Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 8 April 2023
Result
Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Premier League · Saturday 8 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest: match report
Aston Villa beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 April 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Bertrand Traoré opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Bertrand Traoré (48') and Ollie Watkins (90+5'). Nottingham Forest did not score.
Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 7th on 44 points from 29 and Nottingham Forest 17th on 27 points from 29. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 7th with 61 points, and Nottingham Forest 16th with 38.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nottingham Forest in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Emiliano Martínez of Aston Villa (7.7), ahead of Ollie Watkins (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 0 for Nottingham Forest.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · Álex Moreno
- 36'Yellow card · Jonjo Shelvey
- 48'Goal · Bertrand Traoré
- 85'Yellow card · Taiwo Awoniyi
- 85'Yellow card · Ezri Konsa
- 90'Yellow card · Orel Mangala
- 90+1'Yellow card · Harry Toffolo
- 90+5'Goal · Ollie Watkins
- 90+6'Yellow card · Ollie Watkins
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Emiliano Martínez, Ashley Young, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Álex Moreno, Jacob Ramsey, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Emiliano Buendía, Leon Bailey, Ollie Watkins
Nottingham Forest line-up (3-4-2-1)
Keylor Navas, Joe Worrall, Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro, Moussa Niakhaté, Neco Williams, Jonjo Shelvey, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Harry Toffolo, Morgan Gibbs-White, Danilo, Brennan Johnson