Match Centre: Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest
Watkins 36′Buendía 58′ (p)McGinn 77′McGinn 80′
Player of the match Emiliano Buendía 8.8
First leg
Nottingham Forest · Aston Villa 1–0Final aggregate
Aston Villa 4–1 Nottingham Forest
GolVolt rating 8.2GolVolt rating
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Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
A semi-final, plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 77′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 6.2 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Buendía: a goal and an assist, Buendía: rated 8.8.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 6.5 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% A semi-final, second leg with the tie in the balance. Stakes: 9.9 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances. Quality of play: 7.7 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 8.2more watchable than 82% of Europa 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 goals2 cards1 VAR
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 18' Moratoyellow card
- 36' Goal: Ollie Watkinsassist: Buendía1:0
- 45+3' Jair Cunhayellow card
- Half-time · 1:0
- 46' SubstitutionYates for McAtee
- 56' Penalty awarded
- 58' Goal: Emiliano Buendíapenalty2:0
- 71' 2 substitutionsBakwa for MoratoLucca for Wood
- 74' SubstitutionBogarde for Lindelöf
- 77' Goal: John McGinnassist: Watkins3:0
- 80' Goal: John McGinnassist: Rogers4:0
- 86' SubstitutionSancho for Buendía
- 88' 2 substitutionsMurillo for CunhaSinclair for Hutchinson
- 90' 3 substitutionsBailey for McGinnLuiz for TorresMings for Rogers
- Full-time · 4:0
Match stats
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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 —
- 64 James Wright GK —
- 5 Tyrone Mings DEF on
- 16 Andrés García DEF —
- 22 Ian Maatsen DEF —
- 9 Harvey Elliott MID —
- 21 Douglas Luiz MID on
- 26 Lamare Bogarde MID on
- 18 Tammy Abraham ATT —
- 19 Jadon Sancho ATT on
- 31 Leon Bailey ATT on
Nottingham Forest
- 26 Matz Sels GK —
- 67 Keehan Willows GK —
- 5 Murillo DEF on
- 65 Justin Hanks DEF —
- 6 Ibrahim Sangaré MID —
- 10 Morgan Gibbs-White MID —
- 22 Ryan Yates MID on
- 51 Archie Whitehall MID —
- 61 Jimmy Sinclair MID on
- 14 Dan Ndoye ATT —
- 20 Lorenzo Lucca ATT on
- 29 Dilane Bakwa ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Villa Park, Birmingham
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Aston Villa Emiliano Buendía
- 2. place · Aston Villa John McGinn
- 3. place · Aston Villa Ollie Watkins
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