NOTTINGHAM. Nottingham Forest prevails over Aston Villa with a 2-0 win with a goal from O. Aina (5′) and a goal from O. Mangala (47′). Aston Villa was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (74%).​

The match was played at the The City Ground stadium in Nottingham on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 29,313 spectators.​ The referee was Jarred Gillett assisted by Darren Cann and Derek Eaton. The 4th official was Paul Tierney. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.84 degrees Celsius or 51.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Aston Villa was in firm control of the ball 74% while Nottingham Forest was struggling with a 26% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Aston Villa had a more offensive attitude with 97 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Nottingham Forest was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

Nottingham Forest shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Aston Villa shot 13 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card (Danilo). Talking about the opposition, Aston Villa received 1 yellow card (Boubacar Kamara).

Standings

After playing this match, Nottingham Forest will have 13 points to sit in the 12th place. On the other side, Aston Villa will stay with 22 points to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest will play away with West Ham United on the 11th of November with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of West Ham United (0 draws).

Aston Villa will host Fulham on the 11th of November with a 10-9 head to head in favor of Fulham (9 draws).

Nottingham Forest – Formation

Nottingham Forest started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Steve Cooper decided to play with the following team: Odysseas Vlachodimos (7.7), Ola Aina (7.8), Moussa Niakhaté (7.5), Murillo (7.0), Harry Toffolo (8.1), Ibrahim Sangaré (7.0), Orel Mangala (7.7), Nicolás Domínguez (7.0), Morgan Gibbs-White (6.4), Taiwo Awoniyi (6.8) and Anthony Elanga (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Matt Turner, Serge Aurier (6.4), Willy Boly, Nuno Tavares, Neco Williams (7.0), Cheikhou Kouyaté, Andrey Santos, Ryan Yates (6.4) and Danilo (6.6).

Nottingham Forest could not rely on the presence of Serge Aurier (injured).

Substitutions

Nottingham Forest made 4 changes: Nicolás Domínguez for Ryan Yates (87′), Ola Aina for Neco Williams (86′), Taiwo Awoniyi for Danilo (82′) and Harry Toffolo for Serge Aurier (71′).

Best player: Harry Toffolo​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Nottingham Forest was Harry Toffolo even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 19 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.

Aston Villa – Formation

Aston Villa started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Unai Emery Etxegoien played with: Emiliano Martínez (5.7), Matty Cash (6.8), Ezri Konsa (7.3), Pau Torres (7.0), Lucas Digne (7.7), John McGinn (7.3), Boubacar Kamara (7.1), Douglas Luiz (7.5), Nicolò Zaniolo (6.3), Moussa Diaby (7.1) and Ollie Watkins (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Diego Carlos (6.7), Youri Tielemans (7.1), Bertrand Traoré, Álex Moreno, Calum Chambers, Clément Lenglet, Robin Olsen, Leon Bailey (6.7) and Leander Dendoncker (6.6).

Aston Villa could not rely on the presence of Diego Carlos (injured).

Substitutions

Aston Villa made 4 changes: Nicolò Zaniolo for Leon Bailey (46′), Boubacar Kamara for Diego Carlos (78′), Matty Cash for Youri Tielemans (59′) and Douglas Luiz for Leander Dendoncker (86′).

Best player: Lucas Digne​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Aston Villa was Lucas Digne.

His rating is (7.7) with 65 passes (88% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 16. He performed 11 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Nottingham Forest – Aston Villa – 2-0
• Luton Town – Liverpool – 1-1