Nottingham Forest 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 14 December 2024

Result

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 14 December 2024, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Nottingham Forest 2-1 Aston Villa: match report

Nottingham Forest won against Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 December 2024. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Jhon Durán opened the scoring in the 63rd minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Nikola Milenković (87') and Anthony Elanga (90+3'). Aston Villa scored through Jhon Durán (63').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received no yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 5th on 25 points from 15 and Aston Villa 6th on 25 points from 15. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 7th with 65 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 66.

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 Elliot Anderson of Nottingham Forest (8.4), ahead of Morgan Gibbs-White (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nottingham Forest win, 1 draw and 2 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 63'Goal · Jhon DuránAston Villa · 0-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Jhon DuránAston Villa
  • 87'Goal · Nikola MilenkovićNottingham Forest · 1-1
  • 90+3'Goal · Anthony ElangaNottingham Forest · 2-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Nikola Milenković, Murillo, Neco Williams, Ryan Yates, Elliot Anderson, Nicolás Domínguez, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Chris Wood

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

Emiliano Martínez, Ezri Konsa, Diego Carlos, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Boubacar Kamara, Youri Tielemans, Matty Cash, Morgan Rogers, John McGinn, Jhon Durán