Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 12 April 2026
Result
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 12 April 2026, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa: match report
Nottingham Forest drew with Aston Villa 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 12 April 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.
Nottingham Forest's goal came from Neco Williams (38'). Aston Villa scored through an own goal by Murillo (23').
Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 16th on 32 points from 31 and Aston Villa 4th on 54 points from 31. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 16th with 44 points, and Aston Villa 4th with 65.
Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Neco Williams of Nottingham Forest (8.0), ahead of Amadou Onana (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nottingham Forest wins, 1 draw and 4 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Nottingham Forest's last five read W-D-D-L-L and Aston Villa's W-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Matty Cash
- 23'Own goal · Murillo
- 38'Goal · Neco Williams
- 45'Yellow card · Omari Hutchinson
- 63'Yellow card · Murillo
- 67'Yellow card · John McGinn
Head-to-head
Team news
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Nottingham Forest line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Nikola Milenković, Murillo, Neco Williams, Ibrahim Sangaré, Elliot Anderson, Omari Hutchinson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Igor Jesus
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marco Bizot, Matty Cash, Victor Lindelöf, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Amadou Onana, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn, Ross Barkley, Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins