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1.43 xG 0.23
1.43 Non-penalty xG 0.23
8 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Aston Villa Nott'm Forest
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Bertrand Traoré1-0 (Aston Villa)
48’
Ollie Watkins
Assist: Jacob Ramsey2-0 (Aston Villa)
90+5’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Aston Villa
  • Ezri Konsa Ngoyo
  • Álex Moreno
  • Ollie Watkins
Nott'm Forest
  • Harry Toffolo
  • Jonjo Shelvey
  • Orel Mangala
  • Taiwo Awoniyi

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.43 0.23 48’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), 1-0 48’ 90+5’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 2-0 90+5’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.43 0.23 48’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), 1-0 Traoré 48’ 90+5’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 2-0 Watkins 90+5’
Aston Villa 1.43 xGNott'm Forest 0.23 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nott'm Forest attacking Aston Villa attacking 
90+5’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 48’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 25’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 67’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 51’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 56’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 45’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 55’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 50’ Remo Freuler (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 2’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 40’ Harry Toffolo (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 53’ Danilo (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 70’ Danilo (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+5’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 48’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 25’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 67’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 51’ Morgan Gibbs-White (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 56’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 45’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 55’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 50’ Remo Freuler (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 2’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 40’ Harry Toffolo (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 53’ Danilo (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ Cheikhou Kouyaté (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 70’ Danilo (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Emiliano Martinez GK900 0.000.000
Ashley Young DEF900 0.000.000
Tyrone Mings DEF900 0.000.000
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo DEF900 0.000.000
Álex Moreno DEF900 0.000.202
Jacob Ramsey MID9010 0.000.552
Douglas Luiz MID900 0.000.000
John McGinn MID900 0.000.081
Emiliano Buendía MID781 0.130.000
Ollie Watkins FWD9014 0.740.000
Leon Bailey FWD270 0.000.131
Bertrand Traoré Sub6313 0.560.000
Leander Dendoncker Sub120 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 61% Avg odds 1.58
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.16
Nott'm Forest win 16% Avg odds 5.98

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Aston Villa WDWWW
Nott'm Forest DLLDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Nott'm Forest 1-1 Aston Villa, 10 Oct 22 Next meeting: Nott'm Forest 2-0 Aston Villa, 05 Nov 23  All Aston Villa vs Nott'm Forest meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.