The home coach Etxegoien looking to encourage Aston Villa victory versus Nottingham Forest

It's no vacation for neither Aston Villa nor Nottingham Forest as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Aston Villa form and stats

7-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Aston Villa so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Villa after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Happy days for Aston Villa in their previous game, a fixture away at Leicester City (placed 19th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Manager Etxegoien felt very clever after Traoré scored the winning goal against Leicester City, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 85th minute. Midfielder Buendía was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.83 (out of ten) in that game. Buendía served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Chelsea and winning 2-0.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Aston Villa matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from 4 games).

Villa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bodymoor Heath Training Ground with 23 goals in 14 league matches. Aston Villa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Nottingham Forest form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nottingham Forest so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-10 (win-draw-lose). A depressing four defeats in a row for Nottingham Forest in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus AFC Bournemouth.

Nottingham lost away at Leeds United (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Defender Felipe was the best team player with a rating of 7.41. Felipe won 11 of 20 duels.

A draw for Nottingham Forest before that, at their own venue hosting Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-1).

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Nottingham Forest playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 4 home wins.

Will both teams score at least one goal each? This side's most recent statistics suggest that, having played 5 league games in a row with one or more goals from each team.

Goals are few and far between in Nottingham's away league games. Only {5 goals} from 14 travels. The Nottingham Forest manager Cooper has some worries about the defense as 34 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Villa have won at least one point in the last 5 matches (3-2-0) versus Nottingham Forest.

Nottingham Forest - Aston Villa 1-1 was the product when these two teams last did battle, earlier this season. The matches between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 4 red cards from the last eight encounters.

Top Goalscorers

O. Watkins 11 goals

B. Johnson 8 goals

E. Buendía 5 goals

Aston Villa missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players