Match Centre: Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest
Watkins 45+1′McGinn 49′McGinn 73′
Gibbs-White 61′
Player of the match John McGinn 8.1
GolVolt rating 2.5GolVolt rating
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Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Settled by 73′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 73′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 2.6 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% McGinn: two goals.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 4.6 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 5.7 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 4.3 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 2.5more watchable than 25% of Premier League matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
4 goals3 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 45+1' Goal: Ollie Watkinsassist: Rogers1:0
- Half-time · 1:0
- 49' Goal: John McGinnassist: Cash2:0
- 61' Goal: Morgan Gibbs-Whiteassist: Bakwa2:1
- 65' Dilane Bakwayellow card
- 69' 2 substitutionsDigne for MaatsenSancho for Buendía
- 69' 2 substitutionsMcAtee for BakwaSavona for Aina
- 73' Goal: John McGinnassist: Tielemans3:1
- 78' SubstitutionSels for Victor
- 83' 2 substitutionsBogarde for McGinnMalen for Watkins
- 83' 2 substitutionsKalimuendo for JesusLuiz for Domínguez
- 89' James McAteeyellow card
- 90' SubstitutionGarcía for Cash
- 90+4' Lamare Bogardeyellow card
- Full-time · 3:1
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Aston Villa
- 40 Marco Bizot GK —
- 12 Lucas Digne DEF on
- 16 Andrés García DEF on
- 71 Theodore James Carroll DEF —
- 20 Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba MID —
- 26 Lamare Bogarde MID on
- 53 George Lawrence Hemmings MID —
- 17 Donyell Malen ATT on
- 19 Jadon Sancho ATT on
Nottingham Forest
- 26 Matz Sels GK on
- 4 Morato DEF —
- 35 Oleksandr Zinchenko DEF —
- 37 Nicolò Savona DEF on
- 44 Zach Abbott DEF —
- 12 Douglas Luiz MID on
- 24 James McAtee MID on
- 9 Taiwo Awoniyi ATT —
- 15 Arnaud Kalimuendo ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Villa Park, Birmingham
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Aston Villa John McGinn
- 2. place · Aston Villa Youri Tielemans
- 3. place · Nottingham Forest Morgan Gibbs-White
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