Nottingham Forest, Recent Form

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Nottingham Forest will be looking to regroup after their bruising encounter with Liverpool in which they suffered a 3-0 away defeat.  During that encounter they had 27% possession and had 9 attempts on goal with 1 on target, while their opponents hit 8 of their 21 shots on goal.  

It's fair to say that manager Steve Cooper will be pretty happy with his squad's ability to find the net of late, having scored 4 goals in their last 6 matches. That said, he will also be aware there is still work to do at the back, where they have shipped 9 goals in those same matches as well as some valuable points.  They have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 home games.  

There will be mixed feelings from The Reds, although undefeated in their last 7 league games at home, 3 of these games ended in a draw.  

Aston Villa, Recent Form

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Aston Villa head into this match with some confidence in the knowledge that they recorded a solid 3-1 home win against Luton Town in their last league encounter.  Their share of possession in that meeting was 71%, while racking up 17 shots along the way, 6 of which were on target. Luton Town had 6 shots on goal with 0 on target.  

Manager Unai Emery will be delighted with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 18 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 5 goals conceded in the same period.  They've failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 away games; however, overall they've scored in 9 of their 10 games this season.  

They have been performing well recently, both home and away, and remain unbeaten in their last 6 games.  

Ollie Watkins will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 5 goals in the last 6 league games for Aston Villa.