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Game #5749

Aston Villa

7-4-5, 25 PTS

Saturday, 14 December 2024

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Lost

6th (-1)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Premier League

Nottingham Forest

8-4-4, 28 PTS

City Ground

Attendance: 30,117

🟥 14 Dec 2024, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground

Nottingham Forest

2-1

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Aston Villa

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Assist(s): John McGinn | 63' |

🟥 14 Dec 2024, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground

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MATCH TIMELINE

Saturday, 14 December 2024

Match Statistics

Villa Possession 49.7%
Opposition Possession 50.3%

Villa Shots 8
Opposition Shots 17

Villa Shots off Target 4
Opposition Shots off Target 6

Villa Blocked Shots 2
Opposition Blocked Shots 5

Villa Touches in Box 33
Opposition Touches in Box 27

Villa Fouls 6
Opposition Fouls 12

Villa Corners 3
Opposition Corners 4

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ON THIS DAY

Saturday, 14 December 2024

  • Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | suffers his 🟥 70th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 191st appearance (177 Starts) to make it 🕒 177 🟩 W87 🟨 D34 🟥 L70 so far in his Villa career.

  • Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | makes his 🕒 75th appearance under Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | (56 Starts) to make it 🕒 75 🟩 W37 🟨 D16 🟥 L22 so far under the Villa boss.

  • Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | makes his 🕒 20th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it 🕒 20 🟩 W11 🟨 D4 🟥 L5 so far in his Villa career.

  • John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | makes his 🕒 256th appearance in a Villa shirt to move clear of Jimmy Dugdale’s 255 and becomes Villa’s 53rd all time appearance maker of the 1,006 players to play for the Villa first team.

  • Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | makes 🕒 15th appearance in a Villa shirt and his first as a substitute to make it 🕒 15 🟩 W9 🟨 D2 🟥 L4 so far in his Villa career.


  • Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | is the joint most successful Villa manager ever after 107 games alongside Joe Mercer |🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1958-1964 who share a points per game rate of 1.76 across all competitions. 🕒 107 | 🟩 | 56 🟨 | 20 🟥 31 | 1.76


  • This was the 133rd meeting between Villa & Forest 🕒 132 🟩 W62 🟨 D31 🟥 L39

  • And the 68th away game between the two 🕒 67 🟩 W22 🟨 D18 🟥 L27
First game: 🟩 4 Dec 1880, Villa 2-1 Forest, Trent Bridge

  • Biggest win: 🟩 19 Dec 1903, Villa 7-3 Forest

  • Biggest defeat: 🟥 13 September 1986, Villa 0-6 Forest, City Ground.

  • Last game: 🟥 5 November 2023, Villa 0-2 Forest, City Ground

  • Last 5 Away 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥

🟥 14 Dec 2024, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Nottingham Forest

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European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1989-90

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟩

Nottingham Forest

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Nottingham Forest

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

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FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 2024-25
Matchday: #24
League Game: #16
Manager Game: #107
Date: Saturday, 14 December 2024
Attendance: 30,117

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MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | Hondarribia, 2022-
Referee: Sam Barrott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Riding, 2023- 🆘
Kick off: 5.30pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
FT Score: 🟥 1-2
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 107 | 🟩 | 56 🟨 | 22 🟥 30 | 1.76

Unai Emery has reached 50 wins faster than any other manager in Villa’s history.

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

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MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Sam Barrott | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Riding, 2023-
Villa Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 1
🆘 : An appalling performance from Barrott, denied a blatant penalty contrary to all the evidence in cahoots with VAR before allowing a foul to go unchecked for the opposition’s unlikely winner, that both incidents involved the same player confounded the concern. VAR provides a second chance, doubling down on dodgy decisions suggests someting sinister.
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 30 October 2024, Villa 1-2 Palace, Villa Park
Cards: 🟨
Assistants: Tim Wood, Wade Smith.
Fourth official: Darren Bond
VAR: John Brooks.
Assistant VAR: Craig Taylor.

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Jhon Durán

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Referee
Manager

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MANAGER

Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-

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Aston Villa

GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 |
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | 🔁 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | 🟨 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Nuno Espirito Santo | 🇵🇹 |

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Nottingham Forest

GK Matz Sels | 🇧🇪 |
RB Neco Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Nikola Milenkovic | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ |
CB Murillo Santiago Costa dos Santos | 🇧🇷 | 🔁 |
RB Ola Aina | 🇳🇬 |
M Elliott Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Ryan Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Morgan Gibbs-White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Nicolás Domínguez | 🇦🇷 | 🔁 |
W Callum Hudson-Odoi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Chris Wood | 🇳🇿 |

Line Ups

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SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 74’ |
🔁 | M Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | for M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | 74’ |
🔁 | M Ross Barkley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 90’+1 |
🔁 | LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | for LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 90’+1 |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CB Felipe Rodrigues da Silva | 🇧🇷 | for CB Murillo Santiago Costa dos Santos | 🇧🇷 | 68’ |
🔁 | W Jota Silva | 🇵🇹 | for M Ryan Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 68’ |
🔁 | W Anthony Elanga | 🇸🇪 | ⚽ | for M Nicolás Domínguez | 🇦🇷 | 77’ |
🔁 | CB Willy Boly | 🇨🇮 | for W Callum Hudson-Odoi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 90’+4 |

Substitutes

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Oliwier Zych | 🇵🇱 |
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 |
RB Kosta Nedeljkovic | 🇷🇸 |
RB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 |
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Carlos Miguel | 🇧🇷 |
LB Harry Toffolo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M James Ward-Prowse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ramón Sosa | 🇵🇾 |
CF Taiwo Awoniyi | 🇳🇬 |

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

Squad Bios

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SQUAD STATS

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SQUAD STATS

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🗒️ Starting XI Cost: €154.50m / £130.51m
🗒️ Subs Cost: €42.10m / £35.56m
🗒️ Team Cost: €196.60m / £166.08m
🗒️ Matchday Squad Cost: €235.50m / £198.94m

🗒️ Full Club Squad Cost excl Loans Out:
* 28 Players €319.15m / £269.60m
* 2x Goalkeepers €11.00m
* 5x Defenders €56.75m
* 4x Full Backs €22.40m
* 8x Midfielders €142.20m
* 5x Wingers €34.50m
* 3x Forwards €52.30m
➡️ Loaned Out : 9 Players : €39.55m / £33.41m

🗒️ Total Squad Cost incl. Loans : €358.70m / £303.01m
🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏼 Squad Size incl. Loans : 37

💸 2024-25 Transfers :
🗒️ Players In : 16
🗒️ Players Out : 9
🗒️ Fees Spent : €100.50m / £84.63m
🗒️ Fees Raised : €59.80m / £50.36m
🗒️ Net Spend : +€40.70m / +£34.27m
🗒️ Profit on Sales : +€6.58m / +£5.54m

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Starting XI Home Nation : 5/11
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Team Home Nation : 5/15
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Matchday Squad Home Nation : 7/20
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Full Club Squad Home Nation: 7/28

Youth
Starting XI Youth Graduates : 1/11
Team Youth Graduates : 1/15
Matchday Squad Youth Graduates : 1/20
Full Club Squad Youth Graduates : 1/28

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Goalkeepers
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 32 | €17.40m / £14.75m
GK Robin Olsen | 🇸🇪 | 34 | €3.50m / £2.97m
GK Oliwier Zych | 🇵🇱 | 20 | Youth

Defenders
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | 27 | €33.00m / £27.97m
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 | 31 | €31.00m / £26.27m
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 26 | €13.30m / £11.27m

Full Backs
LB Ian Maatsen | 🇳🇱 | 22 | €44.50m / £37.71m
LB Lucas Digne | 🇫🇷 | 31 | €30.00m / £25.43m
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | 27 | €15.75m / £13.35m
RB Kosta Nedeljkovic | 🇷🇸 | 18 | €7.60m / £6.44m
RB Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | 20 | Youth

Midfielders
M Amadou Onana | 🇧🇪 | 23 | €59.35m / £50.02m
M Ross Barkley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 30 | €5.90m / £5.00m
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 29 | €3.10m / £2.63m
M Morgan Rogers | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22 | €9.40m / £7.97m
M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | 27 | Free
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 24 | Free

Wingers
W Emiliano Buendía | 🇦🇷 | 27 | €38.40m / £32.54m

Forwards
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 28 | €34.00m / £28.82m
CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 20 | €16.64m / £14.10m

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Goalkeepers
GK Matz Sels | 🇧🇪 | €7.00m / £5.93m | 32 |
🆕 GK Carlos Miguel | 🇧🇷 | €4.00m / £3.38m | 26 |

Defenders
🆕 CB Felipe Rodrigues da Silva | 🇧🇷 | €15.00m / £12.63m | 23 |
🆕 CB Nikola Milenkovic | 🇷🇸 | €14.30m / £12.02m | 27|
CB Murillo Santiago Costa dos Santos | 🇧🇷 | €12.00m / £10.17m | 22 |
CB Willy Boly | 🇨🇮 | €2.60m / £2.20m | 33 |

Full Backs
RB Neco Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | €20.00m / £16.94m | 23 |
LB Harry Toffolo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €2.40m / £2.03m | 29 |
RB Ola Aina | 🇳🇬 | Free | 28 |

Midfielders
🆕 M Elliott Anderson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | €41.20m / £35.00m | 22 |
M Morgan Gibbs-White | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €29.50m / £25.00m | 24 |
M Nicolás Domínguez | 🇦🇷 | €10.00m / £8.47m | 26 |
M Ryan Yates | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth | 27 |
🆕 M James Ward-Prowse | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan | 30 |

Wingers
W Anthony Elanga | 🇸🇪 | €17.50m / £14.82m | 22 |
🆕 W Ramón Sosa | 🇵🇾 | €12.00m / £10.22m | 25 |
🆕 W Jota Silva | 🇵🇹 | €7.00m / £5.97m | 25 |
W Callum Hudson-Odoi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €3.50m / £2.96m | 24 |

Forwards
CF Taiwo Awoniyi | 🇳🇬 | €20.50m / £17.37m | 27 |
CF Chris Wood | 🇳🇿 | €17.00m / £14.40m | 33 |

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UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 3 |
1. M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23 Nov 2024 [7]
2. W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 10 Dec 2024 [2]
3. CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 14 Dec 2024 [1]

Out on Loan | 15 |
1. M Philippe Coutinho | 🇧🇷 | €20.00m / £16.95m, 32, Vasco da Gama
2. M Tommi O'Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 20, Shrewsbury
3. GK Filip Marschall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 21, Crewe
4. W Lewis Dobbin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €11.80m / £10.00m, 19, West Bromwich Albion
5. CB Josh Feeney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 19, Shrewsbury
6. F Louie Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €1.00m / £850k, 21, Stockport
7. RB Kaine Kesler Hayden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 21, Preston
8. LB Lino Sousa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free, 19, Bristol Rovers
9. GK James Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 19, Real Unión
10. LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | €13.50m / £11.44m, 31, Forest
11. CB Finley Munroe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth, 19, Real Unión
12. M Samuel Iling-Junior | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €14.00m / £11.89m, 20, Bologna
13. M Enzo Barrenechea | 🇦🇷 | €8.00m / £6.80m, 23, Valencia
14. M Rico Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free, 20, Port Vale
15. M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | €15.00m / £12.71m, 29, Anderlecht

Not Selected | 9 |
1. CB Thierry Katsukunya | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Youth
2. CB Kortney Hause | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €2.80m / £2.37m
3. RB Triston Rowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth
4. M Aidan Borland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | €350k / €294k
5. M Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth
6. W Kadan Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 18 | Youth
7. W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 22 | €16.00m / £13.47m
8. F Travis Patterson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth
9. F Kobei Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth

UNAVAILABLE

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Loan Terms | 1 |
1. LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | €13.50m / £11.44m | 31 |

Injury | 2 |
1. M Ibrahim Sangaré | 🇨🇮 | €35.00m / £29.65m | 26 |
2. M Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira | 🇧🇷 | €20.00m / £16.94m | 23 |

Out on Loan | 9 |
1. M Marko Stamenic | 🇳🇿 | €5.50m / £4.65m | 25 | Olympiacos
2. CB Jonathan Panzo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €1.70m / £1.44m | 23 | Rio Ave
3. M Lewis O’Brien | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €9.40m / £7.96m | 25 | Los Angeles
4. LB Omar Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €8.50m / £7.20m | 26 | Rio Ave
5. CB David Carmo | 🇦🇴 | Undisclosed | 25 | Olympiacos
6. W Josh Bowler | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | €2.30m / £1.95m | 25 | Preston
7. W Alex Mighten | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth | 22 | San Diego
8. GK Matt Turner | 🇺🇸 | €8.15m / £6.90m | 30 | Palace
9. CF Ui-jo Hwang | 🇰🇷 | €4.00m / £3.39m | 31 | Alanyaspor

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

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MATCH QUOTES

**Unai, your thoughts on that?** "Disappointed, but we are in a process. We played the match that I had in my mind. We tried to play dominating and keeping possession. They are usually not going high press, man-to-man or even with more players. We were building up with the goalkeeper, centre-backs and midfielders. Until the minute 70 we did it (the game plan). We didn’t concede corners or chances. "After our goal they changed. They pushed more and added more players (attacking). In that moment you have to be consistent in the game plan. We were not that strong in the tactical idea and we started conceding attacks, corners and then a goal which VAR disallowed. We conceded two goals. "For 70 minutes we played like we planned and the final 20 minutes we have to correct in our process. Every experience we are having now it is about learning and trying to use those corrections for the next games." **How could your team manage the game better?** "Keep ball possession and then try to score a second goal." **How do you explain what happened in the final 20 minutes?** "It is difficult for the players and we are in a process trying to get the structure we want. In the process we are in, we are not being very consistent but more or less we are keeping our level. They (Forest) are a rival now, and Fulham, Brentford and Bournemouth. In case we are with those teams fighting and playing against them, we are going to be in the top eight. We are not thinking about other teams." **It's now five games after Champions League matches where you haven’t managed to win…** "With this team we were thinking to win. A point was not bad. Here it is difficult. We scored the first goal and we thought we could. When they equalised we were thinking to be calm to play again like we did in the first 70 minutes. At the end we lost." **Is it nothing to do with Champions League games and what that takes out of you?** "It is different, completely different. It is another competition. Last year we played as well in the Conference League and got fourth. It is not an excuse. "I told in the interview with the TV that I didn’t watch the penalty (Rogers incident), but after I watch it, it is a clear penalty. It is a mistake by VAR. It is a big mistake. This is clearly a penalty. "I respect the referees and the VAR. We watched it after. Damian (Vidagany) showed me and it's a penalty. Clear penalty. Where is the VAR? OK it happens."
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🟥 14 Dec 2024, Villa 1-2 Forest, City Ground

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