Aston Villa 4-2 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 24 February 2024

Result

Aston Villa 4-2 Nottingham Forest

Premier League · Saturday 24 February 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Aston Villa 4-2 Nottingham Forest: match report

Aston Villa beat Nottingham Forest 4-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 February 2024. The half-time score was 3-1.

Ollie Watkins opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Ollie Watkins (4'), Douglas Luiz (29'), Douglas Luiz (39') and Leon Bailey (61'). Nottingham Forest scored through Moussa Niakhaté (45+5') and Morgan Gibbs-White (48').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 4th on 49 points from 25 and Nottingham Forest 17th on 24 points from 25. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 36.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Leon Bailey of Aston Villa (8.3), ahead of Douglas Luiz (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 1 draw and 1 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

4'Goal · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa · 1-0
15'Yellow card · MurilloNottingham Forest
29'Goal · Douglas LuizAston Villa · 2-0
39'Goal · Douglas LuizAston Villa · 3-0
45'Yellow card · FelipeNottingham Forest
45+5'Goal · Moussa NiakhatéNottingham Forest · 3-1
48'Goal · Morgan Gibbs-WhiteNottingham Forest · 3-2
57'Yellow card · Álex MorenoAston Villa
61'Goal · Leon BaileyAston Villa · 4-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Aston Villa 1, draws 1, Nottingham Forest 1.

Nottingham Forest 2-0 Aston VillaPremier League · 5 Nov 2023
Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham ForestPremier League · 8 Apr 2023
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston VillaPremier League · 10 Oct 2022

Team news

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Emiliano BuendíaAston Villa · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Tyrone MingsAston Villa · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Boubacar KamaraAston Villa · injury (Knee Injury)
Serge AurierNottingham Forest · injury (Hamstring Strain)
Ui-jo HwangNottingham Forest · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Brandon AguileraNottingham Forest · injury (Longitudinal Tendon Tear)
Nuno TavaresNottingham Forest · injury (Unknown Injury)
Ezri KonsaAston Villa · injury (Knee Injury)
Chris WoodNottingham Forest · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Ibrahim SangaréNottingham Forest · injury (Knee Injury)
Ola AinaNottingham Forest · injury (Unknown Injury)
Willy BolyNottingham Forest · injury (Unknown Injury)
Bertrand TraoréAston Villa · other (Doubtful)
Kortney HauseAston Villa · injury (Knee Surgery)
Diego CarlosAston Villa · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Cameron ArcherAston Villa · injury (Calf Injury)
Jhon DuránAston Villa · injury (Hamstring Injury)

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

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Clément Lenglet, Pau Torres, Álex Moreno, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Leon Bailey, Youri Tielemans, Jacob Ramsey, Ollie Watkins

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

Matz Sels, Neco Williams, Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro, Murillo, Moussa Niakhaté, Nicolás Domínguez, Danilo, Anthony Elanga, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Taiwo Awoniyi