Aston Villa defeated Nottingham Forest 4-0 in the Europa League semi-final second leg at Villa Park on Thursday evening. The result overturned a 1-0 first-leg deficit and secured a 4-1 aggregate victory.
Villa took control after an early Forest chance, with Ollie Watkins opening the scoring in the 36th minute. Emiliano Buendia added a penalty just before the hour mark following a VAR review for a shirt pull on Pau Torres.
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Aston Villa face Nottingham Forest on Thursday evening in the second leg of their Europa League semi-final, needing to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg. Unai Emery's side enter the match at Villa Park on the back of three straight defeats across all competitions.
Nottingham Forest secured a 1-0 victory over Aston Villa in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final at the City Ground. Chris Wood scored the decisive penalty in the 71st minute after a VAR-reviewed handball by Lucas Digne. The win gives Forest a narrow advantage ahead of the second leg at Villa Park.
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Aston Villa cruised to a 4-0 win over Bologna in the Europa League quarter-final second leg at Villa Park, securing a 7-1 aggregate victory and a place in the semi-finals. Ollie Watkins opened the scoring with his 100th goal for the club, before Morgan Rogers and Emi Buendia added to the lead. Ezri Konsa sealed the result late on as Unai Emery's side advanced to face Nottingham Forest.
Aston Villa defeated SC Freiburg 3-0 in the Europa League final. Goals came from Youri Tielemans, Emiliano Buendía and Morgan Rogers in Istanbul.
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Aston Villa travel to Bologna's Stadio Renato Dall'Ara for the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals. Unai Emery's side aim to build on their strong European form, with midfielder Youri Tielemans set to return from injury. Bologna enter the tie on a four-match winning streak.