Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa Preview 10/10/2022

Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa – 10/10/2022

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Nottingham Forest will intention to finish a run of 5 consecutive Premier League defeats once they welcome Aston Villa to the Metropolis Floor on Monday evening.

Having taken simply 4 factors from a potential 24 this season, Steve Cooper’s aspect discover themselves all-time low of the Premier League desk.

As for Aston Villa, they sit fourteenth – 4 factors away from Nottingham Forest – and head into Monday’s conflict on a three-game unbeaten streak.

Can Forest flip issues round on house soil? Or will Villa pile extra stress on Cooper and his gamers? It’s time to take a better have a look at the groups.

Let’s begin with the hosts, Forest, who’ve managed to win simply considered one of their eight league outings this time period – recording one draw and 6 losses.

The newly-promoted aspect made an honest begin to life within the Premier League, beating West Ham and drawing with Everton of their first three video games.

Since then, nonetheless, they’ve registered 5 straight defeats – falling to Tottenham (0-2), Manchester Metropolis (6-0), Bournemouth (2-3), Fulham (2-3) and Leicester (4-0).

Having conceded 21 objectives in eight video games (2.6 objectives per sport), the Difficult Timber have the second-worst defensive file within the division.

On the flip aspect, Villa misplaced 4 of their opening 5 video games earlier than stringing collectively a three-match unbeaten run.

After drawing 1-1 with Man Metropolis, Steven Gerrard’s males beat Southampton 1-0 earlier than taking part in out a goalless draw with Leeds final weekend.

Villa have solely managed to attain six objectives this season, that means solely two sides have a poorer offensive file within the Premier League.

Whenever you have a look at the larger image, Villa have received simply two of their previous 12 league outings. Forest can take confidence from that statistic.

Head-to-head: Forest and Villa met six occasions within the Championship between 2016 and 2019. Throughout that interval, Forest managed to select up a solitary victory.

Villa are at present having fun with a four-game unbeaten streak in opposition to Forest, having claimed three wins and one draw since their final loss on this fixture.

Workforce information: Nottingham Forest look set to be with out the injured duo of Moussa Niakhate and Omar Richards on Monday.

Aston Villa’s prolonged damage checklist comprises Boubacar Kamara, Ludwig Augustinsson, Leon Bailey, Lucas Digne and Diego Carlos.

Though Forest have made a horrible begin to the season, it’s value remembering that Villa are solely 4 factors above Coper’s aspect within the desk.

For that motive, Forebet predicts that Forest will maintain Villa to a draw on the Metropolis Floor – with either side netting over 1.5 objectives.