Little to separate Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest

Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest face each other this Saturday at the Villa Park for matchday 26 of the Premier League . Currently, Unai Emery's team are 4th in the table with 49 points, while Nuno Espírito Santo's team are 16th with 24 points. The match will be broadcast live at 10:00 on beIN SPORTS CONNECT.

Aston Villa head into this clash on the back of a 1x2 win against Fulham (Premier League 2023/2024), while Nottingham Forest overcame West Ham with a 2x0 win (Premier League 2023/2024). On arrival at this matchday, Unai Emery's team is on a sequence of scoring at least one goal each match for the past four, in the Premier League 2023/24. On the other hand, Nuno Espírito Santo's team has recorded a eight-game unbeaten sequence in the Premier League 2023/24. Digging back into the archives highlights that Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest have faced each other one hundred thirty-one times, with Unai Emery's team holding the advantage: 61 victories, against 39 victories of Nuno Espírito Santo's team. Specifically in the Villa Park, Aston Villa have the advantage in the duels against Nottingham Forest: 39 wins in 63 games. Nuno Espírito Santo's team has 11 wins.

Considering only the Premier League, there have been one hundred two games played between the two teams, with 46 wins for Aston Villa, 24 draws and 31 wins for Nottingham Forest.

Considering the Premier League 2023/24, from Aston Villa's most influential players, Moussa Diaby participated in 25 games, and Ollie Watkins has played the most minutes (2213). Forward is their current best scorer with 13 goals. As for Nottingham Forest, Anthony Elanga has entered the pitch 24 times, and Morgan Gibbs-White is the one with more minutes played (2048). Chris Wood has scored 8 goals, the most across Nottingham Forest's squad.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Aston Villa winning 4x2. It is expected to be an exciting clash, that can go either way.