Overview
- Aston Villa beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 at Villa Park, with Ollie Watkins opening the scoring and John McGinn adding a brace to restore momentum after the Arsenal loss.
- Villa recorded an 11th straight home league win to reach 42 points, three behind leaders Arsenal and one ahead of Manchester City, who host Chelsea on Sunday.
- Forest briefly threatened through Morgan Gibbs-White before a misjudgment by goalkeeper John Victor handed McGinn his second, leaving Sean Dyche’s side just above the drop zone.
- Wolves earned their first Premier League victory of the season by defeating West Ham 3-0, with Jhon Arias, Hwang Hee-chan (penalty) and teenager Mateus Mane on the scoresheet.
- West Ham’s run without a win extended to nine league matches under Nuno Espirito Santo, intensifying scrutiny ahead of Tuesday’s meeting with Nottingham Forest.