4 AST

0 NOT

AST 4

0 NOT

Aston Villa
-
Nottingham Forest

UEFA Europa League, Semifinals
Thursday, May 7, 2026 8:00 PM
Villa Park, Birmingham

Result

4-0

Match Recap

Oliver Watkins 36'

Emiliano Buendía (pen.) 57'

John McGinn 77'

John McGinn 80'

Match Events

Second Half 4 - 0

Tyrone Mings

Pau Torres

90'

Douglas Luiz

Morgan Rogers

90'

L. Bailey

John McGinn

90'

88'

Jimmy Sinclair

Omari Hutchinson

88'

Murillo

Jair

Jadon Sancho

Emiliano Buendía

86'

John McGinn

Morgan Rogers

80'

John McGinn

Oliver Watkins

77'

Lamare Bogarde

Victor Lindelöf

74'

71'

Lorenzo Lucca

Christopher Wood

71'

D. Bakwa

Morato

Emiliano Buendía

Penalty Goal

57'

46'

Ryan Yates

James McAtee

First Half 1 - 0

45+3'

Jair

Yellow Card

Oliver Watkins

Emiliano Buendía

36'

18'

Morato

Yellow Card

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

51%

49%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

2.50

0.61

Match Information

Information	Value
League	UEFA Europa League
Season	UEFA Europa League 2025/26
Round	Semifinals
Date	May 7, 2026
Time	20:00
Venue	Villa Park, Birmingham
Result	4 - 0

Lineups

Aston Villa

23. E. Martínez Emiliano Martínez

2. M. Cash Matty Cash

4. E. Konsa Ezri Konsa

14. P. Torres Pau Torres

12. L. Digne Lucas Digne

3. V. Lindelöf Victor Lindelöf

8. Y. Tielemans Youri Tielemans

7. J. McGinn John McGinn

27. M. Rogers Morgan Rogers

10. E. Buendía Emiliano Buendía

11. O. Watkins Oliver Watkins

11. C. Wood Christopher Wood

19. I. Jesus Igor Jesus

24. J. McAtee James McAtee

8. E. Anderson Elliot Anderson

16. N. Domínguez Nicolás Domínguez

21. O. Hutchinson Omari Hutchinson

3. N. Williams Neco Williams

4. Morato Morato

31. N. Milenković Nikola Milenković

23. Jair Jair

27. S. Ortega Stefan Ortega

Nottingham Forest

Substitutes

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

Unused Players

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

Match Articles

Lindelöf förde Aston Villa till Europa League-final

aftonbladet.se • May 7, 2026 10:35 PM

Form before the match

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

Previous Fixtures

UEFA Europa League 2025/26

April 30, 2026

Nottingham Forest

Aston Villa

Premier League 2025/26

April 12, 2026

Nottingham Forest

Aston Villa

January 3, 2026

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

Premier League 2024/25

April 5, 2025

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

December 14, 2024

Nottingham Forest

Aston Villa

Premier League 2023/24

February 24, 2024

Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest

November 5, 2023

Nottingham Forest

Aston Villa

Standings

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Round of 16 Europa League
1	Lyon	8	7	0	1	18	5	13	21
2	Aston Villa	8	7	0	1	14	6	8	21
3	FC Midtjylland	8	6	1	1	18	8	10	19
4	Real Betis	8	5	2	1	13	7	6	17
5	FC Porto	8	5	2	1	13	7	6	17
6	SC Braga	8	5	2	1	11	5	6	17
7	SC Freiburg	8	5	2	1	10	4	6	17
8	AS Roma	8	5	1	2	13	6	7	16
Round of 32 Europa League
9	Genk	8	5	1	2	11	7	4	16
10	Bologna	8	4	3	1	14	7	7	15
11	VfB Stuttgart	8	5	0	3	15	9	6	15
12	Ferencvarosi TC	8	4	3	1	12	11	1	15
13	Nottingham Forest	8	4	2	2	15	7	8	14
14	FC Viktoria Plzeň	8	3	5	0	8	3	5	14
15	FK Crvena Zvezda	8	4	2	2	7	6	1	14
16	Celta Vigo	8	4	1	3	15	11	4	13
17	PAOK	8	3	3	2	17	14	3	12
18	Lille	8	4	0	4	12	9	3	12
19	Fenerbahce	8	3	3	2	10	7	3	12
20	Panathinaikos	8	3	3	2	11	9	2	12
21	Celtic	8	3	2	3	13	15	-2	11
22	Ludogorets	8	3	1	4	12	15	-3	10
23	Dinamo Zagreb	8	3	1	4	12	16	-4	10
24	Brann	8	2	3	3	9	11	-2	9

25	BSC Young Boys	8	3	0	5	10	16	-6	9
26	Sturm Graz	8	2	1	5	5	11	-6	7
27	FCSB	8	2	1	5	9	16	-7	7
28	GO Ahead Eagles	8	2	1	5	6	14	-8	7
29	Feyenoord	8	2	0	6	11	15	-4	6
30	FC Basel 1893	8	2	0	6	9	13	-4	6
31	Red Bull Salzburg	8	2	0	6	10	15	-5	6
32	Rangers	8	1	1	6	5	14	-9	4
33	Nice	8	1	0	7	7	15	-8	3
34	Utrecht	8	0	1	7	5	15	-10	1
35	Malmö FF	8	0	1	7	4	15	-11	1
36	Maccabi Tel Aviv	8	0	1	7	2	22	-20	1

Updated May 7, 2026 9:58 PM