Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- Aston Villa had little trouble securing a 2-0 home win against Maccabi Tel-Aviv at the Europa League thanks to goals from Ian Maatsen and Donyell Malen, while Nottingham Forest were held to a 0-0 draw at Sturm Graz, where Morgan Gibbs-White saw a first-half penalty saved.
Maatsen gave Villa the lead in first-half stoppage time, steering the ball in from a tight angle. Malen then sealed the result from the penalty spot a minute before the hour mark after Elad Madmon had fouled Ezri Konsa.
In Austria, Sturm's Maurice Malone briefly lifted the home crowd just before the half-hour mark when he found the net, but the effort was ruled out for offside.
Forest had the chance to break the deadlock from the penalty spot in the 33r...