Premier League

Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest

3 January 2026Villa Park, BirminghamMD20MD 20

home

Aston Villa

Jermain Defoe

2–1

HT 1–0

away

Nottingham Forest

Sean Dyche

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Match events

Home · Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest · Away

Goals

73'John McGinn · assist Youri Tielemans
45+1'Ollie Watkins · assist Morgan Rogers
49'John McGinn · assist Matty Cash

Morgan Gibbs-White · assist Dilane Bakwa61'

Substitutions

Cards

90+4'Lamar Bogarde ·

Dilane Bakwa · 65'
James Mcatee · 89'

Lineups

Aston Villa

Manager · Jermain Defoe

Starting XI

2Matty Cash
3Victor Nilsson Lindelöf
4Ezri Konsa Ngoyo
7John McGinn
8Youri Tielemans
10Emiliano Buendía
11Ollie Watkins
22Ian Maatsen
23Damián Emiliano Martínez
27Morgan Rogers
44Boubacar Kamara

Substitutes

12Lucas Digne
16Andrés García Robledo
17Donyell Malen
19Jadon Sancho
20Jamaldeen Jimoh
26Lamar Bogarde
40Marco Bizot
53George Hemmings
71Theodore Carroll

Nottingham Forest

Manager · Sean Dyche

Starting XI

3Neco Williams
5Murillo Santiago Costa dos Santos
8Elliott Anderson
10Morgan Gibbs-White
13John Victor Maciel Furtado
16Nicolás Martín Domínguez
19Igor Jesus Maciel da Cruz
21Omari Giraud-Hutchinson
29Dilane Bakwa
31Nikola Milenković
34Temitayo Olufisayo Olaoluwa Aina

Substitutes

4Felipe Rodrigues
9Taiwo Michael Awoniyi
12Douglas Luiz Soares de Paulo
15Arnaud Kalimuendo Muinga
24James Mcatee
26Matz Sels
35Oleksandr Zinchenko
37Nicolò Savona
44Zach Abbott

Details

Sport

Football

Competition

Premier League

Date

3 January 2026

Venue

Villa Park

City

Birmingham

Stage

MD20

Matchday