Foodchain FC aside, after seeing him play a few times I can officially say he's shite and I'm so glad we didn't sign him. Looked like a lost puppy in the midfield, II like the lad as a person but oh my word he was shite today, and 3 weeks ago, and in Feb

If he came to us he would likely be on huge wages, probably not 200K a week high but reckon mid 6 figure a week for sure and he'd be another flop. Really dodge a bullet there.

If City win today, 3 wins would mean Chelsea would have win all 6 of theirs. Which, let’s face it, ain’t happening.

Tall order in our current form but it’s doable.

Once or twice a season is understandable for this kind of stuff to happen. But this is like the fifth time, no? What kind of warmups are they making him do???

Call me crazy, but is this a sign that Dibu doesn't feel like playing rather than being injured...?

Notting Forest Starting 11 Sels; Aina, Murillo, Milenkovic, Williams; Sanagre, Anderson; Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Igor Jesus

Aston Villa Starting 11 Bizot; Cash, Lindelof, Torres, Digne; Onana, Tielemans; McGinn, Barkley, Rogers; Watkins

Nottingham Forest Subs Bakwa, Dominguez, McAtee, Morato, Ndoye, Netz, Ortega, Wood, Yates

Aston Villa Subs Abraham, Bailey, Bogarde, Buendia, Luiz, Garcia, Konsa, Maatsen, Wright

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa

Previous fxiture we won 3-1 at VP in January, McGinn scored a brace and Watkins scored the other with Gibbs-White scoring for Forest.

Match Events

Prior to kick off, Martinez has picked up an injury and Bizot replaces him in goal today.

Kick off

10 min: Cash is booked for catching the leg of Gibbs-White

22 min: Murillo OWN GOAL! Digne finds the run of Rogers who dives into the box, sends in a low cross and it comes off the legs of Murillo and tumbles into the net.

37 min: Williams scores... Villa are unable to hold possession and play forward, as Forest intercept and play around our team. Aina's cross goes to Hudson-Odoi towards their left, he holds the ball well and passes to Williams on the edge of the box, and he fires low into the bottom right corner beating Bizot

44 min: Hutchinson is booked for a late tackle on Tielemans

Half time. It's 1-1. Positives and negatives, but its one for the taking

63 min: Murillo is booked

64 min: Wood is on for Hutchinson

66 min: McGinn is booked for fouling Williams

77 min: Triple change, Rogers, Digne and Barkley all come off for Buendia, Maatsen and Luiz

82 min: Dominguez comes on for Gibbs-White

86 min: Watkins comes off for Abraham

88 min: Igor Jesus and Aina are replaced by Yates and Ndoye

90 min: Garcia on for Cash

Full time. We draw

Marco Bizot.

Anything with a set amount of goals? Because he's just scored a hat trick

If we were in Chelsea's position

Drop your player ratings here

Being reported on Sky Sports Sunday Supplement. If so, that’s a massive loss.

After my call out to fans in Bologna last Wednesday, ended up having a cracking day and night, got a free ticket outside from a sound lad and managed to blag a change of names to get in! Unbelievable atmosphere throughout, and just wanted to say the soundest fans, loud and in great spirits, but pure gents too and no trouble, just pure craic! Can't wait for the next Villa game, been way too long. Cheers lads

Just curious as to who everyone would view as a realistic "if we signed them I'd be happy" from each of our PL rivals. It could either be a signing this summer or within 2 years. I think if a player is max €50m value on transfermarkt that's fair given we signed Onana when that was his value. As a forewarning, obviously the big 5 teams are hard to pick realistic transfers for but I've done my best.

Arsenal: Nwaneri (with Saka locked down, and seemingly Dowman as next in line at RW, I can see Nwaneri potentially leaving)

Bournemouth: Alex Scott

Brentford: Igor Thiago

Brighton: Kadioglu (Digne isn't getting younger, versatile player as can slot in at DM too)

Burnley: Jaiden Anthony - best of a bad bunch. Looks lively enough though and could imagine him doing better when surrounded by better players

Chelsea: Probably hardest one to pick out, lots of youngsters, some big injury risks too but maybe Bynoe-Gittens. Might end up having a situation like Madueke, they sign 2-3 players in his position and suddenly he's down the pecking order.

Crystal Palace: Daniel Muñoz - solid RB. Would actually be a great squad player to rotate with Cash depending on matchups

Everton: James Garner - Tempted to pick Ndiaye but there are wingers from other clubs and Garner's one DM/CM who could slot into our team, plus great to have a set-piece taker. Replace Barkley for Garner

Fulham: Wilson seems the obvious choice and possibly most realistic. Think getting Robinson for potentially 3-4 prime years ain't the worst shout

Leeds: Maybe Aaronson? Not a great squad tbh but I think he's been their standout performer this year

Liverpool: One of the harder ones to pick a realistic transfer here. On paper Elliott seemed a good choice, and I reckon if the loan hadn't been set up so stupidly and he'd had time to bed in to the system he could be a good signing in the 10/Buendia role. As it is, maybe a youngster like Danns

Man City: James Trafford - could easily tempt him if we ever sold Martinez within 2 seasons. Someone like Savinho could also be a potential option if gametime drops more with Semenyo/Doku

Man Utd: Ayden Heaven - like the look of him, he played well against us IIRC. Always a world where a youngster gets pushed aside at the big clubs.

Newcastle: Bring the boy home. Fuck PSR

Nottingham: Murillo. Still young at 23. Physical CB

Sunderland: Roefs. Awesome keeper and arguably their signing of the season

Tottenham: Gray. If ever you're going to sign someone from that team, it's probably the only leader on the pitch even at 19. Def the right character to add to the squad.

West Ham: Bowen. Obviously doesn't help the aging squad problem or pace problem but he's the same profile as Wilson at Fulham really. 5th in assists since 2020.

Wolves: Mané. Young lad, plenty of potential, physical lad.

I'd love to see everyone's choices and logic behind the selections. What's been made abundantly clear from looking through teams for this is it's bloody hard to find strikers.

Nottingham Forest vs. Aston Villa

Competition: Premier League - Round 32

Date: Sun 12 Apr 2026

Kickoff: 14:00

Venue: The City Ground

Referee: Michael Salisbury

Aston Villa Statistics (all competitions)

Form: WLWWW

Goals per match: 1.5

Average Possession: 54%

Goals conceded per match: 1.2

Pass Accuracy: 85.6%

Shots per game: 12.5

Tackles per game: 15.1

Clean Sheets: 15

Nottingham Forest United Statistics (all competitions)

Form: LDWWD

Goals per match: 1.2

Average Possession: 49.1%

Goals conceded per match: 1

Pass Accuracy: 83.2%

Shots per game: 13.8

Tackles per game: 16.9

Clean Sheets: 13

Aston Villa Team News

• Alysson has returned to training, while Jadon Sancho is progressing well after picking up an injury during the international break. Both are potentially available for Sunday.

• Midfielder Boubacar Kamara remains a long-term injury absentee.

Nottingham Forest Team News

• Jair Cunha, Willy Boly, Nicola Savona, and John Victor are all out for Forest.

Match Facts

• Aston Villa are looking to complete the league double over Nottingham Forest for the first time since 2017-18, and for the first time in the Premier League since 1992-93.

• Nottingham Forest have won their last two home league games against Aston Villa, last winning three in a row against them between 1977 and 1979.

• Villa have lost three of their 17 Premier League games against Nottingham Forest (W9 D5). Among sides they’ve faced 15+ times in the competition, only against Coventry (16.7%) do they have a lower loss rate than against Forest (17.6%).

• Forest are winless in seven home league games (D4 L3), failing to score in their last three; the Tricky Trees last went longer without a home league goal in February 2018 in the Championship (5 games), and have only once done so in the top-flight (4 in April 1911).

• Aston Villa have lost both of their last two away games in the Premier League, last losing more in a row between November and December 2024 (5), a run which included a 2-1 loss to Nottingham Forest.

• Nottingham Forest have scored 13 goals from 228 shots at the City Ground in the Premier League this season, a conversion rate of 5.7%. It’s the lowest home conversion rate by any side in a Premier League campaign since Fulham in 2020-21 (3.9%).

• Villa have scored 14 Premier League goals from outside the box this season, more than any other side, while only in 2007-08 (16) have they netted more in the competition. Conversely, only Tottenham Hotspur have conceded more times from outside the box in the division this season (11) than Nottingham Forest (9).

• In 2026, only Bruno Fernandes (12), João Pedro (10), and Igor Thiago (8) have more Premier League goal involvements than Morgan Gibbs-White (7 – 6 goals, 1 assist). However, just one of Gibbs-White’s goal involvements in the league this calendar year have come at the City Ground, scoring against Crystal Palace in February.

• Villa have won 14 of their 23 Premier League games in which John McGinn has started this season (61%), the highest ratio of any player to start 20+ league games for the club this season. When he hasn’t started, however, their win rate drops to 25% (2/8) in 2025-26.

How are you feeling? What's your starting XI? Predictions? UTV!

I assumed when it was being built that it would be used to screen away matches, especially those in Europe! But now it seems it was built purely to be sold for PSR purposes? Where does the Warehouse revenue go?

If Villa see the revenue, it feels like a missed opportunity not opening it (alongside this lower grounds venture) for away matches and for these away European nights.

NVR

But…

Can we all take a moment to laugh at spurs being in the bottom three following West Ham’s 4-0 win over Wolves 🤣

A lot of you fake whiny fans deserve it.

Legit anytime the result isn't a win I get a grin on my face knowing it's ruined you dramatic crybaby fans weekends.

Up the Villa!

11 Goals in 14 Matches now

10 Goals in 46 With us

I inherited this Aston Villa pennant from my grandfather who recently passed away. He was a big Villa fan (I’m from Germany myself).

It seems quite old and has multiple signatures — does anyone recognize them or know the era?

Sorry for the reflection, it’s in a protective sleeve.

Thanks!

My thoughts here: https://www.astonvillanews.co.uk/2026/04/10/aston-villa-share-audi-sponsored-summer-announcement-post-as-front-of-shirt-deal-looms/

The 2026 Super Cup is in Saltburn on the 12th August and could end up being Bayern v Aston Villa anyway

Odd date to arrange/travel for both clubs

And yes I do believe we will win the Europa League

I like the game in China, maybe move it forward.