Aston Villa 3-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 3 January 2026
Result
Aston Villa 3-1 Nottingham Forest
Premier League · Saturday 3 January 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Aston Villa 3-1 Nottingham Forest: match report
Aston Villa defeated Nottingham Forest 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Ollie Watkins opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Ollie Watkins (45+1'), John McGinn (49') and John McGinn (73'). Nottingham Forest scored through Morgan Gibbs-White (61').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 3rd on 39 points from 19 and Nottingham Forest 17th on 18 points from 19. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Nottingham Forest 16th with 44.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John McGinn of Aston Villa (8.1), ahead of Youri Tielemans (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 2 for Nottingham Forest.
Key events
- 45+1'Goal · Ollie Watkins
- 49'Goal · John McGinn
- 61'Goal · Morgan Gibbs-White
- 65'Yellow card · Dilane Bakwa
- 73'Goal · John McGinn
- 89'Yellow card · James McAtee
- 90+4'Yellow card · Lamare Bogarde
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Victor Lindelöf, Ian Maatsen, Boubacar Kamara, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn, Morgan Rogers, Emiliano Buendía, Ollie Watkins
Nottingham Forest line-up (4-5-1)
John Victor, Ola Aina, Nikola Milenković, Murillo, Neco Williams, Omari Hutchinson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Elliot Anderson, Nicolás Domínguez, Dilane Bakwa, Igor Jesus