Aston Villa

16th · 1-1-3 · 4 pts · -5

Ugh, no.

Aston Villa lost to Nottingham Forest

1-2-1 2 – 1

0-1-3

FT · Sat, Sep 12

Match Details

Villa Park (Birmingham) · 36,714 fans · Peacock

Recap

Nottingham Forest's late winner deepens Aston Villa's new season woe

Igor Jesus piled the misery on Aston Villa as his late goal snatched a 2-1 victory for Nottingham Forest at Villa Park.

Recap via ESPN

Commentary

·Match ends, Aston Villa 1, Nottingham Forest 2.
90'+7'Second Half ends, Aston Villa 1, Nottingham Forest 2.
90'+7'Attempt missed. Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ibrahim Mbaye with a cross.
90'+6'Attempt missed. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
90'+5'Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+5'Foul by Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa).
90'+5'Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+4'Foul by Murillo (Nottingham Forest).
90'+4'Zion Suzuki (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3'Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Boubacar Kamara.
90'+2'John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2'Foul by Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest).

Line Score

	1	2	T
NFO	0	2	2
AVL	0	1	1

Match Leaders

Nottingham Forest

LD Liam Delap · 1Goals
LD Liam Delap · 6Total Shots
MS Matz Sels · 5Saves
M Murillo · 16Defensive Interventions
JM James McAtee · 40Accurate Passes

Aston Villa

A Alysson · 1Goals
IM Ian Maatsen · 2Total Shots
ZS Zion Suzuki · 5Saves
AW Aaron Wan-Bissaka · 11Defensive Interventions
VL Victor Lindelöf · 60Accurate Passes

League Table · 2026-27 English Premier League

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Man City	5	5	0	0	+8	15
2	Arsenal	5	4	0	1	+4	12
3	Brighton	5	3	1	1	+11	10
4	Brentford	5	2	3	0	+6	9
5	Leeds	5	2	3	0	+4	9
6	Liverpool	5	2	3	0	+3	9
7	Everton	5	2	3	0	+3	9
8	Hull	5	2	2	1	+2	8
9	Newcastle	5	2	2	1	0	8
10	Chelsea	5	2	1	2	-2	7
11	Ipswich	5	2	0	3	-4	6
12	Man United	5	1	2	2	0	5
13	Nottm Forest	5	1	2	2	-1	5
14	Sunderland	5	1	1	3	-4	4
15	C Palace	5	1	1	3	-5	4
16	Aston Villa	5	1	1	3	-5	4
17	Bournemouth	5	0	3	2	-2	3
18	Coventry	5	1	0	4	-9	3
19	Fulham	5	0	2	3	-3	2
20	Spurs	5	0	2	3	-6	2

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Key Events

90'+5'Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

90'+1'Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Chris Wood replaces Liam Delap.

88'Goal! Aston Villa 1, Nottingham Forest 2. Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White.

82'Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ibrahim Sangaré replaces James McAtee.

80'James McAtee (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

75'Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Igor Jesus replaces Dan Ndoye.

75'Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.

74'Goal! Aston Villa 1, Nottingham Forest 1. Alysson (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by John McGinn with a cross following a corner.

63'Substitution, Aston Villa. Johan Manzambi replaces Ross Barkley.

63'Substitution, Aston Villa. Ibrahim Mbaye replaces Emiliano Buendía.

56'Xaver Schlager (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

46'Goal! Aston Villa 0, Nottingham Forest 1. Liam Delap (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Murillo.

45'Substitution, Aston Villa. Alysson replaces George Hemmings.

45'Substitution, Aston Villa. Tammy Abraham replaces Nicolas Jackson.

45'+3'Murillo (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

45'Nicolas Jackson (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

43'Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

25'Substitution, Aston Villa. Tyrone Mings replaces Pau Torres because of an injury.