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Premier League 2025/26 · Matchday 20 · Villa Park

Aston Villa3:1Nottingham Forest

3 January 2026 · 43,039 in the ground · Simon Hooper

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Aston Villa4-2-3-1
Nottingham Forest4-5-1
Martinez7.0Maatsen6.6Lindelöf6.8Konsa6.8Cash7.2Tielemans7.1Kamara6.7Buendía7.0Rogers7.2McGinn8.8Watkins7.0John4.7Williams5.9Murillo6.9Milenkovic6.3Aina6.9Bakwa6.2Dominguez6.3Anderson6.5Gibbs-White7.9Hutchinson6.6Jesus5.8
from the bench

match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards

45′90′aston-villanottingham-forest

goals — hover the strip for every shot and card, with names

  • 45+1′WatkinsGoal · 0.04 xG · 0.04 xG
  • 49′McGinnGoal · 0.08 xG · 0.08 xG
  • 61′Gibbs-WhiteGoal · 0.40 xG · 0.40 xG
  • 73′McGinnGoal · 0.46 xG · 0.46 xG

The shots, as they came

Every attempt, sized by expected goals

Aston Villa 0:0 Forest0'kickoff
2' Watkins — xG 0.61 · Saved8' Maatsen — xG 0.06 · Missed11' Buendía — xG 0.09 · Blocked17' Maatsen — xG 0.04 · Missed21' Jesus — xG 0.02 · Missed26' Rogers — xG 0.10 · Blocked30' Hutchinson — xG 0.03 · Saved31' Williams — xG 0.01 · Blocked45 + 1' Watkins — xG 0.04 · Goal49' McGinn — xG 0.08 · Goal51' Dominguez — xG 0.01 · Blocked52' Bakwa — xG 0.01 · Missed54' Bakwa — xG 0.21 · Missed57' Buendía — xG 0.10 · Missed61' Gibbs-White — xG 0.40 · Goal64' Aina — xG 0.01 · Saved66' Rogers — xG 0.09 · Blocked70' Sancho — xG 0.02 · Blocked73' McGinn — xG 0.46 · Goal78' Gibbs-White — xG 0.10 · Saved90 + 7' Kalimuendo — xG 0.09 · Saved

The xG race

Expected goals accumulating minute by minute

The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute

Aston Villa 0:0 Forest
1.00′15′30′45′60′75′90′45 + 1' Watkins — GOAL49' McGinn — GOAL61' Gibbs-White — GOAL73' McGinn — GOAL1.690.89

Territory

Where each side actually occupied the pitch, summed from every player’s heatmap

Aston Villa attacking right · Nottingham Forest attacking left · where both glow, the pitch was contested

The duel

Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest

73%
Possession
27%
1.59
Expected goals
0.89
11
Shots
10
4
Shots on target
5
2
Big chances created
2
579
Passes completed
170
189
Into final third
21
49
Duels won
43
9/18 (50%)
Tackles won
8/19 (42%)
4
Corners
4
10
Fouls
20

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