Aston Villa 4–0 Nottingham Forest
Semifinals · 2nd Leg - Aston Villa advance 4-1 on aggregate · Thu 7 May 2026Match events
Minute by minute- 18' Yellow card: Morato Nottingham Forest
- 36'1–0 Goal: Ollie WatkinsAssist: Emiliano Buendía Aston Villa
- 45' Substitution: Ryan YatesOff: James McAtee Nottingham Forest
- 45+3' Yellow card: Jair Paula Nottingham Forest
- Half-time 1–0
- 58'2–0 Penalty goal: Emiliano Buendía pen Aston Villa
- 71' Substitution: Dilane BakwaOff: Morato Nottingham Forest
- 71' Substitution: Lorenzo LuccaOff: Chris Wood Nottingham Forest
- 74' Substitution: Lamare BogardeOff: Victor Lindelöf Aston Villa
- 77'3–0 Goal: John McGinnAssist: Ollie Watkins Aston Villa
- 80'4–0 Goal: John McGinnAssist: Morgan Rogers Aston Villa
- 86' Substitution: Jadon SanchoOff: Emiliano Buendía Aston Villa
- 88' Substitution: MurilloOff: Jair Paula Nottingham Forest
- 88' Substitution: Jimmy SinclairOff: Omari Hutchinson Nottingham Forest
- 90' Substitution: Tyrone MingsOff: Morgan Rogers Aston Villa
- 90' Substitution: Leon BaileyOff: John McGinn Aston Villa
- 90' Substitution: Douglas LuizOff: Pau Torres Aston Villa
Line-ups
Confirmed
Aston Villa4-2-3-14-5-1Nottingham Forest
- 23 Martínez
- 12 Digne
- 1490' Torres
- 4 Konsa
- 2 Cash
- 8 Tielemans
- 374' Lindelöf
- 10A86' Buendía
- 27A90' Rogers
- 790' McGinn
- 11A Watkins
- 27 Ortega
- 3 Williams
- 471' Morato
- 31 Milenkovic
- 2388' Paula
- 2445' McAtee
- 8 Anderson
- 16 Domínguez
- 2188' Hutchinson
- 19 Jesus
- 1171' Wood
Aston Villa bench
- 5Tyrone Mings90'
- 21Douglas Luiz90'
- 19Jadon Sancho86'
- 31Leon Bailey90'
- 26Lamare Bogarde74'
Nottingham Forest bench
- 5Murillo88'
- 22Ryan Yates45'
- 61Jimmy Sinclair88'
- 29Dilane Bakwa71'
- 20Lorenzo Lucca71'