Nottm Forest vs Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa recap: The Reds raced out to an early lead but settled for a 1-1 draw with precious few scoring chances at the City Ground.

QUESTIONABLE: Leon Bailey (undisclosed), Calum Chambers (illness) As for Aston Villa, it took a bit of time but things are moving in the right direction as Steven Gerrard appears to have emerged from his first serious case of managerial hot seat. Thus the response from Aston Villa came almost immediately and the prospect of scoring a second goal seemed even more unlikely than the first one. There were murmurs that Steve Cooper’s job might be in jeopardy if Forest don’t start picking up positive results, but owner Evangelos Marinakis moved rather quickly to put the speculation to bed. Emmanuel Dennis headed home his first Premier League goal for Nottingham Forest (5 points – 19th place), as the former Watford striker redirected Morgan Gibbs-White’s corner kick in the 15th minute. They so nearly got there in the end, but Forest and Villa never quite managed to combine for a full 1.0 xG on Monday (they topped out at 0.95), where neither side could string anything together in the final third.

Follow live coverage from Nottingham as the home side look to climb from the foot of the ladder against Aston Villa.

Nottingham Forest needs to shore up a defense that is allowing 2.63 goals per match before their game on Monday. They will look to defend their home turf ...

They will look to defend their home turf against Aston Villa at 3 p.m. Hopefully the teams will make up for slow offenses in their last outings and score some goals this week. Nottingham Forest needs to shore up a defense that is allowing 2.63 goals per match before their game on Monday.

Get a report of the Nottingham Forest vs. Aston Villa 2022-23 English Premier League football match.

We worked so hard to get into the Premier League. [Ryan Yates](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/241253/Ryan-Yates) caught [Ezri Konsa](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/231859/Ezri-Konsa)'s foot when going for the ball in a similar incident to the one which led to [Arsenal](/soccer/team?id=359) being awarded a spot-kick against [Liverpool](/soccer/team?id=364) on Sunday. "We wanted to do it for the fans, ourselves and for everyone connected with the club. [Emmanuel Dennis](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/243293/Emmanuel-Dennis) took advantage of slack marking from the Villa defence to head in a free kick from [Morgan Gibbs-White](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/243396/Morgan-Gibbs-White). [Ashley Young](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/31810/Ashley-Young) strike from outside the area and thought they had taken the lead later in the first half when [Ollie Watkins](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/198825/Ollie-Watkins) put the ball in the net only to be flagged offside. [Nottingham Forest](/soccer/team?id=393) held visitors [Aston Villa](/soccer/team?id=362) to a 1-1 draw in the Premier League on Monday, halting a run of five consecutive defeats and moving off the bottom of the table.

Follow live coverage from Nottingham as the home side look to climb from the foot of the ladder against Aston Villa.

Buendia sets up Ollie Watkins and he crosses it back for John McGinn, who opts for the diving header. It's a bit too low to be headed though and McGinn can't ...

A chance for Villa from the resulting free-kick. Neither side did that much in a poor second half and neither deserved the three points. "We wanted to do it for the fans and ourselves. I thought we could have done better on the counter attack." Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper speaking to Sky Sports: "It's a step in the right direction. But it was right for tonight and in the end we managed to get up the pitch and take the lead. For all the tactical stuff I loved the fight in the team and I think we did that better tonight. "If we don't change a little bit it would be naive. "What happened last season was unbelievable but we're in this league and it is a different sport to the Championship. We need everyone in the team to start adding more goals to what we have so far." Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard speaking to Sky Sports: "I don't think we created enough to say we deserved to win. We finished with a really bold team out there to try and find that bit of magic and quality."

Nottingham Forest held visitors Aston Villa to a 1-1 draw in the Premier League on Monday, halting a run of five consecutive defeats and moving off the bottom of the table. The draw took Forest into 19th place on five points from nine games, ...

We worked so hard to get into the Premier League. [Ryan Yates](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/241253/Ryan-Yates) caught [Ezri Konsa](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/231859/Ezri-Konsa)'s foot when going for the ball in a similar incident to the one which led to [Arsenal](/football/team?id=359) being awarded a spot-kick against [Liverpool](/football/team?id=364) on Sunday. "We wanted to do it for the fans, ourselves and for everyone connected with the club. [Emmanuel Dennis](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/243293/Emmanuel-Dennis) took advantage of slack marking from the Villa defence to head in a free kick from [Morgan Gibbs-White](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/243396/Morgan-Gibbs-White). [Ashley Young](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/31810/Ashley-Young) strike from outside the area and thought they had taken the lead later in the first half when [Ollie Watkins](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/198825/Ollie-Watkins) put the ball in the net only to be flagged offside. [Nottingham Forest](/football/team?id=393) held visitors [Aston Villa](/football/team?id=362) to a 1-1 draw in the Premier League on Monday, halting a run of five consecutive defeats and moving off the bottom of the table.

Ashley Young's strike for Aston Villa cancelled out Emmanuel Dennis's early goal in a 1-1 draw at struggling Nottingham Forest in the Premier League.

“We need to focus in on the positives,” Cooper said. “The names are there, the talent’s there,” Gerrard said. “We’ve recruited big in that area of the pitch and it is only right that we demand and expect more.” Asked what the fans’ show of support means to him, Cooper succinctly replied: “Everything. At the final whistle Cooper embarked on a lap of the pitch, tapping his chest as he went. Although they failed to get the three points they craved, they halted their five-match losing run after taking a draw from a drab but heated contest at home against Aston Villa – a result that also lifts them off the bottom of the table.