PREVIEW | Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa: team news, lineups, predictions (Europa League 30/04)

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·28 April 2026

PREVIEW | Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa: team news, lineups, predictions (Europa League 30/04)

Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa clash this Thursday at the City Ground for a match of the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League. The match will be broadcast live at 20:00 on TNT Sports 1.

In their last game, Nottingham Forest won 0-5 against Sunderland (Premier League 2025/26). In their last encounter, Aston Villa were beaten 1-0 by Fulham (Premier League 2025/26).

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The last meeting between the two teams ended in a 1-1 draw.

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Nottingham Forest

Willy Boly - Knee Injury
Callum Hudson-Odoi - Injury
Murillo - Injury
John Victor - Knee Surgery
Nicolò Savona - Knee Injury

Aston Villa

Boubacar Kamara - Knee Injury

Last starting XIs

Nottingham Forest ( vs Sunderland 2026-04-24): Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Jair Cunha, Nikola Milenkovic, Neco Williams, Omari Hutchinson, Ibrahim Sangaré, Elliot Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Chris Wood, Igor Jesus

Aston Villa ( vs Fulham 2026-04-25): Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Pau Torres, Ezri Konsa, Lucas Digne, Lamare Bogarde, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn, Morgan Rogers, Emiliano Buendía, Ollie Watkins

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MANAGERS

Vítor Pereira has faced Unai Emery on two occasions, recording one win and one draw
Unai Emery has faced Nottingham Forest on eight occasions, recording five wins, one draw and two defeats
Vítor Pereira has faced Aston Villa on two occasions, recording one win and one draw

TEAMS

Away from home, Aston Villa currently have four defeats in their last 17 matches.
Away from home, Aston Villa are coming off four consecutive matches conceding goals.
Away from home, Aston Villa are coming off two consecutive matches without a win.
Aston Villa currently have one defeat in their last seven matches.
Aston Villa currently have one draw in their last 11 matches.
At home, Nottingham Forest currently have one defeat in their last five matches.
At home, Nottingham Forest are coming off three consecutive matches scoring goals.
At home, Nottingham Forest are coming off four consecutive matches without defeat.
At home, Nottingham Forest are coming off two consecutive wins.
Nottingham Forest currently have one defeat in their last ten matches.
Nottingham Forest are coming off seven consecutive matches scoring goals.
Nottingham Forest are coming off eight consecutive matches without defeat.
Nottingham Forest are coming off three consecutive wins.

HEAD TO HEAD

Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa have already faced each other 136 times, with Aston Villa holding the advantage: 64 wins, compared with Nottingham Forest?s 40 wins.
At the City Ground, Nottingham Forest have the advantage in head-to-heads against Aston Villa: 28 wins in 69 matches. Aston Villa have 22 wins.
In the Europa League, the two teams meet for the first time