Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa Predictions

• Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last three meetings with Nottingham Forest.
• Unai Emery’s side have only lost one of their last seven ties.

Forest’s winning streak under threat

Nottingham Forest were rampant in their 5-0 demolition of Sunderland on Friday, but they may struggle to live up to their slight favouritism when they host Aston Villa in Thursday’s Europa League semi-final first leg.

That was the Tricky Trees’ third successive victory, but they have only won two of their last nine at The City Ground and one of these was a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa earlier this month.

In-form Villa can claim good result

That extended Villa’s unbeaten streak against Forest to three meetings, and they have lost just one of their last seven in all competitions, including a 7-1 aggregate demolition of Bologna in the quarter-finals.

Led by the most successful manager in Europa League history, Unai Emery, the visitors look good value to get something from their short trip to Nottingham.

Watkins can strike at The City Ground

A repeat of this month’s scoreline between these sides may be in store, too. Nottingham Forest have drawn four of their last 10 games and the last two of these have ended 1-1, while Villa have played out two 1-1 draws in their last seven away games.

Ollie Watkins could be the scorer of Villa’s goal after returning to form over the past couple of months. He has scored seven and assisted two in his last nine appearances.