Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

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Follow live coverage as Nottingham Forest face Aston Villa in the Premier League today.

Nottingham Forest made five changes to their starting XI as they tried to arrest a five-game losing streak against Aston Villa.

Emmanuel Dennis and Serge Aurier were given first starts while Harry Toffolo, Ryan Yates and Remo Freuler also came back into the side.

Aston Villa made two changes, with fit-again Matt Cash replacing the injured Ludwig Augustinsson while Emiliano Buendia came in for Leon Bailey.

We will bring you all the action and updates from today’s game in the live blog below:

Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League updates

Nottingham Forest: Henderson, Aurier, Cook, McKenna, Toffolo, Kouyate, Freuler, Johnson, Gibbs-White, Yates, Dennis

Aston Villa: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Young, Ramsey, Douglas Luiz, McGinn, Coutinho, Watkins, Buendia

Nottingham Forest FC 1 – 1 Aston Villa FC

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FULL-TIME: NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1-1 ASTON VILLA

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Forest have a late free-kick and they are sending everybody forward.

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Forest will go above Leicester in the Premier League table if the result remains the same as it is. Two minutes remaining.

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Substitution for Forest. Gibbs-White is replaced by O’Brien.

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Archer bursts forward on the counter and plays a one-two with Watkins. Going from right to left, he then looks for Ings in the middle with a low cross but the ball is intercepted.

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Young looks to beat Johnson down the left and goes down under the challenge of the Forest man. With the ball rolling out for a goal-kick, Young is unhappy that a free-kick is not given, with Johnson smiling after winning back possession.

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Douglas Luiz has made 5 fouls in this game, more than any other player on either team.

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Luiz’s free-kick is met by Archer. He looks for a Villa man with his header across the goal, but the ball is cleared away. The pass was well to high, with Watkins free in the middle.

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Yellow Card Ryan James Yates

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Surridge looks for Gibbs-White who was bursting behind the Villa defence but Mings cuts it out.

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It’s another poor free-kick from Villa. Buendia is the third away player to hit the wall from a direct free-kick.

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Substitution Jacob Matthew Ramsey Cameron Desmond Archer

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Villa have a free-kick on the right of the Forest box after Freuler clatters into the back of Buendia. The former Norwich man is over the ball.

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Luiz and Johnson also clash heads after the challenge with the pair lucky to get away without a yellow card.

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Substitution John McGinn Leander Dendoncker

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Yellow Card Jacob Matthew Ramsey

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Buendia looks for Watkins with a deep cross after tacking Gibbs-White who was bursting down the left but can only find Henderson who comes out quickly.

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Gibbs-White puts the ball through the legs of Cash and looks to be bursting free down the left but is tackled by Luiz who covers well.

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Dennis’ poor run in the Premier League may be over. Dennis has ended on the losing side in all five of his Premier League appearances for Forest and is on an 11-game losing run in the competition, also losing his last six at Watford. He’s ended on the losing side in his last 14 home appearances, a record run for a player in Premier League history. He has more goals (5), assists (3) and yellow cards (4) than wins (2) in 19 such home appearances.

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Forest now have a chance. Luiz can only clear the ball to Kouyate on the edge, with the midfielder forcing Martinez into a diving save.

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Substitution Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis Samuel William Surridge

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HE SHOULD DO BETTER! It’s a poor attempt by McGinn. The midfielder bursts into the box and gets onto a cross from Watkins. He dives for the ball, directing the ball well wide of the post.

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Cash looks for Ramsey in the box with a low pass but Forest clears the ball away.

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Gibbs-White finds shoots from the edge but his shot goes well wide. He rolls Luiz on the outside of the box but his attempt with the outside of the boot is ambitious and never looked like troubling Martinez.

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Substitution Philippe Coutinho Correia Daniel William John Ings

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Kouyate slides the ball down the left to Toffolo who overlaps him but his low cross is cleared by Luiz.

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A corner from Luiz from the right looks for Konsa. The ball is cleared before it finds its way to Luiz once again. The midfielder then puts a deep cross towards Watkins with his low header saved well by Henderson.

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Substitution Sèrge Alain Stéphane Aurier Neco Shay Williams

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Coutinho’s cross is knocked away by Cook.

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Ramsey displays his unhappiness after Yates barges into him. The referee speaks to both sets of players but nothing more is given than a free-kick to Villa just past halfway.

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Gibbs-White bursts down the centre of the pitch before playing a one-two with Johnson. Running forward on the counter, the ball is held and Villa get men back.

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Young looks to play a disguised pass towards Buendia inside the box but he gets it all wrong and the ball rolls out. Buendia throws his arms up in the air with the opportunity wasted.

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Chance for Villa. McGinn slides the ball to Ramsey who bursts into the Forest box. He then looks to square the ball to Watkins who is free but McKenna intercepts.

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Yellow Card John McGinn

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Coutinho cuts in from the left after receiving the ball from Young but his wild strike goes well over the bar.

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Luiz’s corner is cleared. Dennis looks to burst away on the counter but he loses it and Villa has possession back.

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Cash looks to beat Gibbs-White down the right but is tackled. Villa has a corner with Luiz over it.

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Villa gets the game back underway for the second half.

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Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa are level at the break. After a cagey opening, it was Cooper’s side who took the lead through a summer acquisition. Making his first start for Forest, Dennis got away from Mings to head a Gibbs-White free-kick past Martinez. Taking the lead in their previous two home fixtures, their advantage in the game lasted just seven minutes. 37-year-old Young slammed in the equaliser after a headered clearance from Yates fell to his feet. He shifted the ball into his right foot before drilling the ball low past Henderson. Briefly, Villa thought they had turned the game in their favour when Watkins slid in to put away a cross from Ramsey, but the striker was offside.

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Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa are level at the break. After a cagey opening, it was Cooper’s side who took the lead through a summer acquisition. Making his first start for Forest, Dennis got away from Mings to head a Gibbs-White free-kick past Martinez. Taking the lead in their previous two home fixtures, their advantage in the game lasted just seven minutes. 37-year-old Young slammed in the equaliser after a headered clearance from Yates fell to his feet. He shifted the ball into his right foot before drilling the ball low past Henderson. Briefly, Villa thought they had turned the game in their favour when Watkins slid in to put away a cross from Ramsey, but the striker was offside.

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A free-kick from Gibbs-White looks for Dennis but the ball goes well over the head of the striker and out for a goal-kick. The Villa fans cheer behind the goal.

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There will be two minutes of additional time.

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Yellow Card Ezri Konsa Ngoyo

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Konsa slips a ball down the right finding Cash who lost his man. He then cuts the ball back to Rasmey but his cross is intercepted.

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Freuler searches for Johnson with a pumped ball forward but it has too much pace on it and Mings sees it out for a throw-in. The Forest man never looked like he was getting on the end of the pass.

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Forest have a chance to counter from a Villa throw in but the opportunity is wasted. The ball is fired into Dennis but the touch from the striker lets him down and the away side comes away with the ball.

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Luiz looks to shoot from a tight angle, but his attempt is blocked by the wall. That’s the second time today Villa have failed to beat the wall from a free-kick.

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Young and Coutinho combine before Ramsey is pushed to the floor by McKenna. The ball is positioned to the left of the box with Luiz over it.

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Cash puts a tame inswinging cross from the right straight into the gloves of Henderson.

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Down the right, Yates finds Aurier who crosses towards Kouyate. Inside the left of the box, his tame header from a tight angle lands into the gloves of Martinez.

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Dennis may be leading the line for Forest, but he continues to come deep for the ball. Often coming down the left, this time he is fouled after entering the Forest half on the right. He has not been involved in the game since scoring so has gone looking for the ball.

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Before today, Forest had faced the most shots (136) and most shots on target (56) in the Premier League this season. Since 2003-04, only two teams have faced more shots on target in their first eight games in a season in the division: Blackpool in 2010-11 (57) and Hull City in 2016-17 (59).

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Watkins’ pace and physicality has been a problem for Forest. A long clearance goes forward to the striker, with the England international rolling McKenna before Cook clears the ball out for a throw-in.

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Aurier is pushed to the floor by Wakins on the right and a free-kick is given. In a crossing position, they take it short but nothing comes of it.

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Yellow Card Steve Anthony Cook

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OFFSIDE! Villa think they have scored but the offside flag is up. Ramsay fires the ball across the box looking for a teammate and finds Watkins who slides the ball into the net. However, the striker’s celebration is short-lived with the flag going up immediately.

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Gibbs-White commits a foul just inside the Villa half after pulling the shirt of Konsa. He comes away with the ball, believing that he won possession fairly.

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Aston Villa have conceded 3 goals in the first 15 minutes of the first half, only AFC Bournemouth (5) have conceded more in the English Premier League this season.

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Yellow Card Sèrge Alain Stéphane Aurier

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Goal Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis

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Forest get into Villa’s third. On the right, Johnson cuts in before sending the ball into the box. Looking for Gibbs-White, it is intercepted by Konsa who clears.

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Coutinho and Luiz stand over the ball with the former taking the free-kick. Looking to curl one, his tame effort hits the wall and the ball ends up with Martinez.

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Buendia wins a free-kick on the edge of the box after being tripped by Kouyate. On the left, there are multiple Villa players looking to shoot.

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It looks like Aston Villa are playing a 4-3-3 formation, with Coutinho on the left and Buendía on the right of Watkins who leads the attack.

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