Aston Villa 3–1 Nottingham Forest
- Watkins 45+1'
- McGinn 49'
- McGinn 73'
- Gibbs-White 61'
3 January 2026
The match in data
Aston Villa beat Nottingham Forest 3–1 on 3 January 2026, on matchday 20 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), rated 72, thanks above all to 1 goal and 2 shots on target. Watkins produced 1.3 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.1 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Nottingham Forest, the highest-rated player was Morgan Gibbs-White, with 59.
John McGinn scored twice.
Ollie Watkins
Aston Villa · 83'
Produced 1.29× and cost 0.13× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 2 shots on target 2.8×
- 0.41 xG 1.6×
- 6 misplaced passes 1.2×
- 2 duels lost 0.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Watkins ★ | Forward | 83 | 72 |
| Victor Lindelöf | Defender | 90 | 68 |
| Youri Tielemans | Midfielder | 90 | 67 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 65 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Goalkeeper | 90 | 56 |
| Boubacar Kamara | Midfielder | 90 | 53 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 69 | 42 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 83 | 39 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 31 |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 69 | 28 |
| Lucas Digne | Defender | 21 | 23 |
| Jadon Sancho | Forward | 21 | 18 |
| Andrés García | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
| Donyell Malen | Forward | 7 | no rating |
| Lamare Bogarde | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Gibbs-White | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Dilane Bakwa | Forward | 69 | 49 |
| Nikola Milenković | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Omari Hutchinson | Midfielder | 90 | 47 |
| Nicolò Savona | Defender | 21 | 47 |
| Murillo | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| James McAtee | Midfielder | 21 | 41 |
| Elliot Anderson | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Neco Williams | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Nicolás Domínguez | Midfielder | 84 | 34 |
| Igor Jesus | Forward | 84 | 32 |
| Ola Aina | Defender | 69 | 29 |
| John Victor | Goalkeeper | 78 | no rating |
| Matz Sels | Goalkeeper | 12 | no rating |
| Arnaud Kalimuendo | Forward | 6 | no rating |
| Douglas Luiz | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Aston Villa player won the most aerial duels?
Boubacar Kamara, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: Victor Lindelöf 3, Matty Cash 1.
Kamara commanded Aston Villa's aerial battles with 4 duels won in the 3–1 victory over Nottingham Forest. Lindelöf registered 3, while Cash won 1.
Which Nottingham Forest player completed the most dribbles?
Murillo, with 3 completed dribbles. Next: Elliot Anderson 2, Neco Williams 1.
Despite the 3–1 loss to Aston Villa, Murillo led Nottingham Forest with 3 successful dribbles. Anderson completed 2 and Williams added 1.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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