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: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), rated 59, thanks above all to 1.09 xG and 1 goal. Watkins produced 2.1 times as much as a forward typically does, at 1.2 times the cost.
For Nottingham Forest, the highest-rated player was James McAtee, with 61.
John McGinn scored twice.
Ollie Watkins
Aston Villa · 90'
Produced 2.12× and cost 1.19× their position's average
- 1.09 xG 4.0×
- 1 goal 3.9×
- 3 shots on target 3.5×
- 1 shot off target, worth 0.27 1.8×
- 2 failed dribbles 1.4×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezri Konsa | Defender | 90 | 63 |
| Ollie Watkins ★ | Forward | 90 | 59 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 86 | 57 |
| Morgan Rogers | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Matty Cash | Defender | 90 | 54 |
| Emiliano Martínez | Goalkeeper | 90 | 53 |
| Pau Torres | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Victor Lindelöf | Defender | 74 | 49 |
| Youri Tielemans | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| John McGinn | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Lucas Digne | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| 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 |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| James McAtee | Midfielder | 46 | 61 |
| Nicolás Domínguez | Midfielder | 90 | 58 |
| Elliot Anderson | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Ryan Yates | Midfielder | 44 | 50 |
| Igor Jesus | Forward | 90 | 45 |
| Nikola Milenković | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Neco Williams | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Stefan Ortega | Goalkeeper | 90 | 43 |
| Chris Wood | Forward | 71 | 43 |
| Jair Cunha | Defender | 88 | 42 |
| Morato | Defender | 71 | 27 |
| Omari Hutchinson | Midfielder | 88 | 26 |
| Dilane Bakwa | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Lorenzo Lucca | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Jimmy Sinclair | Midfielder | 2 | no rating |
| Murillo | Defender | 2 | 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 duels?
Emiliano Buendía, with 8 duels won. Next: Youri Tielemans 6, Pau Torres 6.
Emiliano Buendía led Aston Villa in individual battles during their 4–0 win against Nottingham Forest with 8 duels won. Youri Tielemans and Pau Torres followed with 6 each.
Which Nottingham Forest player won the most aerial duels?
Chris Wood, with 6 aerial duels won. Next: Igor Jesus 3, Neco Williams 1.
Despite Nottingham Forest's 4–0 defeat at Aston Villa, Chris Wood won 6 aerial duels to lead the team. Igor Jesus recorded 3 and Neco Williams managed 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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