Aston Villa hosts Nottingham Forest in upcoming Premier League match
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Sep 11, 2026, 6:34 PM
Last updated Sep 11, 2026
Aston Villa prepares to host Nottingham Forest at Villa Park following a recent Champions League victory over Club Brugge. While Villa seeks to build on its defensive progress under Unai Emery, the club remains winless in the current Premier League campaign. Nottingham Forest arrives in Birmingham searching for its first league victory of the season under manager Oliver Glasner. History favors the hosts, as Aston Villa has secured six consecutive home wins against Nottingham Forest in Premier League play. However, Forest manager Oliver Glasner enters the fixture with an unbeaten seven-game record against Emery across all competitions. New signings Ibrahim Mbaye and Johan Manzambi may feature for the home side as they look to avoid a second consecutive season of opening the league schedule without a goal in the first four matches.
- •Aston Villa enters the match after a Champions League win over Club Brugge.
- •Nottingham Forest remains winless in the Premier League this season.
- •Oliver Glasner holds an unbeaten seven-match record against Unai Emery.
- •New signings Ibrahim Mbaye and Johan Manzambi are available for Aston Villa.
- •Aston Villa has won six straight Premier League home matches against Nottingham Forest.
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"Four days after kick-starting their season by beating Club Brugge in the Champions League, Aston Villa host a Nottingham Forest side similarly in a period of adaptation and without a top-flight win this season. Villa's slow start to the current campaign has prompted comparisons with the previous one, when they didn't score until their fifth league game but then ground out a hard-earned European victory against limited opponents. The difference this season is that, aside from the abysmal opening defeat by Brighton, Villa are at least showing an identity they lacked during the early malaise of 2025-26.
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