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Game #5468

Wednesday, 28 November 2018

Attendance: 32,868

Drew

Championship

8th (-)

Nottingham Forest

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

Villa Park

Rampant Villa are held in a remarkable game at Villa Park as Dean Smith's appointment looks the masterstroke everybody had hoped for.

Aston Villa

5-5

Nottingham Forest

Assist(s) | Yannick Bolasie | 11’ | Jack Grealish | 71’ | Neil Taylor | 75’ |

KEY MAN

Four goal hero Tammy Abraham, 28 November 2018

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MATCH TIMELINE

🥅 | 3’ Goal, 0-1, (Nottingham Forest), Lewis Grabban
🥅 | 6’ Goal, 0-2, (Nottingham Forest), João Carvalho
⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-2, Tammy Abraham, Assist by Yannick Bolasie
⚽ | 14’ Goal, 2-2, Tammy Abraham
🟨 | 20’ Booking, Yannick Bolasie for a bad foul
🥅 | 22’ Goal, 2-3, (Nottingham Forest), Matty Cash
⚽ | 36’ Goal, 3-3, Tammy Abraham (pen)
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 3-3 Nottingham Forest
🥅 | 51’ Goal, 3-4, (Nottingham Forest), Joe Lolley
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Jonathan Kodija, Sub on, Anwar El Ghazi
🟥 | 68’ Sending off, (Nottingham Forest), Tobias Figueiredo
🟨 | 69’ Booking, Alan Hutton
⚽ | 71’ Goal, 4-4, Tammy Abraham, Assist by Jack Grealish
⚽ | 75’ Goal, 5-4, Anwar El Ghazi, Assist by Neil Taylor
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, John McGinn, Sub on, Glenn Whelan
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 5-5, (Nottingham Forest), Lewis Grabban
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Yannick Bolasie, Sub on, Ahmed Elmohamady
🟨 | 87’ Booking, Anwar El Ghazi for hand ball
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-5 Nottingham Forest

ON THIS DAY

Tammy Abraham became the first Villa player to score 4 goals in a game since David Platt against Ipswich Town on Wednesday, 30 November 1988 and the first in the League since Tony Hateley against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, 19 March 1966.

Former Villa centre forward Lewis Grabban scores a double whilst future Villa right back Matty Cash lined up for Forest.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Nottingham Forest

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1989-90

FIXTURE HISTORY

Nottingham Forest

Previous 5 vs. Forest: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Seasons | 2018-19 |
Matchday | #21 |
League Game | #19 |
Manager Game | #7 |
Wednesday, 28 November 2018

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Simon Hooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wiltshire, 2008-
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 3-3
FT Score: 🟨 5-5
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Simon Hooper | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wiltshire, 2008-
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 23 Oct 18, Villa 1-2 Norwich (a)
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Constantine Hatzidakis, Mick McDonough

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨 🟨

Nottingham Forest

🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨

Simon Hooper

TEAM NEWS

John McGinn returns from injury in place of Glenn Whelan and Dean Smith hands Yannick Bolasie his first start with Albert Adomah injured.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age: | 27.09 |
Oldest Player: RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 34.02 |
Youngest Player: CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.05 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Dean Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aitor Karanka | 🇪🇸 |

Aston Villa

GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 🔥 |
CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🟨 |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | 🔥 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Jonathan Kodija | 🇨🇮 | 🔁 |

Nottingham Forest

GK Costel Pantillimon | 🇧🇪 |
LB Jack Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Tobias Figueiredo | 🇵🇹 | 🟥 |
CB Michael Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Tendayi Darikwa | 🇿🇼 | 🟨 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Jack Colback | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M João Carvalho | 🇵🇹 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Claudio Yacob | 🇦🇷 | 🟨 |
W Joe Lolley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF Lewis Grabban (ex) | 🇯🇲 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🔁 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | ⚽ | 🟨 | for CF Jonathan Kodija | 🇨🇮 | 66’ |
🔁 M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | for M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 79’ |
🔁 RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | for W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | 83’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | CB Michael Hefele | 🇩🇪 | for M João Carvalho | 🇵🇹 | 70’ |
🔁 | W Gil Dias | 🇵🇹 | for RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 77’ |
🔁 | CF Karim Ansarifard | 🇮🇷 | for CF Lewis Grabban (ex) | 🇯🇲 | 89’ |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jake Doyle-Hayes | 🇮🇪 |
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Luke Steele | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Saidy Janko | 🇨🇭 |
M Adlène Guédioura | 🇩🇿 |
M Ben Osborn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £32.67m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £10.62m
Team Cost: £43.29m
Squad Cost: £52.74m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 9/18
Homegrown: 3/18

MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | £2.70m |
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

RB Alan Hutton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £4.05m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Exchange |

CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | £8.37m |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | £2.79m |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | £1.53m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Jake Doyle-Hayes | 🇮🇪 | Youth |

W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
W Yannick Bolasie | 🇨🇩 | Loan |

CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | £9.45m |
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
CF Tammy Abraham | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Loan |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI Cost: £22.14m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £0.28m
Team Cost: £22.42m
Squad Cost: £22.42m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/18
Homegrown: 1/18

MATCHDAY SQUAD

GK Costel Pantillimon | 🇧🇪 | Free |
GK Luke Steele | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

RB Tendayi Darikwa | 🇿🇼 | £0.94m |
LB Jack Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
RB Saidy Janko | 🇨🇭 | Loan |

CB Tobias Figueiredo | 🇵🇹 | £1.98m |
CB Michael Hefele | 🇩🇪 | £0.28m |
CB Michael Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

M João Carvalho | 🇵🇹 | £12.86m |
M Ben Osborn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Jack Colback | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
M Claudio Yacob | 🇦🇷 | Free |
M Adlène Guédioura | 🇩🇿 | Free |

W Joe Lolley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £0.51m |
W Gil Dias | 🇵🇹 | Loan |

CF Lewis Grabban (ex) | 🇯🇲 | £5.85m |
CF Karim Ansarifard | 🇮🇷 | Free |

UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 5 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 |

Out on Loan | 9 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Small Heath
GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Charlton
CB Easah Suliman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Emmen
RB Mitch Clark | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Port Vale
M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kilmarnock
W André Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Hull
RB Ritchie De Laet | 🇧🇪 | Melbourne
CF Ross McCormack | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Central Coast Mariners

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

M Jake Doyle-Hayes | 🇮🇪 | Final Squad Appearance |

MATCH STATS

Possession F | 63%
Possession A | 37%
Shots F | 26
Shots A | 8
Shots on Target F | 12
Shots on Target A | 5
Corners F | 12
Corners A | 2
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 18

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

*Villa boss Dean Smith*

“I don’t think our goalkeeper’s made a save.

“We’re devastated by the fifth goal because that’s something we should’ve been better at.”

*Villa four-goal hero Tammy Abraham*

“These kind of games are great to watch at home on the sofa because it’s really entertaining.

“But when you’re on the pitch it’s just end to end and you have to keep getting ready for a chance.”

*BBC Sport*
Wednesday, 28 November 2018

*Tammy Abraham scored four times for Aston Villa in a 10-goal thriller but they could only draw against 10-man Nottingham Forest.*

Forest had led 2-0 and 3-2 in the first half through Lewis Grabban, Joao Carvalho and Matthew Cash’s goals but Abraham’s first-half treble put Villa level at half-time.

Joe Lolley’s long-range shot restored the visitors’ lead shortly after the break, before Tobias Figueiredo was sent off and Abraham capitalised, heading in from Jack Grealish’s free-kick to make it 4-4.

Villa then took the lead for the first time when Anwar El Ghazi curled in, but Grabban’s near-post finish against the club where he was on loan last season earned a remarkable late point for Forest, who scored from all five of their efforts on target.

Incredibly, the hosts had the ball in the net twice more in the closing stages, but first El Ghazi was adjudged to have used his hand and then Abraham’s stoppage-time effort was ruled out for offside.

It would have meant an improbable fifth goal of the game for the 21-year-old Chelsea loanee, who had already registered his first hat-trick in senior football, reaching double figures for the season after only 14 appearances.

Forest squandered leads on three occasions, while Villa only led once in the entire match - yet still the teams could not be separated after 90 minutes. Here is how the chaos unfolded…

* 3 mins: Grabban taps Forest in front (0-1)
* 6 mins: Carvalho slots in from Lolley’s good ball (0-2)
* 11 mins: Abraham heads in his first (1-2)
* 14 mins: The ball hits Abraham on its way in as Villa level (2-2)
* 22 mins: Cash races through Villa’s porous defence to restore the lead (2-3)
* 36 mins: Abraham nets from the spot after Jack Robinson fouls Yannick Bolasie (3-3)
* 51 mins: Lolley’s super strike puts Forest back in front (3-4)
* 68 mins: Figueiredo dismissed for a bad foul on John McGinn (red card, 3-4)
* 71 mins: Abraham heads in his fourth (4-4)
* 75 mins: El Ghazi gives Villa the lead for the first time (5-4)
* 82 mins: Grabban finds the bottom corner (5-5)

Goals, goals, goals

Villa have now scored 12 times in three matches, after Sunday’s lively 4-2 win over local rivals Birmingham City followed their impressive 3-0 win at Derby County.

But conceding goals had not previously been something visitors Forest were known for - Aitor Karanka’s men arrived at Villa Park on a run of three consecutive clean sheets.

At the end of a breathless encounter, the two sides remained three points apart in the Championship table, with eighth-placed Villa still unbeaten at home since Dean Smith’s arrival on 10 October.

Villa have taken 13 points from a possible 21 since he took charge.

‘Great to watch on the sofa’

It was a first professional hat-trick for Abraham and the England international did his best to sum up the extraordinary match.

“These kind of games are great to watch at home on the sofa because it’s really entertaining,” he told BBC WM 95.6. “But when you’re on the pitch it’s just end to end and you have to keep getting ready for a chance.”

Villa boss Smith pointed out that his side had 26 attempts on goal compared to eight for the visitors, adding that keeper Orjan
Nyland was not at his busiest.

“I don’t think our goalkeeper’s made a save,” he said. “We’re devastated by the fifth goal because that’s something we should’ve been better at.”

Forest manager Karanka told BBC Radio Nottingham: “It’s been a crazy game but we can’t forget we’ve played against one of the best teams, with better players, and we were attacking even with 10 men.”