Nottingham Forest 2-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 5 November 2023

Result

Nottingham Forest 2-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 5 November 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Nottingham Forest 2-0 Aston Villa: match report

Nottingham Forest defeated Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 November 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ola Aina opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Ola Aina (5') and Orel Mangala (47'). Aston Villa did not score.

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

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 16th on 10 points from 10 and Aston Villa 5th on 22 points from 10. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 17th with 36 points, and Aston Villa 4th with 68.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Harry Toffolo of Nottingham Forest (7.8), ahead of Odysseas Vlachodimos (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Nottingham Forest wins, 1 draw and 1 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Ola AinaNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 47'Goal · Orel MangalaNottingham Forest · 2-0
  • 64'Yellow card · Boubacar KamaraAston Villa
  • 88'Yellow card · DaniloNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Nottingham Forest 0, draws 1, Aston Villa 1.

Team news

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

Odysseas Vlachodimos, Ola Aina, Moussa Niakhaté, Murillo, Harry Toffolo, Ibrahim Sangaré, Orel Mangala, Nicolás Domínguez, Morgan Gibbs-White, Taiwo Awoniyi, Anthony Elanga

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

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, John McGinn, Boubacar Kamara, Douglas Luiz, Nicolò Zaniolo, Moussa Diaby, Ollie Watkins