Premier League · Match preview
Aston Villa 1–2 
Nottingham Forest
- Kick-off
- Status
- Finished
- Venue
- Villa Park
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Match overview
Final score: Aston Villa 1–2 Nottingham Forest.
Aston Villa are 12th in the Premier League table with 8 points from 7 matches; Nottingham Forest are 17th with 5 points from 6.
Last 5 results in our archive, newest first: Aston Villa D L L L L; Nottingham Forest D D L W W.
In their last 5 settled matches Aston Villa scored 0.4 and conceded 1.8 goals per game; Nottingham Forest scored 1.2 and conceded 0.8 in their last 5.
The Premier League averages 2.9 goals a match this season; these two clubs’ recent matches point to about 2.1. Over 2.5 landed in 50% and both teams scored in 40% of their recent games.
Before kick-off the model’s pick was Aston Villa to win at 41% probability; it did not come in.
All figures come from the results archive and the league table in our data; nothing on this page is estimated. How the probabilities are produced
Settled
The model’s pre-match pick and how it went
- Pick
- Aston Villa to win
- Probability
- 41%
- Outcome
- Did not come in
Logged before kick-off, settled automatically against the final score and never edited afterwards. Full Premier League record
Goals in recent matches
From the final scores of each club’s last settled matches: goals for and against per game, and how often over 2.5, both teams scoring and a clean sheet occurred.
| Club | P | For | Against | Over 2.5 | BTTS | Clean sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Villa | 5 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 60% | 40% | 20% |
| Nottingham Forest | 5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 40% | 40% | 40% |
Premier League average this season: 2.9 goals per match.
Premier League table: the two clubs
| # | Club | P | W-D-L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | Aston Villa | 7 | 2-2-3 | 7:11 | 8 |
| 17. | Nottingham Forest | 6 | 1-2-3 | 5:8 | 5 |
Recent form
Last five settled matches before this fixture, newest first.
Aston Villa
- AHull City0–0D
- HArsenal0–1L
- ABrighton & Hove Albion4–0L
- ABorussia Mönchengladbach2–1L
- ABayern München2–1L
Nottingham Forest
- HTottenham Hotspur0–0D
- ALiverpool2–2D
- HLeeds United0–1L
- HBrest2–0W
- HBayer Leverkusen2–1W
Head-to-head
Meetings before this fixture, from the results archive (July 2026 onwards).
No previous meeting between these clubs in our results archive, which starts in July 2026.
