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Match report
English Footie
League Trophy: Round 1 (setup 4, season 28)
Aston Villa
v.
Nottingham Forest
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Brad JONES71Jordan SMITH
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Javier Manquillo Gaitán, JAVI MANQUILLO72Tendayi DARIKWA
Easah SULIMAN73Michael DAWSON
Gelson FERNANDES4Andreas BOUCHALAKIS
Tommy ELPHICK57Joe WORRALL
Axel TUANZEBE666Liam BRIDCUTT
Birkir BJARNASON777GIL Bastião Dias
Joshua ONOMAH78Ben OSBORN
Jonathan KODJIA9Lewis GRABBAN
Henri LANSBURY106Ben BRERETON DÍAZ
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING711Jamie WARD
Manager
Jordon MUTCH12Daryl MURPHY
Anders LINDEGAARD13Dimitar EVTIMOV
André GREEN14Zach CLOUGH
Sam BYRAM15Barrie McKAY
Alan HUTTON16DIOGO António Cupido GONÇALVES

Aston Villa 3 Nottingham Forest 1
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 24,946, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Dave FOSTER 6½)
2 Lansbury, 35 Bjarnason, 42 FernandesScorers36 Grabban
Substitutions54 Dawson <=> McKay
Sendings off
4 Jones, 7 Onomah, 46 FernandesBookings
0Corners6
5Fouls2
8Offsides4
4Shots on3
14Shots off7
18Total shots10
1Shots saved2
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Gelson FERNANDES
1A penalty box scramble resulted in KODJIA tapping a low shot wide.
2GOAL!! A deep cross by TUANZEBE was met by LANSBURY who charged in to score. (1-0 Aston Villa)
4JONES booked for arguing with the referee.
5A cross from BOUCHALAKIS left WARD in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
7FOSTER cautions ONOMAH.
12A poor strike from KODJIA bounced agonisingly wide.
33ONOMAH beat WORRALL and placed the ball to KODJIA who toe-poked his shot wide.
35GOAL!! A wonderful piece of skill from ONOMAH gave CHOUPO-MOTING space on the left and BJARNASON poked in his accurate pass. (2-0 Aston Villa)
36GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed GIL to touch the ball to GRABBAN who whacked a left foot shot home. (2-1 Aston Villa)
37A useful ball from JAVI MANQUILLO on the right bobbled toward KODJIA who mishit his shot inches wide.
38KODJIA nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
42GOAL!! A ONOMAH run down the right resulted in a perfect cross for FERNANDES to crack in. (3-1 Aston Villa)
45+3The stunned SMITH was a mere bystander as a backpass from BRIDCUTT dropped just wide.
 
46FERNANDES cautioned by the referee for a high challenge.
55OSBORN fluffed an easy chance.
57BRERETON DÍAZ played the ball to GRABBAN who turned it just wide.
59CHOUPO-MOTING was put clear by SULIMAN and he dummied the 'keeper but rammed his shot inches wide.
67BRERETON DÍAZ made space on the right and pulled the ball to GIL who touched the ball over.
78KODJIA stabbed a simple chance past the righthand post.
84CHOUPO-MOTING shot wide.
89A corner fell to WARD who fired the ball just beyond the near post.
90Uncertainty in the Nottingham Forest defence enabled ONOMAH to blast the ball just beyond the near post.