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 78, 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 is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Nottingham Forest, the highest-rated player was Nicolò Savona, with 62.
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: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Watkins ★ | Forward | 83 | 78 |
| Victor Lindelöf | Defender | 90 | 77 |
| Youri Tielemans | Midfielder | 90 | 72 |
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 71 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Boubacar Kamara | Midfielder | 90 | 56 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 69 | 40 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 83 | 35 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 33 |
| Ian Maatsen | Defender | 69 | 32 |
| Lucas Digne | Defender | 21 | 27 |
| Jadon Sancho | Forward | 21 | 16 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Andrés García | Defender | 8 | no rating |
| Donyell Malen | Forward | 7 | no rating |
| Lamare Bogarde | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolò Savona | Defender | 21 | 62 |
| Morgan Gibbs-White | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Nikola Milenković | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| James McAtee | Midfielder | 21 | 51 |
| Omari Hutchinson | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Dilane Bakwa | Forward | 69 | 46 |
| Murillo | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Neco Williams | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Elliot Anderson | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Igor Jesus | Forward | 84 | 37 |
| Nicolás Domínguez | Midfielder | 84 | 37 |
| 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 |
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.