Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last six Premier League home games against Nottingham Forest, winning the last five in a row. Their last defeat was in October 1994 under Ron Atkinson (0-2).
Nottingham Forest have won two of their last four league games against Aston Villa (L2), as many as they had in their previous 18 (D7 L9).
Aston Villa beat Leicester 2-1 in their first Premier League game of 2025. They’ve not won their opening league game in consecutive calendar years since 2008/2009.
Nottingham Forest have won their opening league game in five of the last seven calendar years, including a 3-0 win at Wolves in 2025. The exceptions in this run were a 1-1 draw with Chelsea in 2023, and a 2-3 loss at Brentford in 2024.
Aston Villa have won their last 10 home games in all competitions, last having a longer run between October 1989 and January 1990 (11).
Aston Villa’s 4-1 defeat at Arsenal ended their eight game winning run in the Premier League (11 in all competitions). Only twice since the start of 2023-24 have they lost consecutive league games, doing so in November 2024 and August this season.
No team have failed to score in more different Premier League games this season than Nottingham Forest (10), while only Wolves (11) have scored fewer goals than the Tricky Trees (18).
Having been unbeaten in his first three Premier League away games against Aston Villa (W1 D2), Nottingham Forest boss Sean Dyche has lost his last two at Villa Park by an aggregate score of 7-2.
Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins has scored three goals in his last two Premier League games, as many as he had in his previous 19. However, his last five league goals have come away from home, last scoring at Villa Park in September against Fulham.
Callum Hudson-Odoi and Morgan Gibbs-White are Nottingham Forest’s top scorers in the Premier League this season with three goals each. Only Wolves have a lower scoring top scorer in the competition this term (2).