| | First Half starts. |
| 2' | | Boubacar Kamara - Aston Villa - won a free kick on the right wing. |
| 2' | | Fouled by Ryan Yates - Nottingham Forest |
| 3' | | Fouled by Jhon Durán - Aston Villa |
| 3' | | Nikola Milenkovic - Nottingham Forest - won a free kick in defence. |
| 7' | | Fouled by Morgan Rogers - Aston Villa |
| 7' | | Matz Sels - Nottingham Forest - won a free kick in defence. |
| 8' | | Delay in match - injury Jhon Durán - Aston Villa |
| 9' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 9' | | Offside - Aston Villa. Matty Cash is in offside. |
| 13' | | Missed chance. Nikola Milenkovic - Nottingham Forest - shot with the head from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assist - Murillo. |
| 15' | | Delay in match - injury Ryan Yates - Nottingham Forest |
| 16' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 18' | | Ezri Konsa - Aston Villa - won a free kick in defence. |
| 18' | | Fouled by Chris Wood - Nottingham Forest |
| 18' | | Missed chance. Jhon Durán - Aston Villa - shot with left foot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assist - John McGinn. |
| 20' | | Fouled by Nicolás Domínguez - Nottingham Forest |
| 20' | | Pau Torres - Aston Villa - won a free kick in defence. |
| 21' | | Missed chance. Ryan Yates - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assist - Callum Hudson-Odoi. |
| 27' | | Fouled by Jhon Durán - Aston Villa |
| 27' | | Murillo - Nottingham Forest - won a free kick in attack. |
| 30' | | Shot blocked. Elliot Anderson - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist - Callum Hudson-Odoi. |
| 30' | | Corner - Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Boubacar Kamara. |
| 31' | | Missed chance. Murillo - Nottingham Forest - shot with the head from the centre of the box is close, but missed to the left. Assist - Elliot Anderson with a cross after corner. |
| 36' | | Shot blocked. Chris Wood - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist - Ola Aina. |
| 37' | | Fouled by Elliot Anderson - Nottingham Forest |
| 37' | | Morgan Rogers - Aston Villa - won a free kick on the right wing. |
| 39' | | Missed chance. Ezri Konsa - Aston Villa - shot with the head from the centre of the box is close, but missed to the left. Assist - John McGinn with a cross . |
| 40' | | Fouled by Jhon Durán - Aston Villa |
| 40' | | Ryan Yates - Nottingham Forest - won a free kick in defence. |
| 40' | | Delay in match - injury Murillo - Nottingham Forest |
| 41' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 43' | | Shot blocked. Morgan Rogers - Aston Villa - shot with left foot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assist - Matty Cash. |
| 45' | | New attacking attempt. Matty Cash - Aston Villa - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Morgan Rogers. |
| 45+1' | | Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time. |
| 45+1' | | Fouled by Nicolás Domínguez - Nottingham Forest |
| 45+1' | | Morgan Rogers - Aston Villa - won a free kick in defence. |
| 45+3' | | Offside - Nottingham Forest. Elliot Anderson is in offside. |
| 45+3' | | First Half ended - Nottingham Forest 0, Aston Villa 0. |
| 45' | | Second Half starts Nottingham Forest 0, Aston Villa 0. |
| 46' | | Ezri Konsa - Aston Villa - won a free kick in defence. |
| 46' | | Fouled by Callum Hudson-Odoi - Nottingham Forest |
| 47' | | Fouled by Murillo - Nottingham Forest |
| 47' | | Jhon Durán - Aston Villa - won a free kick in attack. |
| 48' | | Corner - Aston Villa. Conceded by Murillo. |
| 49' | | Shot blocked. Ezri Konsa - Aston Villa - shot with the head from few metres is blocked. Assist - Youri Tielemans with a cross. |
| 49' | | Fouled by John McGinn - Aston Villa |
| 49' | | Ola Aina - Nottingham Forest - won a free kick in defence. |
| 50' | | Fouled by Neco Williams - Nottingham Forest |
| 50' | | Morgan Rogers - Aston Villa - won a free kick in attack. |
| 51' | | Offside - Aston Villa. Lucas Digne is in offside. |
| 53' | | Corner - Aston Villa. Conceded by Neco Williams. |
| 54' | | Missed chance. Jhon Durán - Aston Villa - shot with left foot from a diffucult position on the left is very close to the goal. Assist - John McGinn with a cross after corner. |
| 57' | | Shot blocked. Callum Hudson-Odoi - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist - Morgan Gibbs-White. |
| 57' | | Missed chance. Neco Williams - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from outside the box missed. |
| 59' | | Corner - Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Ezri Konsa. |
| 60' | | New attacking attempt. Nicolás Domínguez - Nottingham Forest - shot with the head from few metres is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Morgan Gibbs-White with a head. |
| 60' | | Corner - Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Pau Torres. |
| 61' | | New attacking attempt. Ryan Yates - Nottingham Forest - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Elliot Anderson with a cross. |
| 61' | | Fouled by Morgan Gibbs-White - Nottingham Forest |
| 61' | | Morgan Rogers - Aston Villa - won a free kick in defence. |
| 63' | | Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Aston Villa 1. Jhon Durán - Aston Villa - shot with the head from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assist - John McGinn. |
| 65' | | Shot blocked. Morgan Gibbs-White - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Elliot Anderson. |
| 65' | | New attacking attempt. Neco Williams - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Callum Hudson-Odoi. |
| 67' | | Missed chance. Nicolás Domínguez - Nottingham Forest - shot with left foot from outside the box goes high. |
| 68' | | Substitution - Nottingham Forest. Morato for Murillo - injury. |
| 68' | | Substitution - Nottingham Forest. Jota Silva for Ryan Yates. |
| 69' | | Fouled by Ola Aina - Nottingham Forest |
| 69' | | John McGinn - Aston Villa - won a free kick in attack. |
| 69' | | Fouled by Jota Silva - Nottingham Forest |
| 69' | | John McGinn - Aston Villa - won a free kick in attack. |
| 70' | | Fouled by Jhon Durán - Aston Villa |
| 70' | | Matz Sels - Nottingham Forest - won a free kick in defence. |
| 70' | | Jhon Durán - Aston Villa - receive yellow card for a foul. |
| 73' | | Missed chance. Elliot Anderson - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from the centre of the box missed to the left. |
| 74' | | Substitution - Aston Villa. Amadou Onana for Youri Tielemans. |
| 74' | | Substitution - Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins for Jhon Durán. |
| 76' | | Fouled by Chris Wood - Nottingham Forest |
| 76' | | Pau Torres - Aston Villa - won a free kick in attack. |
| 77' | | Substitution - Nottingham Forest. Anthony Elanga for Nicolás Domínguez. |
| 79' | | New attacking attempt. Morgan Gibbs-White - Nottingham Forest - header inside of six yard box - left side is saved in the top centre of the goal. |
| 81' | | Offside - Nottingham Forest. Anthony Elanga is in offside. |
| 81' | | GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Chris Wood - Nottingham Forest - scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review. |
| 85' | | VAR Decision: No Goal Nottingham Forest 0-1 Aston Villa. |
| 86' | | Corner - Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Pau Torres. |
| 87' | | Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Aston Villa 1. Nikola Milenkovic - Nottingham Forest - shot with the head from few metres to the left corner. Assist - Morgan Gibbs-White with a cross after corner. |
| 87' | | Delay in match - injury Emiliano Martínez - Aston Villa |
| 88' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 89' | | Corner - Aston Villa. Conceded by Matz Sels. |
| 90' | | Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time. |
| 90+1' | | Substitution - Aston Villa. Ian Maatsen for Lucas Digne. |
| 90+1' | | Substitution - Aston Villa. Ross Barkley for Boubacar Kamara. |
| 90+3' | | Shot blocked. Neco Williams - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Jota Silva. |
| 90+3' | | Goal! Nottingham Forest 2, Aston Villa 1. Anthony Elanga - Nottingham Forest - shot with left foot from the centre of the box to the left corner. Assist - Elliot Anderson. |
| 90+4' | | Substitution - Nottingham Forest. Willy-Arnaud Boly for Callum Hudson-Odoi. |
| 90+8' | | Missed chance. John McGinn - Aston Villa - shot with left foot from the left side of the box goes high. |
| 90+10' | | Second Half ended - Nottingham Forest 2, Aston Villa 1. |
| | Thats all. Game finished - Nottingham Forest 2, Aston Villa 1. |