PREVIEW | Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa: team news, lineups, predictions (Europa League 30/04)

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PREVIEW | Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa: team news, lineups, predictions (Europa League 30/04)

Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa clash this Thursday at the City Ground for a match of the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League. The match will be broadcast live at 20:00 on TNT Sports 1.

In their last game, Nottingham Forest won 0-5 against Sunderland (Premier League 2025/26). In their last encounter, Aston Villa were beaten 1-0 by Fulham (Premier League 2025/26).

The last meeting between the two teams ended in a 1-1 draw.

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Nottingham Forest​

• Willy Boly - Knee Injury
• Callum Hudson-Odoi - Injury
• Murillo - Injury
• John Victor - Knee Surgery
• Nicolò Savona - Knee Injury

Aston Villa​

• Boubacar Kamara - Knee Injury

Last starting XIs​

Nottingham Forest ( vs Sunderland 2026-04-24): Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Jair Cunha, Nikola Milenkovic, Neco Williams, Omari Hutchinson, Ibrahim Sangaré, Elliot Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Chris Wood, Igor Jesus


Aston Villa ( vs Fulham 2026-04-25): Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Pau Torres, Ezri Konsa, Lucas Digne, Lamare Bogarde, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn, Morgan Rogers, Emiliano Buendía, Ollie Watkins

Did you know...by playmaker stats​

MANAGERS​

• Vítor Pereira has faced Unai Emery on two occasions, recording one win and one draw
• Unai Emery has faced Nottingham Forest on eight occasions, recording five wins, one draw and two defeats
• Vítor Pereira has faced Aston Villa on two occasions, recording one win and one draw

TEAMS​

• Away from home, Aston Villa currently have four defeats in their last 17 matches.
• Away from home, Aston Villa are coming off four consecutive matches conceding goals.
• Away from home, Aston Villa are coming off two consecutive matches without a win.
• Aston Villa currently have one defeat in their last seven matches.
• Aston Villa currently have one draw in their last 11 matches.
• At home, Nottingham Forest currently have one defeat in their last five matches.
• At home, Nottingham Forest are coming off three consecutive matches scoring goals.
• At home, Nottingham Forest are coming off four consecutive matches without defeat.
• At home, Nottingham Forest are coming off two consecutive wins.
• Nottingham Forest currently have one defeat in their last ten matches.
• Nottingham Forest are coming off seven consecutive matches scoring goals.
• Nottingham Forest are coming off eight consecutive matches without defeat.
• Nottingham Forest are coming off three consecutive wins.

HEAD TO HEAD​

• Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa have already faced each other 136 times, with Aston Villa holding the advantage: 64 wins, compared with Nottingham Forest?s 40 wins.
• At the City Ground, Nottingham Forest have the advantage in head-to-heads against Aston Villa: 28 wins in 69 matches. Aston Villa have 22 wins.
• In the Europa League, the two teams meet for the first time

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