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Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa Predictions & Tips - Premier League Draw in the Midlands

Alex Waite

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Last updated: 13 Dec 2024

Alex Waite 13 Dec 2024

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Forest are unbeaten in 7 of their last 9 at home
Chris Wood has 10 Premier League goals in 14 starts
Will the hard-to-beat sides share the EPL points?

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Nottingham Forest’s Chris Wood has scored 3 goals in his last 4 home gamess (Getty)

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Nottingham Forest are in decent home form, Aston Villa have improved recently and a draw is anticipated here. Chris Wood can’t stop scoring and there is value on sticking with the big New Zealander to net again.

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Stats
Head to Head
Nottingham Forest Form
Nottingham Forest Injuries
Aston Villa Form
Aston Villa Injuries & Team News

Stats

Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in 7 of their last 9 at home.
Nottingham Forest’s Chris Wood has scored 3 goals in his last 4 home games.
Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in their last 2 at home against Aston Villa.
Aston Villa are unbeaten in 5 of their previous 6 matches.

Head to Head

Aston Villa have a 62-39 advantage against Nottingham Forest in 132 meetings with 31 draws.

Nottingham Forest Form

Nuno Espirito Santo’s Nottingham Forest remain in the European hunt in the Premier League. They are fifth in the standings and are undefeated in 11 of their 15 games this season.

The Reds have maintained momentum with five wins from their last eight. Forest beat Ipswich 1-0 in their last home game, where Chris Wood got the winner, before a 3-0 loss at Man City.

Espirito Santo’s team hit back with an impressive 3-2 victory at Man United. Nikola Milenkovic, Morgan Gibbs-White and Wood got on the scoresheet to secure all three points.

Nottingham Forest Injuries

Defensive duo Alex Moreno and Danilo won’t feature on Saturday due to injury.

Midfielder Ibrahim Sangare has a thigh injury and is also unavailable on Saturday.

Aston Villa Form

Aston Villa have responded well to an eight-match winless run from late October to early December. The Villans have put together a three-match winning streak, with two victories in the Premier League.

Villa have climbed up to sixth in the Premier League and are level on points with Forest after consecutive wins. Unai Emery’s side defeated Brentford 3-1 and Southampton 1-0 at home.

The Midlands club kept winning on Tuesday and edged Leipzig to a 3-2 triumph in the Champions League. Villa had 19 shots and goals from John McGinn, Jhon Duran and Ross Barkley were enough to claim victory.

Aston Villa Injuries

Striker Ollie Watkins came off at half time in Leipzig and is an injury doubt for this clash.

Midfielder Jacob Ramsey won’t make the squad as he remains out with a thigh injury.

Verdict

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Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa are in similar positive form and look solid. A draw and Chris Wood goals are decent picks for this all-Midlands clash.

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