Nottingham Forest FC vs Aston Villa FC, Europe 2025-26 SEMI FINALS
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Match Preview
Nottingham Forest FC vs Aston Villa FC — Europe at City Ground, Nottingham.
- Nottingham Forest FC 8 games · 14 pts (2025/26)
- Aston Villa FC 8 games · 21 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Joao Pedro Pinheiro
- Assistant 1 Bruno Jesus (Portugal)
- Assistant 2 Luciano Maia
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17 5 FC Porto 8 17 6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17 7 SC Freiburg 8 17 8 AS Roma 8 16 9 KRC Genk 8 16 10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15 11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15 12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15 13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14 14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14 15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14 16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13 17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12 18 Lille OSC 8 12 19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12 20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12 21 Celtic FC 8 11 22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10 24 SK Brann 8 9 25 BSC Young Boys 8 9 26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7 27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7 28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7 29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6 30 FC Basel 1893 8 6 31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6 32 Rangers FC 8 4 33 OGC Nice 8 3 34 FC Utrecht 8 1 35 Malmo FF 8 1 36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 30 Apr Aston Villa FC H 1–0 W 24 Apr Sunderland AFC A 5–0 W 19 Apr Burnley FC H 4–1 W 16 Apr FC Porto H 1–0 W 12 Apr Aston Villa FC H 1–1 D 09 Apr FC Porto A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 30 Apr Nottingham Forest FC A 0–1 L 25 Apr Fulham FC A 0–1 L 19 Apr Sunderland AFC H 4–3 W 16 Apr Bologna FC 1909 H 4–0 W 12 Apr Nottingham Forest FC A 1–1 D 09 Apr Bologna FC 1909 A 3–1 W Season Stats
Nottingham Forest FC Aston Villa FC #13 Position #2 14 Points 21 8 Played 8 4 / 2 / 2 W / D / L 7 / 0 / 1 15 Scored 14 7 Conceded 6 +8 GD +8 1.75 PPG 2.63 50% Win % 88% Key Stats
73% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history47% Clean Sheets
Nottingham Forest FC this season54% Clean Sheets
Aston Villa FC this seasonNottingham Forest FC are 13th (14 pts). Aston Villa FC are 2nd (21 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Nottingham Forest FC is hosting Aston Villa FC for another epic battle.
- 5' Nottingham Forest FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
- 10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Aston Villa FC that had 338 games and scored 384 goals.
- 15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Morgan Rogers, as he is very good at scoring at City Ground, Nottingham with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 20' Aston Villa FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 25' It looks surprising Aston Villa FC does not make any changes. Pau Torres has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 30' Morgan Gibbs-White needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 30 Yellow cards this season.
- 35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 40' Aston Villa FC is showing some good football. However, Aston Villa FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 45' Nottingham Forest FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 50' It’s high time Vítor Pereira made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 55' The travelling Aston Villa FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 60' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 65' Aston Villa FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 70' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 75' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 80' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Igor Jesus suffering a number of foals already.
- 85' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 85 minutes.
- 90' Amadou Onana has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- Another three points for Nottingham Forest FC.
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Nottingham Forest FC
4-4-2Starting XI- 11
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Ola Aina ↓ Zach Abbott 75'
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Igor Jesus ↓ Ryan Yates 90'
Bench- 20
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Ryan Yates ↑ 90'
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Zach Abbott ↑ 75'
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Coach Vítor PereiraAston Villa FC
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Lucas Digne ↓ Douglas Luiz 78'
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Emiliano Buendia ↓ Ian Maatsen 79'
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John McGinn ↓ Jadon Sancho 79'
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Amadou Onana ↓ Lamare Bogarde 55'
Bench- 40
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Jadon Sancho ↑ 79'
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Douglas Luiz ↑ 78'
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Ian Maatsen ↑ 79'
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Lamare Bogarde ↑ 55'
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Coach Unai Emery -
Head to Head
Nottingham Forest FC Form
2026-04-30 Nottingham Forest FC 1–0 Aston Villa FC W 2026-04-24 Sunderland AFC 0–5 Nottingham Forest FC W 2026-04-19 Nottingham Forest FC 4–1 Burnley FC W 2026-04-16 Nottingham Forest FC 1–0 FC Porto W 2026-04-12 Nottingham Forest FC 1–1 Aston Villa FC D 2026-04-09 FC Porto 1–1 Nottingham Forest FC DAston Villa FC Form