Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 8th April 2023

The spotlight is on Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest, as the pair go looking to boost their confidence. They face each other this coming Saturday at Villa Park in the Premier League.

Aston Villa approach the next Premier League round as number seven in the table, having claimed 44 points this season so far. With 29 games behind them, Nottingham Forest amassed 27 points, placing them as number 17 before their next fixture.

There has been a real flow of goals lately for Nottingham Forest and at both ends of the pitch. They both scored and conceded in their last six matches in a row, making this scenario worth considering at current prices with the bookmakers.

When it comes to goal-scoring Aston Villa could be more prolific, scoring 17 times in their previous ten games. That is an average of 1.7 goals per game in which, they conceded 13 times. This is an average of 1.3 a game, achieving a clean sheet in five games.

Nottingham Forest scored nine goals, conceded 18 and kept their opponents from scoring once in ten matches.

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time Aston Villa played Nottingham Forest. The pair split the points in a 1-1 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand.

Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest Prediction

Aston Villa Form

Aston Villa swept all aside in their last three matches and started off by winning 3-0 against Bournemouth. They went on to defeat Chelsea 0-2 and made it three on the spin against Leicester in a 1-2 victory. In their last six Premier League home matches, Aston Villa have three wins, while they've drawn one and lost two. They scored 11 and conceded ten goals.

Nottingham Forest Form

In their past three games, Nottingham Forest lost 1-2 against Newcastle, drew 1-1 with Wolverhampton, and lost 2-1 against Leeds. Nottingham Forest only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Premier League. In these six matches they drew one and lost four as well as being outscored by 12 goals to four.

Aston Villa are in decent enough shape to make them the value bet, when facing Nottingham Forest. In their current form, we find it difficult to build an argument for the visitors to steal a point here.

Aston Villa took 31 points from their last 18 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to nine wins after scoring 22 times and conceding 18. Nottingham Forest claimed one win and seven points from their last 14 encounters with teams in the top half of the Premier League, while scoring nine goals to 32 against. Aston Villa so far pulled off a record of 13 wins, five draws and 11 defeats in the Premier League this season. Nottingham Forest are looking at six wins, nine draws and 14 defeats in the Premier League.

Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest Stats

Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest Squads

Aston Villa Squad

Emery will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Nottingham Forest from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Emiliano Martinez (0/27), Jed Steer (0/0), Oliwier Zych (0/0), Robin Olsen (0/3), Viljami Sinisalo (0/0), Ashley Young (1/21), Calum Chambers (0/10), Diego Carlos (0/2), Ezri Konsa (0/29), Leander Dendoncker (0/18), Lucas Digne (1/22), Matty Cash (0/23), Tyrone Mings (0/26), Boubacar Kamara (0/20), Douglas Luiz (3/28), Emiliano Buendia (5/29), Jacob Ramsey (3/26), John McGinn (1/25), Philippe Coutinho (1/20), Alex Moreno (0/11), Bertrand Traore (1/3), Jhon Duran (0/7), Leon Bailey (4/28), Ollie Watkins (11/28).

Nottingham Forest Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 43 year-old Nottingham Forest manager Cooper will select his starting XI from these players:

Dean Henderson (0/18), Keylor Navas (0/9), Wayne Hennessey (0/0), Felipe (0/8), Giulian Biancone (0/0), Harry Toffolo (0/14), Joe Worrall (1/22), Moussa Niakhate (0/5), Neco Williams (0/27), Omar Richards (0/0), Renan Lodi (0/20), Scott McKenna (0/18), Serge Aurier (1/18), Steve Cook (0/12), Willy Boly (0/8), Andre Ayew (0/0), Cafu (0/0), Cheikhou Kouyate (1/14), Danilo (0/0), Gustavo Scarpa (0/0), Harry Arter (0/0), Jack Colback (0/11), Jesse Lingard (0/16), Jonjo Shelvey (0/10), Morgan Gibbs-White (2/28), Orel Mangala (1/18), Remo Freuler (0/25), Ryan Yates (0/21), Tyrese Fornah (0/0), Will Swan (0/0), Alex Mighten (0/0), Brennan Johnson (8/29), Chris Wood (3/25), Emmanuel Dennis (2/16), Lyle Taylor (0/0), Sam Surridge (0/0), Taiwo Awoniyi (4/18).

Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest Team News

Aston Villa could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Nottingham Forest. Douglas Luiz gets a day off from the Aston Villa squad, as he serves out a suspension.

John McGinn and Diego Carlos are missing from the squad, Aston Villa will field against Nottingham Forestthis coming Saturday.

More than a handful of players could be forced out of the next match for Nottingham Forest, who are looking at nine players nursing various problems.

Names like Neco Williams, Taiwo Awoniyi, Tyrese Fornah, Jesse Lingard, Jonjo Shelvey, Cheikhou Kouyate, Giulian Biancone, Moussa Niakhate and Omar Richards most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Aston Villa.

Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest Lineups

Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest H2H

It finished all square on when Aston Villa last faced Nottingham Forest. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 1-1 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 11/4. Aston Villa picked up three wins in their previous nine matches against Nottingham Forest, while the latter claimed two wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 11/4.

Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest Results

Both teams found the back of the net one time in the last one match between Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest.

Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips

It has been a superb season for Ollie Watkins so far as he managed to score impressive 11 goals across all tournaments during the current campaign. He appears to be in great form currently, as he hit the target four times in his last six games, and Aston Villa rely on his abilities against Nottingham Forest. Siding with him to find the back of the net on Saturday seems like a decent punt.

Villa Park witnessed Aston Villa winning three times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing two and losing five as well. Nottingham Forest claimed two wins, one draw and seven defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals should be on the menu at Villa Park, with both teams scoring in seven of the last 10 matches at home for Aston Villa. The same outcome paid dividends in five of the last 10 away games for Nottingham Forest.

Aston Villa saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Nottingham Forest's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.8 goals in these matches.