Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest Prediction: Villa Set to Grind Out Narrow Win
Aston Villa host Nottingham Forest at Villa Park on 12 September 2026 in a Premier League fixture that carries more weight than most games at this stage of the season. Villa are trying to establish themselves as a top half…
Week 4 of the 2026-2027 Premier League sees Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest collide on 2026-09-12 at 15:00 GMT.
Over the past 10 outings, Referee A. Madley has shown 3-4 yellows and 0 reds, and 25 fouls each fixture.
O. Glasner versus Unai Emery across 7 meetings, record stands at 5-0 with 2 draws.
With 1 point, Aston Villa sit 17th, while Nottingham Forest have 2 points to occupy 16th.
Aston Villa are missing 4 players: L. Goretzka (Knee Injury), B. Madjo (Ankle Injury), J. Manzambi (Knee Injury), A. Onana (Knee Injury) whereas Nottingham Forest is missing 1 player: N. Savona (Knee Injury).
Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, Aston Villa should be met by Nottingham Forest's expected 3-4-2-1.
Last time out, J. McGinn registered the best mark for Aston Villa - 8 - and N. Milenkovic did likewise for Nottingham Forest with an 7.2 score.
Aston Villa secured a win (3-2 vs Club Brugge), while Nottingham Forest had to settle for a draw (0-0 vs Tottenham Hotspur).
Struggling form all round: Aston Villa are 1-1-3 and Nottingham Forest are 1-2-2 in their recent 5 matches.
Dominance for Aston Villa: across 16 clashes, they've won 8 games and only lost 4 games to Nottingham Forest, with 4 stalemates.
The two most popular scorelines among our users are 2-1 (picked by 16.5%) and 2-0 (picked by 14.1%).
We predict Aston Villa to prevail 1-0 given their strong home form (0-0-1) and 0.00 goals/game.
Aston Villa is going head to head with Nottingham on 12/9/2026 14:00 GMT for the England Premier League. Our users most predicted score for this game is 1 - 2. 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!