Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest Prediction & Tips
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Find predictions, team news and betting tips for the Premier League match between Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest on Saturday 5th April (5:30pm GMT).
Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest Predictions
- Full Time Result: Aston Villa Win
- Correct Score: 3-1
- Both Teams To Score: Yes
- Over 2.5 Goals: Yes
- First Goalscorer: Marcus Rashford
Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest Tips
Tip 1
Asensio’s classy strike took the game away from Brighton in the second half as the Spaniard put Villa 2-0 up at the time and all but confirmed the points were heading back up the M1 with the visitors.
That goal was his 10th this season and his eighth in claret and blue across 10 appearances, more than justifying the decision to bring the 29 year old on loan to the disputed second city.
More impressively, he has seven in his last seven and has achieved this bet in 5/10 since joining, meaning odds of 5/2 look to be in the punters’ favour on Saturday evening.
Tip 2
Villa Park has been a sanctuary for Unai Emery’s side this campaign, winning seven league matches here and suffering just a lone defeat to Arsenal all the way back in August after AVFC opened their season with an away win over West Ham.
It’s been a similar story for Nottingham Forest at the City Ground, where teams have found goals hard to come by, however, it’s been a different case on the road, particularly of late.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side have shipped 13 in their last four, allowing Bournemouth to hit them for five, Fulham score two, Newcastle edge them out in a seven goal thriller and Ipswich beat Selz twice in a 4-2 win for Forest.
With Villa winning each of their last three fixtures by a scoreline of 3-0 and hitting this goals line 10 times across all comps, they look a good proposition to keep the goals flowing in front of a packed crowd under the lights this weekend.
Aston Villa Form, Team News & Predicted Line-Up
Villa put together a sixth straight victory on Wednesday when handing Brighton & Hove Albion a 3-0 defeat at the Amex to leapfrog them in the competition for Champions League football next season.
In the fallout of that match was a late injury to Morgan Rogers, who limped off with four minutes left, however, post-match celebrations appear to show that the creative midfielder should be ok to resume his place in the starting XI. Ross Barkley and Leon Bailey are the hosts’ only fitness concerns, although the former is back in training and the latter could provide Unai Emery with further attacking options from the bench on Saturday.
Aston Villa Predicted XI: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans; Asensio, Rogers, Ramsey; Rashford.
Nottingham Forest Form, Team News & Predicted Line-Up
The Tricky Trees put on a masterful defensive display on Wednesday night to shutout Manchester United in a 1-0 win at the City Ground in their quest for a UCL place.
It remains uncertain as to whether Chris Wood will overcome his hip problem in time to feature here, but Callum Hudson-Odoi, who was absent due to personal reasons midweek, will be available for selection once again. Ola Aina was substituted in the first half of the United game with an injury and will miss out, as will Villa loanee Alex Moreno, who is ineligible to face his parent club.
Nottingham Forest Predicted XI: Sels; Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato; Dominguez, Anderson; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Awoniyi.
Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest Head-to-Head Record
Last Five Results:
- 14/12/24: Forest 2-1 Villa – Premier League
- 24/02/24: Villa 4-2 Forest – Premier League
- 05/11/23: Forest 2-0 Villa – Premier League
- 08/04/23: Villa 2-0 Forest – Premier League
- 10/10/22: Forest 1-1 Villa – Premier League
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