Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest are going to play on Saturday the 24th of February at 3:00 pm in the 26th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in Birmingham at the Villa Park. The encounter will be officiated by Samuel Barrott.
Aston Villa is in the 4th place in the league with 49 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Fulham in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 15 times, draw 4 times, and lost 6 times.
Nottingham Forest is in the 16th position in the league with 24 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against West Ham United in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 6 times, draw 6 times, and lost 13 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up during the season (12 times or 48.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (12 times), 4-2-3-1 (8 times), 4-4-1-1 (4 times) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Unai Emery Etxegoien is expected to play against Nottingham Forest with the following players: Emiliano Martínez, Álex Moreno, Pau Torres, Clément Lenglet, Matty Cash, Douglas Luiz, John McGinn, Jacob Ramsey, Youri Tielemans, Leon Bailey and Ollie Watkins.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Aston Villa would be 28.00.
Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings , Diego Carlos, Emiliano Buendía, Boubacar Kamara and Jhon Durán will definitely miss the match.
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (10 times or 40.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (10 times), 4-3-3 (7 times), 3-4-3 (3 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 5-3-2 (2 times) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo is expected to play against Aston Villa with the following players: Matz Sels, Nuno Tavares, Murillo, Felipe, Neco Williams, Danilo, Nicolás Domínguez, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Morgan Gibbs-White and Anthony Elanga.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Nottingham Forest would be 25.50.
There are doubts about the presence of Taiwo Awoniyi.
Ola Aina, Willy Boly, Gonzalo Montiel, Ibrahim Sangaré and Chris Wood will definitely miss the match.
