📊 Form Guide

Aston Villa

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Aston Villa are hoping to win again after their last result, a 0-3 Premier League success versus Brighton & Hove Albion.

In that game, Aston Villa managed 45% possession and 8 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Aston Villa, the goalscorers were Marcus Rashford (51'), Marco Asensio (78') and Donyell Malen (100'). Brighton & Hove Albion had 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

Aston Villa haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.

They have hit an aggregate of 13 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 5. That aside, time will tell whether that trend will be replicated in this upcoming match.

Coming into this contest, Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last 14 league matches at home. What a fortress.

Nottingham Forest

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Nottingham Forest head into the encounter after a 1-0 Premier League win in the defeat of Manchester United in their last match.

In that match, Nottingham Forest had 32% possession and 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Nottingham Forest was Anthony Elanga (5'). On the other side, Manchester United had 24 shots on goal with 6 on target.

In 5 of the prior six clashes featuring Nottingham Forest, a comparatively low number of goals have been struck between them and opposing sides. The overall average number of goals per game during that period works out to a mere 1.67, with the number of goals averaged by The Reds equalling 1.17.

Heading into this fixture, Nottingham Forest have not won against Aston Villa when they've played them away from home in the last 8 league matches. A really bad run.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 13/03/2019 tells us that Aston Villa have won 3 of them & Nottingham Forest 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

In all, 19 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 11 from The Villans and 8 created by The Reds. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.

The last league game featuring the two was Premier League match day 16 on 14/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Nottingham Forest 2-1 Aston Villa.

In that game, Nottingham Forest managed 50% possession and 17 shots on goal with 6 on target. Goals were scored by Nikola Milenković (87') and Anthony Elanga (93').

Aston Villa had 8 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Jhon Durán (63') scored.

The referee was Samuel Barrott.

ℹ️ Team News: Aston Villa

There’s just the lone fitness concern for the Aston Villa boss Unai Emery to be concerned about due to a largely intact group of players. Kortney Hause (Knee surgery) is out of contention.

It’s our opinion that The Villans look set to make use of the 4-2-3-1 system, handing starts to Emiliano Martinez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne, Boubacar Kamara, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn, Marco Asensio, Morgan Rogers and Marcus Rashford.

🗞️ Team News: Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espírito Santo has some current player fitness concerns. Carlos Miguel (Hamstring injury), Eric da Silva Moreira (unknown injury) and Ola Aina (Calf injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

There’s a good chance that The Reds seem most likely to elect for a 3-5-2 lineup, giving starts to Matz Sels, Nikola Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Neco Williams, Morgan Gibbs-White, Ryan Yates, Elliot Anderson, Harry Toffolo, Anthony Elanga and Taiwo Awoniyi.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Nottingham Forest might have a difficult job to score goals against this Aston Villa side who we reckon will get the vital goal that wins it.

That’s why we have predicted a good tussle with a 1-0 winning score for Aston Villa at the end of this one.

Should be an interesting one.

Peter Guest, 16:03 05/04/2025