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16th-Place Forest Beat 5th-Place Aston Villa 1-0 in UEL Semi — 19-Point PL Gap Inverted
Nottingham Forest, sitting 16th in the Premier League on 39 points, beat Aston Villa 1-0 on 30 April in the UEL semi-final first leg. Villa sit 5th in the PL on 58 points — 19 points above Forest domestically — yet the European contest was near-even on the stats sheet, decided by a single goal. Forest's full UEL campaign stands at 8W 3D 4L across 15 games.
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Match stats 30 Apr 2026 (Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa, UEL): Forest — 50% possession, 11 total shots, 5 on goal; Villa — 50% possession, 10 total shots, 4 on goal. Result: 1-0 Forest. PL standings 30 Apr: Forest — 16th, 39pts, 34 played; Aston Villa — 5th, 58pts, 34 played. Domestic gap = 19 points. Forest full UEL 2025-26 campaign: 15 games, 8W 3D 4L, 24 GF, 12 GA. Second leg: Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest, 7 May (Not Started).