About Match
1 points and 5 places separate them: Aston Villa 20th with 0, Nottingham Forest 15th with 1. Aston Villa rank 16th in the league on five-round form, well above their 20th table position. In league terms the two rates read 0/2.5 for Aston Villa and 1/1.5 for Nottingham Forest (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.52. Victory would move Aston Villa to 3 points and up to 10th, overtaking Nottingham Forest, with other results unchanged.
Aston Villa have been beaten in five straight games. Over the last five, Aston Villa have taken 0 of 15 points to Nottingham Forest's 7.
GioScore's database holds 16 meetings between the two: 8 for Aston Villa, 4 for Nottingham Forest and 4 drawn, at 3.38 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 63% of the meetings won by the home side. 63% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 69%.
The match takes place at Villa Park (capacity 42,640).