Aston Villa — Nottingham Forest 1:2, 12 September: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 4 Saturday 12 September · 14:00 UTC

Aston Villa 19th · 1 pts DWWDW

1 : 2 1st half 0:0

Nottingham Forest 11th · 5 pts WLDLL

Villa Park · referee A. Madley

Match predictionSafe

The sides will not reach five goals

90% · Aston Villa average 0.8 goals per game

Prediction landed. We predicted “The sides will not reach five goals”, and the match finished 1:2.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Aston Villa 35% draw 26% Nottingham Forest 39%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Nottingham Forest win, and the match finished 1:2. Fans backed Nottingham Forest win — they got it right.

fans 56 votes

Aston Villa 36% draw 14% Nottingham Forest 50%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

T. Mings for P. Torres 25'

L. Delap assist: Murillo [0-1] 46'

T. Abraham for N. Jackson 46'

Alysson for G. Hemmings 46'

I. Mbaye for E. Buendia 63'

J. Manzambi for R. Barkley 63'

Alysson assist: J. McGinn [1-1] 74'

Igor Jesus for D. Ndoye 75'

I. Sangare for J. McAtee 82'

Igor Jesus assist: M. Gibbs-White [1-2] 88'

C. Wood for L. Delap 90+1'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Aston Villa 4-2-3-1 · Unai Emery 3-4-2-1 · Oliver Glasner Nottingham Forest

Zion Suzuki  
Aaron Wan-Bissaka  3 Victor Lindelöf  14 Pau Torres  22 Ian Maatsen  
Boubacar Kamara  6 Ross Barkley  
John McGinn  10 Emiliano Buendía  53 George Hemmings  
Nicolas Jackson  

Liam Delap  
Dan Ndoye  10 Morgan Gibbs-White  
Daniel Muñoz  24 James McAtee  21 Xaver Schlager  3 Neco Williams  
Ola Aina  2 Ousmane Diomande  5 Murillo  
Matz Sels  

Aston Villa bench

17Alejandro Garnacho
47Alysson
19Ibrahim Mbaye
44Johan Manzambi
26Lamare Bogarde
40Marco Bizot
13Matteo Ruggeri
18Tammy Abraham
5Tyrone Mings

Nottingham Forest bench

15Arnaud Kalimuendo
7Callum Hudson Odoi
9Chris Wood
6Ibrahim Sangaré
11Igor Jesus
12John Victor
25Luca Netz
8Nicolás Domínguez
22Ryan Yates

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

53%Possession47%

7Shots22

5Shots on target7

1Shots off target12

1Blocked shots3

6Shots inside box14

1Shots outside box8

108Attacks69

40Dangerous attacks37

6Corners1

0Offsides4

10Fouls14

2Yellow cards5

5Saves5

412Passes360

341Accurate passes309

20Free kicks13

23Throw-ins12

13Goal kicks7

0Penalties0

Aston Villa

Nottingham ForestThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest met on matchday 4 of the Premier League on 12 September at Villa Park. Final score — 1:2.

Aston Villa sit 19th on 1 point after 9 matches (3 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses), unbeaten in 5 matches. Nottingham Forest sit 11th on 5 points after 10 matches (2 wins, 3 draws, 5 losses).

Of the last 4 meetings Aston Villa won 2, Nottingham Forest won 1, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 8:3.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Aston Villa last five Nottingham Forest

DWWDW form WLDLL

9 Matches 10

3 — 3 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 3 — 5

10 — 13 Scored — conceded 9 — 13

1.33 Points per game 0.9

1.11 Goals scored per game 0.9

2 Clean sheets 1

3 Failed to score 5

unbeaten in 5 Current streak unbeaten in 1

Aston Villa at home: 5 matches, 1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses, goals 6—7, 1 points per match.

Nottingham Forest away: 5 matches, 1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses, goals 6—9, 1 points per match.

Head-to-head

4 matches in our database

2 Aston Villa wins 1 draw 1 Nottingham Forest win goals 8:3 Aston Villa — Nottingham Forest

07/05/2026	Aston Villa — Nottingham Forest	4:0	UEFA Europa League
30/04/2026	Nottingham Forest — Aston Villa	1:0	UEFA Europa League
12/04/2026	Nottingham Forest — Aston Villa	1:1	Premier League
03/01/2026	Aston Villa — Nottingham Forest	3:1	Premier League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
11	Newcastle United	10	3	3	4	13—16	12
12	Aston Villa	9	3	3	3	10—13	12
13	Hull City	10	2	5	3	11—11	11
14	Ipswich Town	9	3	2	4	14—18	11
15	Fulham	10	2	4	4	10—12	10
16	Nottingham Forest	10	2	3	5	9—13	9

Full Premier League table

Aston Villa — Nottingham Forest, 12 September 2026, 14:00 UTC : score 1:2