Europa League · 2025/26 · 7 May 2026

Aston Villa 4 to 0 Nottingham Forest

Second leg · first leg Aston Villa 0–1 Nottingham Forest · aggregate 4–1

Match Entertainment Rating

One-Sided

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Why 3.0 stars

4 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (18.0 points).
12 shots on target, a high count: 85th percentile of 2025/26 matches (13.6 points).
The score stayed within one goal for 64% of the match (11.3 points).
1 equaliser on aggregate added 3.8 drama points.

How the rating adds up

49.1 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.79 of 1.00

Points added31.6 of 40

Goals4 goals0.75 × 60%18.0 pts
Shots on target12 in the match; 85th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.85 × 40%13.6 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

How close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.

Component score0.32 of 1.00

Points added11.3 of 35

Final margindecided by 4 goals0.00 × 50%0.0 pts
Within one goalfor 64% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.64 × 50%11.3 pts

Drama

25% weight

Late result-changing goals, comebacks, equalisers, red cards, penalties and shootouts.

Component score0.25 of 1.00

Points added6.2 of 25

Equalisers (aggregate)1 equaliser+0.153.8 pts
Penalties awarded1 penalty awarded during play; counts up to 2+0.102.5 pts

Second leg: drama was scored on the aggregate score, because that was higher than this match on its own.

A component score runs from 0 to 1. Points added are its share of the 100-point match score (score × weight). The stars come from the match score, using cutoffs fixed on the 2025/26 season.

Goals

36′Goal · Aston Villa1–0agg 1–1
Half-time · 1–0
58′Penalty · Aston Villa2–0agg 2–1
77′Goal · Aston Villa3–0agg 3–1
80′Goal · Aston Villa4–0agg 4–1
Full time · 4–0

Goals only, from ESPN. Minutes can differ by one from broadcast graphics. Red cards are counted in the statistics but not placed here, so timelines read the same across competitions (the domestic league data has no card times).

Match statistics

Statistic	Aston Villa	Nottingham Forest
Goals	4	0
Shots on target	10	2
Red cards	0	0
xGcontext only, never in the rating	Not available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	1

Labels

One-Sided: Final margin of 3 or more. Here: margin of 4.

Labels describe the match; they never change its score.

About this rating

Complete rating. Every rating input was available for this match.
The stars are a data-driven entertainment heuristic built from goals, shots on target, how close the score stayed and match events. They are not a judgement of football quality.
xG is shown for context only and is not part of the rating.
Data: ESPN public match data (scores, events, shots on target, cards); no xG available. Club crests are trademarks of their clubs; images via ESPN.

Technical details

Match ID: UEL-2025-espn:401862910
Source record: espn · 401862910
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: 2bea1139c3326d179ea6b5484f9fdec924906f074dc11e282c86bb805cf2bffc
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14