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Nottingham Forest 1–0 Aston Villa

Semifinals · 1st Leg · Thu 30 Apr 2026
StadiumThe City GroundNottingham, England
Attendance29,790
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Match events

Minute by minute
  1. Half-time 0–0
  2. 55' Substitution: Lamare BogardeOff: Amadou Onana Aston Villa
  3. 71'1–0 Penalty goal: Chris Wood pen Nottingham Forest
  4. 75' Substitution: Zach AbbottOff: Ola Aina Nottingham Forest
  5. 78' Yellow card: Youri Tielemans Aston Villa
  6. 78' Substitution: Douglas LuizOff: Lucas Digne Aston Villa
  7. 79' Substitution: Jadon SanchoOff: John McGinn Aston Villa
  8. 79' Substitution: Ian MaatsenOff: Emiliano Buendía Aston Villa
  9. 90' Substitution: Ryan YatesOff: Igor Jesus Nottingham Forest

Line-ups

Confirmed
Nottingham Forest4-4-24-2-3-1Aston Villa
  • 27 Ortega
  • 3 Williams
  • 4 Morato
  • 31 Milenkovic
  • 3475' Aina
  • 10 Gibbs-White
  • 8 Anderson
  • 16 Domínguez
  • 21 Hutchinson
  • 11 Wood
  • 1990' Jesus
  • 23 Martínez
  • 1278' Digne
  • 14 Torres
  • 4 Konsa
  • 2 Cash
  • 8 Tielemans
  • 2455' Onana
  • 1079' Buendía
  • 27 Rogers
  • 779' McGinn
  • 11 Watkins
Nottingham Forest bench
  • 44Zach Abbott75'
  • 22Ryan Yates90'
Aston Villa bench
  • 21Douglas Luiz78'
  • 22Ian Maatsen79'
  • 26Lamare Bogarde55'
  • 19Jadon Sancho79'