Aston Villa vs Nott'm Forest

5 April 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Morgan Rogers 13’
Donyell Malen 15’

Jota Silva 57’

Match summary

Aston Villa won 2-1 at home to Nott'm Forest. Aston Villa led 2-0 at half-time.

Morgan Rogers put Aston Villa ahead in the 13th minute, set up by Youri Tielemans, Donyell Malen made it 2-0 in the 15th minute, set up by Ian Maatsen, and Jota Silva pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 57th minute, set up by Neco Williams.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 2.63 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Nott'm Forest's 0.97 from 19.

Match stats

17 Shots 19

8 Shots on Target 3

4 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.63 xG 0.97

2.63 Non-penalty xG 0.97

7 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Aston Villa Nott'm Forest

Kick-off

Morgan Rogers
Assist: Youri Tielemans

1-0

13’

Donyell Malen
Assist: Ian Maatsen

2-0

15’

Half-time2-0

57’

Jota Silva
Assist: Neco Williams

2-1

Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Aston Villa

Emiliano Martinez
Marco Asensio

Nott'm Forest

Morato
Jota Silva

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.

Aston Villa 2.63 xGNott'm Forest 0.97 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Nott'm Forest attacking Aston Villa attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.25	1
Andrés García	DEF	47			0	0.00	0.09	1
Axel Disasi	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.02	1
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Ian Maatsen	DEF	90		1	2	0.10	0.63	1
Youri Tielemans	MID	90		1	2	0.08	0.32	2
Amadou Onana	MID	63			0	0.00	0.00	0
Donyell Malen	MID	63	1		1	0.63	0.00	0
Marco Asensio	MID	74			4	0.62	0.00	0
Morgan Rogers	MID	90	1		3	0.63	0.16	2
Ollie Watkins	FWD	63			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	Sub	43			0	0.00	0.00	0
Boubacar Kamara	Sub	27			1	0.08	0.09	1
Marcus Rashford	Sub	27			2	0.42	0.05	1
Jacob Ramsey	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.57	3
John McGinn	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.33	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Matz Sels	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Murillo	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.01	1
Nikola Milenkovic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Morato	DEF	76			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolás Domínguez	MID	75			2	0.11	0.12	1
Ryan Yates	MID	90			2	0.02	0.06	1
Elliot Anderson	MID	90			4	0.27	0.00	0
Neco Williams	MID	90		1	3	0.14	0.24	4
Morgan Gibbs-White	MID	90			3	0.15	0.06	2
Callum Hudson-Odoi	FWD	90			2	0.11	0.27	6
Anthony Elanga	FWD	47			1	0.12	0.00	0
Jota Silva	Sub	43	1		1	0.04	0.05	1
Ramón Sosa	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.04	1
Willy Boly	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 45% Avg odds 2.14

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.39

Nott'm Forest win 27% Avg odds 3.57

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

Form going into the game

Aston Villa D W L W W

Nott'm Forest L D W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Nott'm Forest 2-1 Aston Villa, 14 Dec 24 Next meeting: Aston Villa 3-1 Nott'm Forest, 03 Jan 26 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.