PREDICTED STARTING LINE UP: Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest – 12-09-2026 Premier League – England

Great for fans and soccer fantasy: the possible starting line ups with the players that will play the match between Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest on Saturday the 12th of September.

PREDICTED STARTING LINE UP: Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest - 12-09-2026 Premier League - England

Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest are going to face on Saturday the 12th of September at 3:00 pm in the 4th week of the Premier League. The match will be played in Birmingham at the Villa Park. The encounter will be officiated by Andy Madley.

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Aston Villa​

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (3 times).

Unai Emery Etxegoien is expected to play against Nottingham Forest with the following players: Zion Suzuki, Ian Maatsen, Pau Torres, Victor Lindelöf, Ross Barkley, Boubacar Kamara, Emiliano Buendía, George Hemmings, John McGinn  and Nicolas Jackson.

Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Aston Villa would be 27.64.

There are doubts about the presence of Matty Cash.

Unai Emery Etxegoien will probably not be able to employ Johan Manzambi  because of injury.

Leon Goretzka, Amadou Onana  and Brian Madjo  will definitely miss the match.

Unai Emery Etxegoien will not be able to have the presence of João Gomes who is suspended​.

Nottingham Forest​

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (3 times).

Oliver Glasner is expected to play against Aston Villa with the following players: Matz Sels, Nikola Milenković, Murillo, Jair Cunha, Neco Williams, Daniel Muñoz, Xaver Schlager, James McAtee, Dan Ndoye, Morgan Gibbs-White and Liam Delap.

Assuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Nottingham Forest would be 26.45.

Oliver Glasner will probably not be able to employ Ibrahim Sangaré because of injury.

Nicolò Savona will definitely miss the match.