§ Europa League · 2025-26 · Semi-finals

Aston Villa 4–0 Nottingham Forest

  • Watkins 36'
  • Buendía 58' (pen.)
  • McGinn 77'
  • McGinn 80'

7 May 2026

The match in data

A 4–0 win for Aston Villa against Nottingham Forest on 7 May 2026, in the 2025-26 Europa League (Semi-finals).

Player of the match: Pau Torres (Aston Villa), rated 65, thanks above all to 5 final-third passes and 6 duels won. Torres produced 1.0 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.

For Nottingham Forest, the highest-rated player was James McAtee, with 70.

John McGinn scored twice.

65
Player of the match

Pau Torres

Aston Villa · 90'

Produced 1.01× and cost 0.37× their position's average

Added
  • 5 final-third passes 0.9×
  • 6 duels won 1.3×
  • 5 recoveries 1.3×
Took away
  • 6 misplaced passes 0.9×
  • 2 duels lost 0.5×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

Aston Villa
PlayerPositionMinRating
Ezri Konsa Defender 90 71
Pau Torres ★ Defender 90 65
Ollie Watkins Forward 90 64
Matty Cash Defender 90 58
Morgan Rogers Midfielder 90 57
Victor Lindelöf Defender 74 55
Emiliano Buendía Forward 86 54
Youri Tielemans Midfielder 90 44
Lucas Digne Defender 90 41
John McGinn Midfielder 90 31
Emiliano Martínez Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Lamare Bogarde Midfielder 16 no rating
Jadon Sancho Forward 4 no rating
Douglas Luiz Midfielder 1 no rating
Leon Bailey Forward 1 no rating
Tyrone Mings Defender 1 no rating
Nottingham Forest
PlayerPositionMinRating
James McAtee Midfielder 46 70
Nicolás Domínguez Midfielder 90 62
Elliot Anderson Midfielder 90 57
Ryan Yates Midfielder 44 57
Igor Jesus Forward 90 50
Nikola Milenković Defender 90 50
Jair Cunha Defender 88 49
Neco Williams Defender 90 46
Chris Wood Forward 71 40
Morato Defender 71 30
Omari Hutchinson Midfielder 88 28
Stefan Ortega Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Dilane Bakwa Forward 19 no rating
Lorenzo Lucca Forward 19 no rating
Jimmy Sinclair Midfielder 2 no rating
Murillo Defender 2 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.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.