Aston Villa
Nott'm Forest
Match summary
Nott'm Forest won 2-1 away at Aston Villa, with a late winner. It was goalless at half-time.
Liam Delap put Nott'm Forest ahead in the 46th minute, set up by Murillo, Alysson Edward equalised with a header in the 74th minute, set up by John McGinn, and Igor Jesus won it in the 88th minute, set up by Morgan Gibbs-White.
The chances backed that up: Nott'm Forest created 2.80 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Aston Villa's 1.09 from 7.
Aston Villa hosted Nott'm Forest in a Premier League fixture that saw the visitors secure a two-one victory despite the hosts holding fifty-three per cent possession and registering four hundred and twelve passes compared to three hundred and fifty-eight. Nott'm Forest dominated the attacking metrics, recording twenty-two shots against their opponents' seven, with seven shots on target to five. The away side accumulated an expected goals tally of 2.80 against Aston Villa's 1.09. Discipline was a notable feature of the match, with the referee issuing a total of seven yellow cards, five of which went to Nott'm Forest players alongside sixteen team fouls, while Aston Villa committed eleven fouls.
The first half ended goalless after Aston Villa were forced into an early substitution when Tyrone Mings was replaced by Pau Torres due to injury in the twenty-five minute, preceding yellow cards for Dan Ndoye, Nicolas Jackson, and Murillo. The deadlock was broken immediately in the forty-sixth minute when Liam Delap scored with a right-footed shot for Nott'm Forest. Alysson equalised for Aston Villa with a header in the seventy-four minute. Nott'm Forest claimed the win when Igor Jesus scored a right-footed shot in the eighty-eighth minute, sealing the final score at one-two after late yellow cards and substitutions.
