Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 12th April 2026

Nottingham Forest enjoy home advantage, when visitors Aston Villa swing by this coming Sunday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Nottingham Forest aim to spring a surprise when clashing with Aston Villa on Sunday after a series of matches without defeat. Three points could ignite a real spark in the squad before their upcoming Premier League fixtures.

Nottingham Forest go into their next Premier League match, scoring a humble average of one per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane ten times, while conceding nine. That amounts to an average of 0.9 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring five times.

The Villans scored nine goals, conceded 13 and kept their opponents from scoring three times in ten matches.

Aston Villa won 3-1 and 2-1 in the two most recent meetings with Nottingham Forest, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage.

Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa Prediction

Nottingham Forest Form

Nottingham Forest collected two wins and a draw from their last three matches, as they ran out 1-2 and 0-3 winners against FC Midtjylland and Tottenham, respectively. Against FC Porto, they had to settle for a draw as the match finished even with a 1-1 scoreline. Nottingham Forest didn't manage a single win in any of their previous six Premier League games at the City Ground, Nottingham. They have a record of four draws and two defeats, in which they conceded four and scored one goals.

Aston Villa Form

In their last three matches, Aston Villa first beat Lille 2-0, then West Ham by 2-0 and finally Bologna by 1-3. Aston Villa managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew two as well as losing three, while scoring ten time and letting in five.

Both Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa will be more anxious of not losing than willing to risk too much pursuing a win. As such, the draw looks like a tempting prospect on Sunday in the betting market.

Nottingham Forest fought their way to one wins and six points from their last nine games against teams inside the top six. They were on target nine times in these matches, but also let in 16 goals. Aston Villa took seven wins and 22 points in the previous nine encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the Premier League, as they scored 16 goals while also allowing nine against. Nottingham Forest claimed eight wins, eight draws as well as 15 defeats in the Premier League this season. Aston Villa have a record of 16 wins, six draws and nine defeats in the Premier League.

Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa Squads

Nottingham Forest Squad

Vitor Pereira will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Aston Villa from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Angus Gunn (0/0), John Victor (0/5), Matz Sels (0/24), Stefan Ortega (0/3), Jair Cunha (0/3), Jimmy Sinclair (0/0), Luca Netz (0/0), Morato (0/15), Murillo (1/23), Neco Williams (1/30), Nicolo Savona (2/14), Nikola Milenkovic (0/31), Ola Aina (0/15), Willy Boly (0/0), Zach Abbott (0/2), Elliot Anderson (2/31), Ibrahim Sangare (2/23), James McAtee (0/10), Morgan Gibbs-White (9/31), Nicolas Dominguez (1/20), Omari Hutchinson (1/24), Ryan Yates (0/16), Callum Hudson-Odoi (3/29), Chris Wood (2/8), Dan Ndoye (1/23), Dilane Bakwa (0/10), Eric da Silva Moreira (0/0), Igor Jesus (3/30), Lorenzo Lucca (1/3), Taiwo Awoniyi (2/12).

Aston Villa Squad

Below is the full team squad of Aston Villa. The manager Emery will pick his starting XI against Nottingham Forest from these players:

Emiliano Martinez (0/27), Marco Bizot (0/5), Rhys Oakley (0/0), Ronnie Hollingshead (0/0), Ezri Konsa (0/30), Ian Maatsen (0/24), Lamare Bogarde (0/24), Lucas Digne (0/26), Matty Cash (3/28), Pau Torres (0/17), Tyrone Mings (0/13), Victor Lindelof (0/12), Yeimar Mosquera (0/0), Amadou Onana (2/22), Boubacar Kamara (1/18), Douglas Luiz (1/16), Emiliano Buendia (5/29), Harvey Elliott (0/5), John McGinn (4/24), Leon Bailey (0/9), Ross Barkley (2/14), Youri Tielemans (0/18), Alysson Edward (0/3), Andres Garcia (0/4), Brian Madjo (0/0), Jadon Sancho (0/19), Morgan Rogers (8/31), Ollie Watkins (9/30), Tammy Abraham (1/8).

Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa Team News

Nottingham Forest seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment on Sunday. Nikola Milenkovic and Morgan Gibbs-White can't be called up by the Nottingham Forest-manager, with both serving a ban.

Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa Lineups

Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa H2H

Aston Villa got the better of Nottingham Forest in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 3-1 and 2-1, respectively. Nottingham Forest have a 29% win rate against Aston Villa, who won four of these matches. The total record reads 2-1-4, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa Results

Both teams found the back of the net five times in the past seven matches between home side Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 3/4.

Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa Betting Tips

Morgan Gibbs-White found the target three times in his previous six matches, whereas Ross Barkley just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Nottingham Forest claimed a modest one wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing five. Aston Villa won five of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost three of the games in this run. Nottingham Forest might win at City Ground, Nottingham on Sunday, but don't expect them to keep a clean sheet as well. They won just one games to nil in their last 10 matches on home soil.

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last seven encounters between these two teams. Nottingham Forest managed an average of 1.29 goals, with Aston Villa averaging 1.86 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in this run of matches. Nottingham Forest saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Aston Villa, who managed to score 1.3 times in those matches.