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Commentary
0¹JIMÉNEZ headed the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
3¹A weak shot from BAILEY trickled agonisingly wide.
5¹GOAL!! WATKINS made space for ALEIX who, after an interchange of passes thirty yards out, struck the ball past the 'keeper. (1-0 Aston Villa)
7¹A useful ball from WATKINS on the right bobbled toward ALEIX who sliced his effort wide.
8¹BUENDIA beat four Nottingham Forest players and blasted a shot inches over.
15¹GOAL!! A long ball from BUENDIA had the Nottingham Forest defence back-pedalling and ÁLEX MORENO made the most of the opportunity with a lovely goal. (2-0 Aston Villa)
20¹GOAL!! A MARTIAL run down the middle resulted in a exceptional cross for MIKEL to volley in. (2-1 Aston Villa)
22¹A twenty yard shot from HARRISON caused the Nottingham Forest 'keeper little difficulty.
23¹A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing OLSEN.
26¹BAILEY dummied GODFREY but shot the ball into the arms of the Nottingham Forest 'keeper.
29¹GOAL!! A tackle from MARTIAL gave Aston Villa a free-kick thirty yards out which ALEIX slammed past the 'keeper. (3-1 Aston Villa)
35¹The bemused WOODS was all agog as a backpass from GODFREY fell just wide.
44¹GOAL!! JIMÉNEZ brought the ball forward, glanced up and thundered a shot into the Aston Villa net. (3-2 Aston Villa)
8²GOAL!! A shot from JIMÉNEZ which the 'keeper managed to claw away seemed to have crossed the line and ATKINSON gave the goal. (3-3)
19²Uncertainty in the Aston Villa defence enabled JIMÉNEZ to crack the ball wide.
20²McGINN chipped the ball to WATKINS who forced it just beyond the near post.
28²A penalty box scramble resulted in BIANCONE tapping the ball wide.
31²ZINCHENKO rifled a simple chance past the near post.
31²A free-kick from GOMEZ went wide.
32²MIKEL headed just wide.
32²A cross from VOLLAND left ZINCHENKO in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
47²A corner bobbled toward MIKEL who forced the ball wide.

 
Nottingham Forest
 
League position: 19
Home league form: XLLL
Overall league form: XXLLLLLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Gary WOODS6 16 Robin OLSEN
Joe GOMEZ7 27 Matty CASH
Oleksandr ZINCHENKO7 37 ÁLEX MORENO
Morgan GIBBS-WHITE6½47½John McGINN(c)
Ben GODFREY7 57 MURILLO Santiago
Willy BOLY6 66 Modou CISSÉ
Kevin VOLLAND6 76½Emiliano BUENDIA
MIKEL Oyarzabal7½86 Leon BAILEY
(p)Raúl JIMÉNEZ7 96 Ollie WATKINS(p)
(c,f)Remo FREULER5½106½ALEIX García(f)
Anthony MARTIAL5½115½Jack HARRISON
Manager
RÚBEN Diogo NEVES  12  Ludwig AUGUSTINSSON
Orel MANGALA  13  Boubacar KAMARA
JORGINHO  14  DOUGLAS LUIZ Soares
Jesse LINGARD  15  Kaine KESLER-HAYDEN
Giulian BIANCONE6½16  Carney CHUKWUEMEKA
 
Aston Villa
 
League position: 20
Away league form: LLLL
Overall league form: WLLWLXLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Nottingham Forest 3 Aston Villa 3
(Half-time: 2-3, Attendance: 25,799, Stadium: City Ground, Referee: Martin Atkinson 7½)

Mikel 20¹, Jiménez 44¹, Jiménez 8²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Aleix 5¹, Álex Moreno 15¹, Aleix 29¹
FreuleróBiancone 5² 
  
  
13
152
53
75
98
1613
32
46%54%
Man of the match: Mikel Oyarzabal