Game #5661
Aston Villa
Saturday, 8 April 2023


Won
6th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Nottingham Forest
Villa Park
Attendance: 42,076
🟩 8 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-0

Nottingham Forest

Assist(s) | Jacob Ramsey | 90'+5 |
🟩 8 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 8 April 2023
🔁 | 28’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Bertrand Traoré
🟨 | 35’ Booking, Álex Moreno, Bad foul
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Nottingham Forest
⚽ | 48’ Goal, 1-0, Bertrand Traoré
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Emiliano Buendía, Sub on, Leander Dendoncker
🟨 | 85’ Booking, Ezri Konsa, Bad foul
⚽ | 90’+5 Goal, 2-0, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Jacob Ramsey
🟨 | 90’+5 Booking, Ollie Watkins, Excessive celebration (taking his shirt off after scoring)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Match Statistics
Possession F | 65%
Possession A | 35%
Shots F | 8
Shots A | 6
Shots on Target F | 3
Shots on Target A | 2
Corners F | 1
Corners A | 8
Fouls F | 7
Fouls A | 17
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 8 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 8 April 2023
Sixth place after 30 games for the first time since 2009-10, seven unbeaten, six wins, four consecutive victories, another clean sheet, and Ollie Watkins' ninth in eleven. Special times, special manager, special club.
Ashley Young, 37, makes his 240th appearance in a Villa shirt (216 Starts) since first joining in January 2007 to make it W104 D66 L70, 39 Goals, 64 Assists, 42 Bookings and 2 Red Cards.
John McGinn makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt (168 Starts) since joining in August 2018 to make W68 D37 L70, 17 Goals, 20 Assists and 43 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Ezri Konsa makes his 130th appearance in a Villa shirt (125 Starts) since joining in July 2019 to make it W51 D24 L55, 6 Goals, 3 Assists, 19 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Emiliano Buendía makes his 70th appearance in a Villa shirt (45 Starts) since joining in July 2021 to make it W26 D12 L32, 9 Goals, 8 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.
Bertrand Traoré scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 52nd appearance (33 Starts) since joining in September 2020 to make it W19 D10 L23, 10 Goals, 6 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.06 starts so far in his Villa career.
Leon Bailey makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (31 Starts) since joining in August 2021 to make it W20 D5 L25, 6 Goals, 6 Assists and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.58 starts so far in his Villa career.
Ollie Watkins scores his 40th goal for the club on his 108th appearance (102nd Start) joining Jackie Sewell (1955-60), Davy Walsh (1950-55) and Billy Cook (1926-29) on 40. Watkins' record is now W44 D17 L47, 40 Goals, 11 Assists, 12 Bookings, 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.00 starts so far in his Villa career.
🟩 8 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Nottingham Forest


European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1989-90
🟩 8 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2022-23 |
Matchday | #33 |
League Game | #30 |
Manager Game | #19 |
Saturday, 8 April 2023
Attendance | 42,076 |
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Anthony Taylor | 🏴 | Wythenshaw, 2006-
Kick off: 3.00pm
Half Time Score: 🟨 0-0
Full Time Result: 🟩 Won
Full Time Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-
🕒 19 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 | 2 🟥 6 | 1.84
Villa Career Form:
Top 4
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Anthony Taylor | 🏴 | Wythenshaw, 2006-
Assistants: Gary Beswick, Adam Nunn.
Fourth official: Thomas Bramall.
Referee: Simon Hooper | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2008-
Assistant VAR: Matthew Wilkes.
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
Referee: Simon Hooper | 🏴 | Wiltshire, 2008-
🕒 4 | 🟩 2 | 🟨 1 | 🟥 1 | 🆘 : 0
🕒 4 | 🟩 50% | 🟨 25% | 🟥 25% | 🆘 : 0%
Cards 🟥 0 |
Disallowed ❌ 0 |
Penalty ⚽ 0 | 🥅 0 | ❌ 0 |
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
CARDS

🟨 Álex Moreno, Bad foul
🟨 Ezri Konsa, Bad foul
🟨 Ollie Watkins, Excessive celebration
CARDS

🟨 Harry Toffolo
🟨 Jonjo Shelvey
🟨 Taiwo Awoniyi
🟨 Orel Mangala
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 8 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Same team, same bench, same again please Villa.
Starting XI Average Age: | 28.05 |
Bench Average Age: | 26.33 |
Squad Average Age: | 27.19 |
Subs Average Age: | 27.80 |
Oldest Starter: RB Ashley Young | 🏴 | 37.77 |
Youngest Starter: M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 21.88 |
Oldest Squad Player: RB Ashley Young | 🏴 | 37.77 |
Youngest Squad Player: CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 19.33 |
Oldest Substitute: M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | 28.00 |
Youngest Substitute: W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | 27.61 |
🟩 8 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park
MANAGER
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

Aston Villa
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 |
RB Ashley Young | 🏴 |
M John McGinn | 🏴 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 🔁 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Steve Cooper | 🏴 |

Nottingham Forest
GK Keylor Navas | 🇨🇷 |
RB Neco Williams | 🏴 |
CB Felipe Augusto de Almeida | 🇧🇷 |
CB Moussa Niakhaté | 🇸🇳 |
CB Joe Worrall | 🏴 | 🔁 |
LB Harry Toffolo | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
M Cheikhou Kouyaté | 🇸🇳 | 🔁 |
M Jonjo Shelvey | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Morgan Gibbs-White | 🏴 |
F Brennan Johnson | 🏴 |
🟩 8 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | ⚽ | for W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 28’ |
🔁 | M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | for W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | 75’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Remo Freuler |🇨🇭| for M Cheikhou Kouyaté | 🇸🇳 | 32’ |
🔁 | CF Taiwo Awoniyi | 🇳🇬 | 🟨 | for CB Joe Worrall | 🏴 | 65’ |
🔁 | M Orel Mangala | 🇧🇪 | 🟨 | for M Jonjo Shelvey | 🏴 | 65’ |
🔁 | W André Ayew | 🇬🇭 | for M Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira | 🇧🇷 | 78’ |

🟩 8 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴 |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 |
CB Seb Revan | 🏴 |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Wayne Hennessey | 🏴 |
CB Scott McKenna | 🏴 |
M Jesse Lingard | 🏴 |
CF Sam Surridge | 🏴 |
CF Emmanuel Dennis | 🇳🇬 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟩 8 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | | 52 | 19* | 10* | 6 | 19* | 10 | 23 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | | 41* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 8 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £171.57m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £30.06m
Team Cost: £201.63
Squad Cost: £274.33m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/20
Homegrown: 3/20
SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £75.56m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £38.25m
Team Cost: £95.81m
Squad Cost: £131.72m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Homegrown: 2/20
🟩 8 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | £19.58m |
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | £3.15m |
GK Viljami Sinisalo | 🇫🇮 | Free |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | £27.00m |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | £12.00m |
RB Ashley Young | 🏴 | Free |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | £27.90m |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴 | £20.60m |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | £11.97m |
CB Seb Revan | 🏴 | Youth |
CB Calum Chambers | 🏴 | Free |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | £13.50m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | Youth |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | £34.56m |
W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | £28.80m |
W Bertrand Traoré | 🇧🇫 | £16.56m |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | £27.72m |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | £14.65m |
MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Wayne Hennessey | 🏴 | Free |
GK Keylor Navas | 🇨🇷 | Loan |
RB Neco Williams | 🏴 | £18.00m |
LB Harry Toffolo | 🏴 | £2.16m |
CB Felipe | 🇧🇷 | £2.00m |
CB Moussa Niakhaté | 🇸🇳 | £8.85m |
CB Scott McKenna | 🏴 | £2.94m |
CB Joe Worrall | 🏴 | Youth |
M Morgan Gibbs-White | 🏴 | £26.55m |
M Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira | 🇧🇷 | £18.00m |
M Orel Mangala | 🇧🇪 | £11.70m |
M Remo Freuler |🇨🇭| £8.10m |
M Cheikhou Kouyaté | 🇸🇳 | Free |
M Jonjo Shelvey | 🏴 | Free |
M Jesse Lingard | 🏴 | Free |
W André Ayew | 🇬🇭 | Free |
CF Taiwo Awoniyi | 🇳🇬 | £18.45m |
CF Emmanuel Dennis | 🇳🇬 | £13.32m |
CF Sam Surridge | 🏴 | £1.65m |
F Brennan Johnson | 🏴 | Youth |
🟩 8 Apr 2023, Villa 2-0 Forest, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 4 |
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | Achilles, 6 Aug 2022 [33]
M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | Muscle, 25 Feb 2023 [7]
RB Matty Cash | 🇵🇱 | Calf, 1 Apr 2023 [3]
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | Ankle, 4 Apr 2023 [2]
Unregistered | 1 |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴 |
Out On Loan | 12 |
M Finn Azaz | 🏴 | Plymouth
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 | Levante
W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴 | Cardiff
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 | Watford
FB Ben Chrisene | 🏴 | Kilmarnock
M Tim Iroegbunam | 🏴 | QPR
CF Cameron Archer | 🏴 | Middlesbrough
M Morgan Sanson | 🇫🇷 | Strasbourg
CF Louie Barry | 🏴 | Salford City
M Aaron Ramsey | 🏴 | Middlesbrough
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | Luton Town
CB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | Bristol Rovers
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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