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Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest : Premier League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 3rd Jan, 12:30 BST, Villa Park, Birmingham

Unai Emery Etxegoien's Aston Villa side enjoy home advantage in the English Premier League on Saturday lunch time, as Sean Dyche's Nottingham Forest travel to the Villa Park. We've got the best odds for 17 top betting markets as well as predictions, stats and head to head (H2H) data for both teams. All can be selected using the tabs below.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There's every chance of this match serving up goalmouth entertainment, but don't count on a record-breaker. Under 3.5 goals is what we're predicting, meaning no more than 3 goals will be scored in total during 90 minutes. The best odds on that outcome are just below, followed by market-specific form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think A Villa are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 56% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.83.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
A Villa
56%
4/55/6
Draw
25%
13/527/10
Nottm Forest
19%
7/216/5
A Villa 1-0
14%
15/213/2
Draw 1-1
12%
13/26/1
A Villa 2-0
11%
17/215/2
A Villa 2-1
9%
17/27/1
Draw 0-0
9%
10/19/1
Nottm Forest 1-0
7%
14/110/1
A Villa 3-0
6%
16/112/1
A Villa 3-1
5%
14/111/1
Nottm Forest 2-1
5%
16/112/1
Draw 2-2
4%
14/112/1
Nottm Forest 2-0
3%
25/116/1
A Villa 4-0
2%
33/122/1
A Villa 3-2
2%
28/120/1
A Villa 4-1
2%
33/122/1
Nottm Forest 3-1
1%
40/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
44%
4/54/5
Under 2.5 Goals
56%
1/110/11
Home 1st Goal
56%
8/133/5
Away 1st Goal
39%
6/48/5
No 1st Goal
6%
10/19/1
BTTS - Yes
45%
3/43/4
BTTS - No
55%
1/119/20
BTTS - Home Win
21%
13/513/5
BTTS - Draw
16%
7/218/5
BTTS - Away Win
8%
7/16/1
Home/draw
81%
2/112/9
Away/draw
44%
19/2019/20
Home/away
75%
2/71/4
Over 1.5 Goals
70%
1/41/4
Under 1.5 Goals
30%
3/113/5
Over 3.5 Goals
23%
11/519/10
Under 3.5 Goals
77%
4/114/11
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
9/29/2
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/71/8
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
10/110/1
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/201/33
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/201/25
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
10/19/1
Home DNB
73%
1/37/20
Away DNB
36%
9/42/1
A Villa win to nil
35%
9/4-
Nottm Forest win to nil
11%
7/1-
A Villa / A Villa
29%
15/87/4
A Villa / Nottm Forest
3%
33/125/1
A Villa / Draw
6%
14/111/1
Draw / A Villa
17%
4/119/5
Draw / Nottm Forest
9%
17/215/2
Draw / Draw
15%
5/117/4
Nottm Forest / A Villa
4%
22/116/1
Nottm Forest / Nottm Forest
12%
13/25/1
Nottm Forest / Draw
5%
16/112/1
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

A Villa have played 19 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Premier League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 16 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 3 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. A Villa have outscored their opponents by 30 goals to 18 goals.

Home League Performance

A Villa have played 9 games at home winning 7, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 15 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 7 goals at home.

Nottm Forest are in 17th position in the Premier League on 18 points having played 19 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 13 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 6 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 2 and won 4. Nottm Forest have conceded 26 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 9 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
A Villa
Nottm Forest
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Arsenal1914322545 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
4-1A
Jan 17
l
 
3-0A
2
Man City1813142640 
w
 
1-0F
May 24
l
 
1-2A
Mar 4
3
A Villa191234739 
-
-
Apr 11
Jan 3
4
Liverpool181026432 
May 17
l
 
2-0A
Feb 21
w
 
0-3F
5
Chelsea198651130 
Mar 4
w
 
1-2A
l
 
0-3A
May 2
6
Man Utd19865430 
w
 
2-1A
Mar 14
d
 
2-2A
May 17
7
Sunderland18774228 
Apr 18
d
 
1-1F
l
 
0-1A
Apr 25
8
Everton19847028 
Jan 18
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
9
Newcastle19757226 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 25
May 9
l
 
2-0A
10
Brentford18828226 
Feb 1
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-1F
Jan 25
11
C Palace18756126 
l
 
0-3A
Jan 7
Feb 1
d
 
1-1A
12
Fulham18828-126 
w
 
3-1A
Apr 25
Mar 14
l
 
1-0A
13
Spurs18747425 
May 2
w
 
1-2A
w
 
3-0F
Mar 21
14
Brighton19676125 
Feb 11
w
 
3-4A
l
 
0-2A
Feb 28
15
Bournemouth19586-623 
w
 
4-0F
Feb 7
May 24
l
 
2-0A
16
Leeds18558-720 
Feb 21
w
 
1-2A
w
 
3-1A
Feb 6
17
Nottm Forest195311-1218 
Jan 3
Apr 11
-
-
18
West Ham193511-1714 
Mar 21
w
 
2-3A
l
 
0-3A
Jan 6
19
Burnley193313-1712 
w
 
2-1F
May 9
Apr 18
d
 
1-1F
20
Wolves190316-293 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 27
Feb 11
w
 
0-1F
Win / draw / win form
7
A Villa have won 7 consecutive home league games
7
A Villa have not lost in 7 consecutive home league games
A Villa 3RD
20 league games
Home
7
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
14
Draw
5
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
A Villa2 - 1Man Utd
A Villa2 - 1Arsenal
A Villa1 - 0Wolves
A Villa4 - 0Bournemouth
A Villa1 - 0Man City
A Villa2 - 1Burnley
A Villa3 - 1Fulham
A Villa0 - 3C Palace
A Villa0 - 0Newcastle
A Villa2 - 0Spurs
A Villa1 - 0Fulham
A Villa4 - 1Newcastle
A Villa2 - 1Nottm Forest
A Villa2 - 1Chelsea
A Villa2 - 2Liverpool
A Villa1 - 1Ipswich
A Villa1 - 1West Ham
A Villa2 - 1Leicester
A Villa2 - 2Brighton
A Villa2 - 1Man City
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
12
D
3
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AA Villa1 - 4Arsenal
AA Villa2 - 1Chelsea
HA Villa2 - 1Man Utd
AA Villa3 - 2West Ham
HA Villa2 - 1Arsenal
AA Villa4 - 3Brighton
HA Villa1 - 0Wolves
AA Villa2 - 1Leeds
HA Villa4 - 0Bournemouth
AA Villa0 - 2Liverpool
HA Villa1 - 0Man City
AA Villa2 - 1Spurs
HA Villa2 - 1Burnley
HA Villa3 - 1Fulham
AA Villa1 - 1Sunderland
AA Villa0 - 0Everton
HA Villa0 - 3C Palace
AA Villa0 - 1Brentford
HA Villa0 - 0Newcastle
AA Villa0 - 2Man Utd
Nottm Forest 17TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Fulham1 - 0Nottm Forest
Everton3 - 0Nottm Forest
Wolves0 - 1Nottm Forest
Liverpool0 - 3Nottm Forest
Bournemouth2 - 0Nottm Forest
Newcastle2 - 0Nottm Forest
Burnley1 - 1Nottm Forest
Arsenal3 - 0Nottm Forest
C Palace1 - 1Nottm Forest
West Ham1 - 2Nottm Forest
C Palace1 - 1Nottm Forest
Spurs1 - 2Nottm Forest
A Villa2 - 1Nottm Forest
Ipswich2 - 4Nottm Forest
Newcastle4 - 3Nottm Forest
Fulham2 - 1Nottm Forest
Bournemouth5 - 0Nottm Forest
Wolves0 - 3Nottm Forest
Everton0 - 2Nottm Forest
Brentford0 - 2Nottm Forest
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
9 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
11 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNottm Forest0 - 2Everton
HNottm Forest1 - 2Man City
ANottm Forest0 - 1Fulham
HNottm Forest3 - 0Spurs
ANottm Forest0 - 3Everton
ANottm Forest1 - 0Wolves
HNottm Forest0 - 2Brighton
ANottm Forest3 - 0Liverpool
HNottm Forest3 - 1Leeds
HNottm Forest2 - 2Man Utd
ANottm Forest0 - 2Bournemouth
HNottm Forest0 - 3Chelsea
ANottm Forest0 - 2Newcastle
HNottm Forest0 - 1Sunderland
ANottm Forest1 - 1Burnley
ANottm Forest0 - 3Arsenal
HNottm Forest0 - 3West Ham
ANottm Forest1 - 1C Palace
HNottm Forest3 - 1Brentford
HNottm Forest0 - 1Chelsea
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
A Villa have beaten Nottm Forest in 3 consecutive home league meetings
9
A Villa have not lost to Nottm Forest in 9 consecutive home league meetings
League games at A Villa since 1992
A Villa
Nottm Forest
Goals: Scored
24
15
Games: Scored
10 / 11
8 / 11
Clean sheets
3 / 11
1 / 11
AVL
7
D
3
NFO
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT A Villa
A Villa2 - 1
A Villa4 - 2
A Villa2 - 0
Draw5 - 5Draw
A Villa2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
A Villa2 - 0
A Villa2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Nottm Forest
A Villa2 - 1
League games at Nottm Forest since 1993
Nottm Forest
A Villa
Goals: Scored
12
13
Games: Scored
8 / 11
9 / 11
Clean sheets
2 / 11
3 / 11
AVL
4
D
4
NFO
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nottm Forest
Nottm Forest2 - 1
Nottm Forest2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 3A Villa
0 - 1A Villa
Nottm Forest2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2A Villa
0 - 1A Villa
Goal Statistics

Aston Villa have been consistent in front of goal of late, scoring in 11 consecutive English Premier League outings. Their PG of 1.6 against Nottingham Forest on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

A Villa 3rd Nottm Forest 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
There is a 80% probability that A Villa will score 1 or more goals
0
44%
1
36%
2
15%
3
4+
There is a 80% probability of Nottm Forest scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+8
A Villa’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+2
Nottm Forest’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.8
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2025/2026 season
A Villa
PG (predicted goals)
Nottm Forest
1.6
0.8
Attack rating
30%
better
AVL
NFO
view stats
Games scored13
9
Failed to score5
9
Scored first6
5
Goals scored29
18
Avg. goals scored1.5
0.9
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal5
8
Conversion rate for20
12
Avg. XG for1.2
1.2
KickOff rating
+30%
Defence rating
24%
better
AVL
NFO
view stats
Games conceded13
15
Clean sheets5
3
Conceded first10
13
Goals conceded19
28
Avg. goals conceded1
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
6
Conversion rate against12%
18%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.6
KickOff rating
+24%

A Villa v Nottm Forest Premier League lLine ups will show here when available.

A Villa Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19735
M RogersM RogersM RogersM Cash
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Rogers MID1973
4
-
J McGinn MID1912
3
-
O Watkins FWD1961
1
-
D Malen FWD1941
-
E Konsa DEF18
1
M Cash DEF1831
5
-
L Digne DEF183
2
-
E Buendía MID1742
2
-
B Kamara MID1613
5
-
E Martínez GLK15
1
-
A Onana MID142
2
-
L Bogarde MID14
3
-
I Maatsen DEF13
1
-
Y Tielemans MID133
-
P Torres DEF12
-
E Guessand FWD121
-
J Sancho FWD9
-
V Lindelöf DEF81
-
T Mings DEF7
-
R Barkley MID71
-
M Bizot GLK4
2
-
H Elliot MID3
-
A García DEF1
-
Nottm Forest Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19324
N MilenkovićM Gibbs-WhiteO HutchinsonN Milenković
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Milenković DEF19
4
-
N Williams DEF1911
4
-
E Anderson MID1911
4
-
M Gibbs-White MID1931
-
C Hudson-Odoi FWD1831
-
I Jesus FWD1811
-
M Sels GLK15
1
-
D Ndoye FWD1511
1
-
O Hutchinson MID1412
-
Murillo DEF131
3
-
N. Savona DEF132
2
-
I Sangaré MID1322
2
-
R Yates MID111
1
-
N Domínguez MID10
2
-
Morato DEF9
4
-
C Wood FWD82
-
A Kalimuendo FWD8
-
D Luiz MID7
2
-
T Awoniyi FWD7
-
J McAtee MID6
-
D Bakwa FWD6
-
O Zinchenko DEF5
-
John GLK4
1
-
O Aina  DEF3
1
-
Z Abbott DEF1
-
J Paula DEF1
-