Match ends, Aston Villa 4, Nottingham Forest 2.

Second Half ends, Aston Villa 4, Nottingham Forest 2.

Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Harry Toffolo.

Attempt blocked. Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Zaniolo.

Substitution, Aston Villa. Morgan Rogers replaces Ollie Watkins.

Substitution, Aston Villa. Moussa Diaby replaces Leon Bailey.

Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Giovanni Reyna (Nottingham Forest).

Foul by Matty Cash (Aston Villa).

Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.

Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Andrew Omobamidele.

Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Ryan Yates.

Attempt blocked. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Foul by Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest).

Attempt blocked. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.

Substitution, Aston Villa. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Youri Tielemans.

Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Giovanni Reyna replaces Morgan Gibbs-White.

Clément Lenglet (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Foul by Divock Origi (Nottingham Forest).

Attempt missed. Matty Cash (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey.

Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Andrew Omobamidele (Nottingham Forest).

Attempt missed. Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White with a through ball following a set piece situation.

Foul by Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).

Danilo (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Nicolás Domínguez.

Attempt blocked. Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Foul by Divock Origi (Nottingham Forest).

Attempt saved. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Divock Origi.

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Delay in match because of an injury Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).

Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Harry Toffolo (Nottingham Forest).

Attempt missed. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Neco Williams.

Goal! Aston Villa 4, Nottingham Forest 2. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.

Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Substitution, Aston Villa. Lucas Digne replaces Álex Moreno.

Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Foul by Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest).

Álex Moreno (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Clément Lenglet.

Offside, Nottingham Forest. Divock Origi is caught offside.

Attempt missed. Danilo (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.

Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Álex Moreno.

Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Foul by Divock Origi (Nottingham Forest).

Attempt missed. Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Divock Origi with a through ball.

Goal! Aston Villa 3, Nottingham Forest 2. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Divock Origi with a through ball.

Substitution, Aston Villa. Calum Chambers replaces Pau Torres.

Second Half begins Aston Villa 3, Nottingham Forest 1.

Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Andrew Omobamidele replaces Felipe.

Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Divock Origi replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.

Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Harry Toffolo replaces Murillo.

First Half ends, Aston Villa 3, Nottingham Forest 1.

Goal! Aston Villa 3, Nottingham Forest 1. Moussa Niakhaté (Nottingham Forest) with an attempt from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Taiwo Awoniyi with a headed pass following a corner.

Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Pau Torres.

Attempt missed. Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi.

Álex Moreno (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest).

Felipe (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Foul by Felipe (Nottingham Forest).

Attempt missed. Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by John McGinn.

Attempt missed. Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.

Offside, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi is caught offside.

Goal! Aston Villa 3, Nottingham Forest 0. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by John McGinn with a cross following a corner.

Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Danilo.

Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Foul by Felipe (Nottingham Forest).

Foul by Pau Torres (Aston Villa).

Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Clément Lenglet (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest).

Goal! Aston Villa 2, Nottingham Forest 0. Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey.

Foul by Matty Cash (Aston Villa).

Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Delay in match because of an injury Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).

John McGinn (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Danilo (Nottingham Forest).

Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Matz Sels.

Attempt saved. Leon Bailey (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.

Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Foul by Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest).

Murillo (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Murillo (Nottingham Forest).

Attempt blocked. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.

Foul by Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa).

Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Offside, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey is caught offside.

Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Murillo.

Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Moussa Niakhaté.

Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey.

Attempt missed. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left.

Goal! Aston Villa 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leon Bailey.

Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Foul by Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest).

Leon Bailey (Aston Villa).

Moussa Niakhaté (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Álex Moreno (Aston Villa).

Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

First Half begins.

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.