England - Premier LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest, taking place on Saturday, 08 April 2023, at Villa Park in Birmingham.
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Aston Villa, Recent FormHaving secured a 2-1 away win against Leicester City in their latest league match, Aston Villa will have a positive feeling ahead of this match. During that encounter they had 65% possession and had 15 attempts on goal with 5 on target, while their opponents hit 4 of their 9 shots on goal.
Manager Unai Emery will be pleased with his team's performances recently, having only conceded 2 in their last 6 games, while still managing to score a respectable 11 goals. They are consistently finding a way through on goal, scoring in each of their last 16 games. Keeping a clean sheet at home has not come easy this season, and Emery will not be happy with his team's defensive record, which shows they have shipped one or more goals in 10 their 17 home matches.
They have been performing well recently, both home and away, and remain unbeaten in their last 6 games.
Goalscorer Ollie Watkins will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 4 goals in his last 6 league matches for Aston Villa.
Nottingham Forest, Recent FormThe Nottingham Forest squad will be suffering from a feeling of disappointment after falling to a 2-1 away defeat against Leeds United, which saw them drop all three points and come away from the game empty-handed. Their share of possession in that meeting was 37%, while racking up 13 shots along the way, 1 of which were on target. Leeds United had 21 shots on goal with 6 on target.
They have found the net 6 times in their last 6 matches, but it hasn't earned them much points-wise due to a leaky defence that's shipped 14 goals in that same period. With goals notched up in 5 of their past 6 matches, they are certainly showing some goal-scoring consistency of late. They will need to tighten up at the back, having failed to keep a clean sheet in all but 1 of their last 6 away games.
A win for Nottingham Forest is just a distant memory, having not won a single match in 8 games.
Brennan Johnson will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 3 goals in the last 6 league games for Nottingham Forest.
In the last match between these two, goals were scored on both sides, with the game ending in a 1-1 draw.
Aston Villa will be confident of finding the net in this one against The Reds, with an impressive scoring record of at least 1 goal in their previous 9 encounters between the two sides. In their last 3 away league games against The Villans, Forest have conceded a total of 9 goals and that's an average of 3 per game. When Forest are away to The Villans in the league, they know how to find the net, with 8 goals in their last 3 meetings and an average of 2.67 per game.
Forest has had a poor run in this fixture when they visit Aston Villa, being unable to find a win from any of their last 6 league meetings at Villa Park.
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Matty Cash (Calf), Philippe Coutinho (Hamstring), Boubacar Kamara (Ankle) and Jed Steer (Achilles tendon) are all currently out of contention for this game.
The injury list is starting to mount up for Forest manager Steve Cooper with Serge Aurier (Knock), Giulian Biancone (Cruciate ligament), Willy Boly (Hamstring), Dean Henderson (Muscle), Scott McKenna (Hamstring), Omar Richards (Leg) and Ryan Yates (Shoulder) all unavailable for selection, and Chris Wood (Leg) out for the rest of the season.
Aston Villa Playing at home | Nottingham Forest Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | Goals scored | 0.4 |
| 1.4 | Goals conceded | 2.4 |
| 29' | Time first goal scored | 57' |
| 39' | Time first goal conceded | 35' |
| 1.6 | Yellow cards | 1.8 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.1 | Subs used | 4.6 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 1-0 |
| 4-2 | Biggest defeat | 6-0 |
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