Nott'm Forest vs Aston Villa

5 November 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Jarred Gillett

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Ola Aina 5’
  • Orel Mangala 47’

Match summary

Nott'm Forest saw off Aston Villa 2-0. Nott'm Forest led 1-0 at half-time.

Ola Aina put Nott'm Forest ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Harry Toffolo and Orel Mangala made it 2-0 in the 47th minute, set up by Harry Toffolo.

Aston Villa can feel hard done by, creating 1.33 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Nott'm Forest's 0.59 from 5.

Match stats

Nott'm Forest Aston Villa
5 Shots 13
3 Shots on Target 3
0 Corners 10
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.59 xG 1.33
0.59 Non-penalty xG 1.33
3 Deep Completions 23

Key events

Nott'm Forest Aston Villa
Kick-off
Ola Aina
Assist: Harry Toffolo
1-0 (Nott'm Forest)
5’
Half-time1-0
Orel Mangala
Assist: Harry Toffolo
2-0 (Nott'm Forest)
47’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Nott'm Forest
  • Danilo
Aston Villa
  • Boubacar Kamara

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 0.59 1.33 5’ Ola Aina (Nott'm Forest), 1-0 5’ 47’ Orel Mangala (Nott'm Forest), 2-0 47’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.59 1.33 5’ Ola Aina (Nott'm Forest), 1-0 Aina 5’ 47’ Orel Mangala (Nott'm Forest), 2-0 Mangala 47’
Nott'm Forest 0.59 xGAston Villa 1.33 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Nott'm Forest attacking 
50’ Nicolás Domínguez (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 15’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Aston Villa), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 55’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 68’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 39’ Nicolás Domínguez (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 48’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 59’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 68’ Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 84’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 36’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 46’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 26’ Lucas Digne (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 70’ Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 5’ Ola Aina (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 47’ Orel Mangala (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 77’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Nicolás Domínguez (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 50’ Nicolás Domínguez (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 15’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Aston Villa), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 55’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 68’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 39’ Nicolás Domínguez (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 48’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 68’ Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 59’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 84’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 36’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 46’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 26’ Lucas Digne (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 70’ Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 5’ Ola Aina (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 47’ Orel Mangala (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 77’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Nicolás Domínguez (Nott'm Forest), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Odisseas Vlachodimos GK900 0.000.000
Ola Aina DEF9011 0.030.111
Moussa Niakhate DEF900 0.000.000
Murillo DEF900 0.000.000
Harry Toffolo DEF7520 0.000.052
Nicolás Domínguez MID903 0.540.000
Orel Mangala MID9011 0.020.000
Ibrahim Sangare MID900 0.000.021
Morgan Gibbs-White FWD900 0.000.000
Taiwo Awoniyi FWD860 0.000.000
Anthony Elanga FWD900 0.000.000
Serge Aurier Sub150 0.000.000
Danilo Sub40 0.000.000
Ryan Yates Sub10 0.000.000
Neco Williams Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Nott'm Forest win 24% Avg odds 3.91
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.75
Aston Villa win 50% Avg odds 1.94

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

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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.