Aston Villa 1-2 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2026

Result

Aston Villa 1-2 Nottingham Forest

Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · Villa Park, Birmingham · half-time 0-0

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Aston Villa 1-2 Nottingham Forest: match report

Aston Villa lost to Nottingham Forest 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 September 2026 at Villa Park. The half-time score was 0-0.

Liam Delap opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Alysson (74'). Nottingham Forest scored through Liam Delap (46') and Igor Jesus (88').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 17th on 1 point from 3 and Nottingham Forest 16th on 2 points from 3. In the current table Aston Villa are 10th on 12 points and Nottingham Forest are 19th on 6 points.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Morgan Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest (8.1), ahead of Daniel Muñoz (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 2 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Yellow card · Dan NdoyeNottingham Forest
  • 45'Yellow card · Nicolas JacksonAston Villa
  • 45+3'Yellow card · MurilloNottingham Forest
  • 46'Goal · Liam DelapNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Xaver SchlagerNottingham Forest
  • 74'Goal · AlyssonAston Villa · 1-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Liam DelapNottingham Forest
  • 80'Yellow card · James McAteeNottingham Forest
  • 88'Goal · Igor JesusNottingham Forest · 1-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Tyrone MingsAston Villa

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
10Aston Villa93331013-312WDWWD
19Nottingham Forest9135612-66LLLDL

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Head-to-head

8 meetings: Aston Villa 4, draws 2, Nottingham Forest 2.

Team news

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Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Zion Suzuki, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelöf, Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen, Boubacar Kamara, Ross Barkley, John McGinn, Emiliano Buendía, George Hemmings, Nicolas Jackson

Nottingham Forest line-up (3-4-2-1)

Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Ousmane Diomande, Murillo, Daniel Muñoz, James McAtee, Xaver Schlager, Neco Williams, Dan Ndoye, Morgan Gibbs-White, Liam Delap

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