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

Thu 7th May, 20:00 BST, Villa Park, Birmingham

Aston Villa and their manager Unai Emery Etxegoien will be looking to get one over on Vítor Manuel de Oliveira Lopes Pereira and his Nottingham Forest side on Thursday night, as the pair go head to head at the Villa Park in the Europa League. Stats for our tip of are shown below, including head to head (H2H) history. Switching the market using the tabs below changes all stats and the odds, allowing you do find the bet that suits you best.


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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
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
A Villa
53%
--
Draw
23%
--
Nottm Forest
24%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
A Villa 2-1
10%
--
A Villa 1-0
9%
--
A Villa 2-0
8%
--
Nottm Forest 2-1
6%
--
A Villa 3-1
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Nottm Forest 1-0
6%
--
A Villa 3-0
5%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
A Villa 3-2
4%
--
Nottm Forest 2-0
3%
--
A Villa 4-1
3%
--
Nottm Forest 3-1
2%
--
A Villa 4-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
58%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
42%
--
Home 1st Goal
54%
--
Away 1st Goal
44%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
58%
--
BTTS - No
42%
--
BTTS - Home Win
27%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
13%
--
Home/draw
76%
--
Away/draw
47%
--
Home/away
77%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
80%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
20%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
36%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
64%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
19%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
81%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
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Home DNB
69%
--
Away DNB
40%
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A Villa win to nil
26%
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Nottm Forest win to nil
11%
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Win / draw / win Europa League table

A Villa have played 8 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the Europa League league table. A Villa have a great home record this season winning all their home games and keeping 4 clean sheets.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below in the table, having won 11, drawn 0 and lost 1 match. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have scored in every game. They have been outscored by their opponents by 15 goals to 14 goals.

Home League Performance

A Villa have played 6 games at home winning 6, drawing 0 and losing 0 games. They have scored 14 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 3 goals at home.

Nottm Forest are in 13th position in the Europa League on 14 points having played 8 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

1 of those games has been a losing match. They have conceded 6 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 2 and won 4. Nottm Forest have conceded 9 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 3 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
Lyon87011321 
-
-
-
-
2
A Villa8701821 
-
-
Apr 30
May 7
3
Midtjylland86111019 
-
-
l
 
2-3A
w
 
1-2F
4
Real Betis8521617 
-
-
-
d
 
2-2A
5
Porto8521617 
-
-
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1A
6
Braga8521617 
-
-
-
l
 
1-0A
7
Freiburg8521617 
-
-
-
-
8
Roma8512716 
-
-
-
-
9
Genk8512416 
-
-
-
-
10
Bologna8431715 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-3F
-
-
11
Stuttgart8503615 
-
-
-
-
12
Ferencvaros8431115 
-
-
w
 
4-0F
-
13
Nottm Forest8422814 
May 7
Apr 30
-
-
14
Plzen8350514 
-
-
-
-
15
Red Star Bel.8422114 
-
-
-
-
16
Celta8413413 
-
-
-
-
17
PAOK8332312 
-
-
-
-
18
Lille8404312 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
-
-
19
Fenerbahce8332312 
-
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-3F
20
Panathinaikos8332212 
-
-
-
-
21
Celtic8323-211 
-
-
-
-
22
Ludogorets8314-310 
-
-
-
-
23
D. Zagreb8314-410 
-
-
-
-
24
Brann8233-29 
-
-
-
-
25
Young Boys8305-69 
w
 
2-1F
-
-
-
26
Sturm Graz8215-67 
-
-
-
d
 
0-00-0
27
FCSB8215-77 
-
-
-
-
28
GA Eagles8215-87 
-
l
 
2-1F
-
-
29
Feyenoord8206-46 
-
w
 
0-2F
-
-
30
Basel8206-46 
-
w
 
1-2F
-
-
31
Salzburg8206-56 
w
 
3-2A
-
-
-
32
Rangers8116-94 
-
-
-
-
33
Nice8107-83 
-
-
-
-
34
Utrecht8017-101 
-
-
-
w
 
1-2F
35
Malmö8017-111 
-
-
w
 
3-0F
-
36
M. Tel-Aviv8017-201 
w
 
2-0F
-
-
-
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Play Off
Win / draw / win form
9
A Villa have won 9 consecutive home european games
12
A Villa have not lost in 12 consecutive home european games
A Villa 2ND
20 league games
Home
9
Overall
Goals: Scored
45
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
17
D
1
L
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
A Villa4 - 0Bologna
A Villa2 - 0Lille
A Villa3 - 2Salzburg
A Villa2 - 1Young Boys
A Villa2 - 0M. Tel-Aviv
A Villa1 - 0Bologna
A Villa3 - 2PSG
A Villa3 - 0Brugge
A Villa4 - 2Celtic
A Villa0 - 0Juventus
A Villa2 - 0Bologna
A Villa1 - 0Bayern
A Villa2 - 4Olympiakos
A Villa2 - 1Lille
A Villa4 - 0Ajax
A Villa2 - 1L. Warsaw
A Villa2 - 1AZ Alkmaar
A Villa1 - 0Hsk Zrinjski Mostar
A Villa3 - 0Hibernian
A Villa2 - 3Rapid Wien
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
16
D
1
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HA Villa4 - 0Bologna
AA Villa3 - 1Bologna
HA Villa2 - 0Lille
AA Villa1 - 0Lille
HA Villa3 - 2Salzburg
AA Villa1 - 0Fenerbahce
AA Villa2 - 1Basel
HA Villa2 - 1Young Boys
HA Villa2 - 0M. Tel-Aviv
AA Villa1 - 2GA Eagles
AA Villa2 - 0Feyenoord
HA Villa1 - 0Bologna
HA Villa3 - 2PSG
AA Villa1 - 3PSG
HA Villa3 - 0Brugge
AA Villa3 - 1Brugge
HA Villa4 - 2Celtic
AA Villa0 - 1Monaco
AA Villa3 - 2RB Leipzig
HA Villa0 - 0Juventus
Nottm Forest 13TH
7 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
10
Conceded
6
Games: Scored
5 / 7
Conceded
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
Failed to score
2 / 7
Won
3
Draw
3
L
1
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Porto1 - 1Nottm Forest
Midtjylland1 - 2Nottm Forest
Fenerbahce0 - 3Nottm Forest
Braga1 - 0Nottm Forest
Utrecht1 - 2Nottm Forest
Sturm Graz0 - 0Nottm Forest
Real Betis2 - 2Nottm Forest
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
12
Games: Scored
11 / 14
Conceded
8 / 14
Clean sheets
6 / 14
Failed to score
3 / 14
Won
7
Draw
3
Lost
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNottm Forest1 - 0Porto
ANottm Forest1 - 1Porto
ANottm Forest2 - 1Midtjylland
HNottm Forest0 - 1Midtjylland
HNottm Forest1 - 2Fenerbahce
ANottm Forest3 - 0Fenerbahce
HNottm Forest4 - 0Ferencvaros
ANottm Forest0 - 1Braga
ANottm Forest2 - 1Utrecht
HNottm Forest3 - 0Malmö
ANottm Forest0 - 0Sturm Graz
HNottm Forest2 - 0Porto
HNottm Forest2 - 3Midtjylland
ANottm Forest2 - 2Real Betis
Goal Statistics

Aston Villa have been reliable in front of goal of late, scoring in 17 consecutive Europa League outings. Their PG of 1.9 against Nottingham Forest on Thursday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

A Villa 2nd Nottm Forest 13th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 84% probability that A Villa will score 1 or more goals
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Nottm Forest will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+15
A Villa have scored 15% more goals at home than predicted
=0
Nottm Forest’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.3
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
0.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2025/2025 season
A Villa
PG (predicted goals)
Nottm Forest
1.9
1.2
Attack rating
7%
better
AVL
NFO
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Games scored16
15
Failed to score4
5
Scored first13
8
Goals scored29
32
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.6
Avg. shots per game10
11
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
15
Avg. XG for1.4
1.4
KickOff rating
+7%
Defence rating
AVL
NFO
11%
better
view stats
Games conceded13
12
Clean sheets7
8
Conceded first7
10
Goals conceded24
17
Avg. goals conceded1.2
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
9
Conversion rate against14%
11%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.3
KickOff rating
+11%

The line-ups for the Europa League match between A Villa v Nottm Forest will show here when available.

A Villa Europa League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9442
E BuendíaO WatkinsE BuendíaM Rogers
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Buendía MID1224
1
-
M Rogers MID1223
2
-
O Watkins FWD1241
-
L Bogarde MID11
1
-
A Onana MID10
1
-
J Sancho FWD1011
-
I Maatsen DEF91
1
-
M Cash DEF91
2
-
E Konsa DEF92
1
-
P Torres DEF9
-
J McGinn MID931
2
-
E Martínez GLK8
1
-
V Lindelöf DEF8
2
-
L Digne DEF81
2
-
Y Tielemans MID613
1
-
B Kamara MID61
-
M Bizot GLK4
1
-
H Elliot MID4
-
L Bailey FWD41
-
T Mings DEF31
-
D Luiz MID3
1
-
T Abraham FWD31
-
A García DEF1
-
R Barkley MID1
-
Nottm Forest Europa League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11734
MoratoI JesusM Gibbs-WhiteI Jesus
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
I Sangaré MID141
1
-
N Williams DEF131
1
-
N Milenković DEF1311
-
M Gibbs-White MID1333
2
-
Murillo DEF121
2
-
Morato DEF12
2
-
D Ndoye FWD1211
1
-
N Domínguez MID111
1
-
C Hudson-Odoi FWD111
-
I Jesus FWD1171
4
-
E Anderson MID101
3
1
R Yates MID1022
2
-
J McAtee MID911
-
O Aina  DEF71
-
D Bakwa FWD7
-
M Sels GLK6
-
Z Abbott DEF6
1
-
O Hutchinson MID6
1
-
S Ortega GLK5
-
N. Savona DEF4
-
L Lucca FWD4
1
-
John GLK3
-
J Paula DEF3
-
C Wood FWD31
-
W Boly DEF1
-