Nott'm Forest vs Aston Villa

14 December 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Samuel Barrott

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

Nikola Milenkovic 87’
Anthony Elanga 90+3’

Jhon Durán 63’

Match summary

Nott'm Forest came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Aston Villa, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was goalless at half-time.

Jhon Durán put Aston Villa ahead with a header in the 63rd minute, set up by John McGinn, Nikola Milenkovic equalised with a header in the 87th minute, set up by Morgan Gibbs-White, and Anthony Elanga won it in stoppage time, set up by Elliot Anderson.

The chances backed that up: Nott'm Forest created 2.29 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Aston Villa's 0.39 from 8.

Match stats

17 Shots 8

6 Shots on Target 2

4 Corners 3

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.29 xG 0.39

2.29 Non-penalty xG 0.39

5 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Nott'm Forest Aston Villa

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

63’

Jhon Durán
Assist: John McGinn

0-1

Nikola Milenkovic
Assist: Morgan Gibbs-White

1-1

87’

Anthony Elanga
Assist: Elliot Anderson

2-1

90+3’

Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Aston Villa

Jhon Durán

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.

Nott'm Forest 2.29 xGAston Villa 0.39 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Aston Villa attacking Nott'm Forest 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
Matz Sels	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ola Aina	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.11	1
Nikola Milenkovic	DEF	90	1		2	0.57	0.00	0
Murillo	DEF	71			1	0.05	0.03	1
Neco Williams	DEF	90			3	0.10	0.00	0
Elliot Anderson	MID	90		1	2	0.12	0.65	4
Ryan Yates	MID	71			2	0.07	0.00	0
Nicolás Domínguez	MID	81			2	0.58	0.00	0
Morgan Gibbs-White	MID	90		1	2	0.08	1.13	3
Callum Hudson-Odoi	MID	90			1	0.08	0.14	3
Chris Wood	FWD	90			1	0.11	0.00	0
Jota Silva	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.03	1
Morato	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Anthony Elanga	Sub	9	1		1	0.52	0.00	0
Willy Boly	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			2	0.18	0.00	0
Diego Carlos	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pau Torres	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Digne	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Boubacar Kamara	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Youri Tielemans	MID	77			0	0.00	0.08	1
Matthew Cash	MID	90			1	0.03	0.05	1
Morgan Rogers	MID	90			1	0.05	0.03	1
John McGinn	MID	90		1	1	0.04	0.19	4
Jhon Durán	FWD	77	1		3	0.10	0.00	0
Amadou Onana	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ollie Watkins	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ian Maatsen	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ross Barkley	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nott'm Forest win 35% Avg odds 2.71

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.19

Aston Villa win 35% Avg odds 2.76

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

Form going into the game

Nott'm Forest L L W L W

Aston Villa L D L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Aston Villa 4-2 Nott'm Forest, 24 Feb 24 Next meeting: Aston Villa 2-1 Nott'm Forest, 05 Apr 25 All Nott'm Forest vs Aston Villa 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.