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Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest Competition – Europa League Stadium: Villa Park Date: 7th May 2026 Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
Villa Park hosts the second leg of an extraordinary all-English Europa League semi-final on Thursday evening. Nottingham Forest claimed a 1-0 victory in the first leg at the City Ground, and arrive at Villa Park with one foot in the final. Aston Villa must win to progress in normal time — a one-goal victory would level the tie on aggregate and send it to extra time, while winning by two or more would take the Lions through. Anything less and it is Forest who advance.
Aston Villa come into this second leg in genuinely poor recent form, having lost three consecutive matches. Their most recent outing was a 2-1 home defeat to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. Prior to that, they lost the first leg 1-0 at the City Ground. Before that, a 1-0 defeat away at Fulham in the Premier League was a third league loss in a row. Earlier in this run, a 4-3 home win over Sunderland and a commanding 4-0 home victory over Bologna in the first knockout round showed that Villa, at their best, have the firepower to hurt anyone. The question on Thursday night is whether that version of the team can be found when the season is on the line and the pressure is at its highest.
Nottingham Forest arrive as the form side of the two and, indeed, one of the form teams in English football right now. Their most recent outing was the 1-0 first leg win at the City Ground — a disciplined, controlled performance that gave them exactly the kind of advantage to defend. Prior to that, a 5-0 away win at Sunderland showcased their attacking quality without European constraints, and before that a 4-1 home win over Burnley continued a run of devastating home performances. Earlier in this run, a 1-0 home victory over FC Porto in the previous Europa League knockout round and a 1-1 draw with Aston Villa in the Premier League complete a sequence of four wins and one draw from five. Forest are compact, clinical and carry significant threat on the counter-attack — a combination that will make Villa’s task enormously difficult.
The head-to-head record between these sides is evenly split across the last five meetings, with two wins apiece and one draw. Most recently, Nottingham Forest won 1-0 at home in the first leg of this semi-final on 30th April 2026. In the previous encounter, the sides drew 1-1 at the City Ground in the Premier League in April 2026.
In the Premier League, Aston Villa are fifth on 58 points and Nottingham Forest sixteenth on 39. Domestically both clubs have contrasting seasons, but on Thursday night the league table is irrelevant — only the aggregate scoreline matters. Villa are heavy underdogs in the context of current form, but the occasion of a European semi-final at a packed Villa Park is the kind of environment that can produce the extraordinary.
In the United Kingdom, the match is live on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate, with streaming available via HBO Max. In the United States, viewers can watch on CBS Sports Network, Paramount+ and fuboTV. The game is also available in Germany on RTL+ and across Italy on Sky Sport 252 and NOW TV.
Aston Villa — Last Five Results
| Result | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Competition | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ❌ | Aston Villa | 1 – 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | English Premier League | May 3, 2026 |
| ❌ | Nottingham Forest | 1 – 0 | Aston Villa | Europa League | Apr 30, 2026 |
| ❌ | Fulham | 1 – 0 | Aston Villa | English Premier League | Apr 25, 2026 |
| ✅ | Aston Villa | 4 – 3 | Sunderland | English Premier League | Apr 19, 2026 |
| ✅ | Aston Villa | 4 – 0 | Bologna | Europa League | Apr 16, 2026 |
Nottingham Forest — Last Five Results
| Result | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Competition | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ✅ | Nottingham Forest | 1 – 0 | Aston Villa | Europa League | Apr 30, 2026 |
| ✅ | Sunderland | 0 – 5 | Nottingham Forest | English Premier League | Apr 24, 2026 |
| ✅ | Nottingham Forest | 4 – 1 | Burnley | English Premier League | Apr 19, 2026 |
| ✅ | Nottingham Forest | 1 – 0 | FC Porto | Europa League | Apr 16, 2026 |
| 🤝 | Nottingham Forest | 1 – 1 | Aston Villa | English Premier League | Apr 12, 2026 |
Head to Head — Last Five Meetings
| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Competition | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nottingham Forest | 1 – 0 | Aston Villa | Europa League | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Nottingham Forest | 1 – 1 | Aston Villa | English Premier League | Apr 12, 2026 |
| Aston Villa | 3 – 1 | Nottingham Forest | English Premier League | Jan 3, 2026 |
| Aston Villa | 2 – 1 | Nottingham Forest | English Premier League | Apr 5, 2025 |
| Nottingham Forest | 2 – 1 | Aston Villa | English Premier League | Dec 14, 2024 |
TV Listings / Streaming
| Country | Channel |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate, HBO Max |
| Ireland | TNT Sports 1, HBO Max |
| United States | CBS Sports Network, Paramount+, fuboTV, DAZN USA |
| Germany | RTL+ |
| Italy | Sky Sport 252, NOW TV |
| Spain | Movistar+, Movistar Liga de Campeones 2 |
| Netherlands | Ziggo Sport |
| Norway | Viaplay Norway, V Sport 1 Norway |
| Australia | Stan Sport |
| Canada | DAZN Canada |
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