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- Aston Villa vs. Nottingham Forest in the Knockout of the 2025-2026 UEFA Europa League kicks off at 20:00 GMT on 2026-05-07.
- Looking back over 3 duels, Unai Emery has 1 win versus Vitor Pereira, who has 1 win, with 1 draw.
- Aston Villa have 6 players sidelined: R. Barkley (Inactive), B. Kamara (Knee Injury), B. Madjo (Inactive), J. McGinn (Hamstring Injury), A. Onana (Injury), Alysson (Muscle Injury) whereas Nottingham Forest face 13 absences: I. Sangare (Injury), D. Ndoye (Injury), Murillo (Muscle Injury), M. Gibbs-White (Head Injury), O. Aina (Injury), Z. Abbott (Concussion), E. da Silva Moreira (Inactive), N. Savona (Knee Injury), L. Netz (Inactive), John Victor (Knee Injury), C. Hudson-Odoi (Injury), W. Boly (Knee Injury), T. Awoniyi (Inactive).
- We're predicting Aston Villa to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-2-3-1, and Nottingham Forest are expected to line up in 4-4-2.
- Last time out, E. Martínez registered the best mark for Aston Villa - 7.3 - and E. Anderson did likewise for Nottingham Forest with an 8 score.
- Both teams are coming from different results: Aston Villa fell 1-2 against Tottenham Hotspur, while Nottingham Forest prevailed 3-1 over Chelsea.
- Momentum favors Nottingham Forest (5-0-0) after Aston Villa managed only 2-0-3 from 5 matches.
- Dominance for Aston Villa: across 15 clashes, they've won 7 games and only lost 4 games to Nottingham Forest, with 4 stalemates.
- 2-1 leads the pack at 50% of all our users' guesses, with 2-2 next on 25%.
- With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (6-0-0 vs 3-3-1) and scoring roughly 2.33-1.75 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.
First leg30 Apr 2026
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Match Info
Most Guessed Score
2
1
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| 18' | Morato | ||
| 36' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 45+3' | Cunha | ||
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| 56' | VAR- Pau Torres | Penalty confirmed | |
| 58' | 2 - 0 | ||
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| 77' | 3 - 0 | ||
| 80' | 4 - 0 | ||
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Aston Villa is going head to head with Nottingham on 7/5/2026 19:00 GMT for the Eurocups UEFA Europa League. Our users most predicted score for this game is 2 - 1. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Aston Villa v Nottingham H2H statistics!