The visiting Aston Villa side are probably front runners at Nottingham Forest, as the guests have a 12 point advantage from their ten league fixtures this season.
- Nottingham Forest have not yet lost a game at home.
- Aston Villa have scored more than double the goals of Nottingham Forest.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Nottingham Forest form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest have managed 1 win, 3 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at The City Ground, but a victory now would be sweet for Nottingham Forest.
Nottingham Forest lost their last game at Liverpool (placed 4th) after a 0-3 scoreline. The first defeat after going unbeaten through three league games. Sangaré (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.31/10. Sangaré hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).
In the match before that, Nottingham hosted Luton Town and drew the game 2-2.The Nottingham Forest fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Nottingham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Aston Villa form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Aston Villa playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Aston Villa are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the game against Luton Town (placed 18th). The attacker Diaby got a match rating of 8.02 in that game. Diaby scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, the Europa Conference League win away at AZ.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this club's 10 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting AZ in just four days.
Villa have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Aston Villa have won at least one point in the last 6 fixtures (4-2-0) facing Nottingham Forest.Top Goalscorers
  O. Watkins 5 goals |  D. Soares de Paulo 5 goals |   T. Awoniyi 3 goals |
Nottingham Forest missing players
Aston Villa missing players
| Nottingham Forest | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| 15 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 14 |
| 90% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 80% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 70% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 70% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 3.8 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 7 | 6.1 |
| 6.7 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 13.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 14.8 | 15.4 |
| 3.5 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.4 | 6.1 |
| 29% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 22% | 43% |
| 13.8 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 12.2 | 10.8 |
| 4.9 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.2 | 3.9 |
- All of Nottingham Forest's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Aston Villa have scored more than double the goals of Nottingham Forest.
- Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nottingham Forest have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Nottingham Forest have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nottingham Forest have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 26 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 24 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 24 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 23 |
| 5 | Aston Villa | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| 6 | Newcastle United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 17 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Manchester United | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 15 |
| 9 | West Ham United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | Brentford | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | Fulham | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | Everton | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -13 | 6 |
| 18 | Luton Town | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 5 |
| 19 | Burnley | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -17 | 4 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -22 | 1 |
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