Two of the Premier League form teams are against Midland’s Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
The villa, which is the focus of the Champions League in the first leg this Wednesday with Paris Saint-Germain, has won its last six games in all competitions and is in the final phase of another, powerful impressive campaign under Unai Emery. Still looking for the top 4, the weekend duel with a high-flying forest in European qualifications could prove to be central.
After defeating Manchester United on Tuesday evening, Nuno Espirito Santo’s team took another big step next season to secure the Champions League football itself. Your amazing campaign, in which you also qualify for the FA Cup semi-final, will become even better if you triumph this weekend.
Here is 90 minutes Guide to the duel between former European champions.
Aston Villa against Nottingham Forest Head-to-Head record (last five games)
Current form (all competitions)
Aston Villa | Nottingham Forest |
|---|---|
Brighton 0-3 Aston Villa – 02/04/25 | Nottingham Forest 1-0 Man UTD – 01.04.25 |
Preston 0-3 Aston Villa – 30/03/25 | Brighton 0-0 (3-4p) Nottingham Forest-29/03/25 |
Aston Villa 3-0 Club Brugge – 03/03/25 | Ipswich 2-4 Nottingham Forest – 15/03/25 |
Brentford 0-1 Aston Villa – 08/03/25 | Nottingham Forest 1-0 Man City – 08/03/25 |
Club Brugge 1-3 Aston Villa – 04/03/25 | Nottingham Forest 1-1 (5-4p) IPSWICH-03/03/25 |
country | TV channel/live stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Ultra HD, Sky Go, Sky Go Extra, now TV |
United States | Fubotv, NBCSPorts.com, NBC Sports App, Universo Now, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, USA Network, Universo |
Canada | Fubotv Canada |
The villa will be again without Ross Barkley on Saturday and Leon Bailey could also miss the collision with forest. The Jamaica International was absent for the 3-0 win against Brighton & Hove Albion in the middle of the week with a knock.
Emery can be tried to turn against his former employers PSG on Wednesday, with the winter contract Donyell painting against the seagulls, and Andres Garcia both potentially entered the XI starting because they were left out of the Champions League squad from Villa.
Amadou Onana, Tyrone Mings and Ollie Watkins could be further changes from the Brighton victory.
The Aston Villa predicted the line-up against Nottingham Forest (4-2-3-1): Martinez; Garcia, Konsa, Mings, Digne; Onana, Tielemans; Painting, Asensio, Ramsey; Watkins.
Forest does not have many injuries, but they are probably without their top scores for the trip to Villa Park. Chris Wood is still missing with a trendy problem that makes it possible in international duty. The New Zealand international has missed both games since returning to Nottingham.
Ola Aina was withdrawn against MAN UTD with a calf injury in the first half of the victory on Tuesday and remains a significant doubt on Saturday. Alex Moreno Alex Moreno is no longer accessible on the other flank to face his parents’ club.
Callum Hudson-Odoi missed the collision during the week for personal reasons and it remains unclear whether he will return to the squad this weekend.
Nottingham Forest predicted the line-up against Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): Sels; Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Toffolo; Dominguez, Anderson; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Sosa; Awoniyi.
Villa and Forest were both in the Premier League to suppliers and gathered well -organized and impressive squad who can improve someone on their day. It will be fascinating to see who blinks first on Saturday, and the villains have a home advantage, but their visitors exceptionally on the counterattack.
The upcoming European encounter of Villa certainly has an easy advantage for the forest, whereby the changes in the start of EMERY make it possible. But the hosts on Saturday are in such an impressive form that they probably get at least one point from the encounter.