Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest

Aston Villa have won seven consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since a 10-game winning run between March and April 2019 (while playing in the Championship), doing so as a top-flight side for the first time since March 1981 (7).

Nottingham Forest have lost four of their last five Premier League away games (W1) having lost just two of their first 11 games on the road this season (W7 D2).

Aston Villa scored twice inside the opening 15 minutes of a Premier League game for the first time since November 2022 vs Manchester United, while Nottingham Forest conceded twice within the opening 15 minutes for the first time since September 2023 vs Manchester City.

Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last eight home league games against Nottingham Forest (W5 D3) since a 2-0 loss in October 1994. They’ve scored at least twice in each of the last seven at Villa Park.

Following their 2-1 win at the City Ground in December, Nottingham Forest are looking to complete their first league double over Aston Villa since 1984-85.

Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last 14 home Premier League matches (W7 D7) since losing to Arsenal in August. Unai Emery has already had a 17-game unbeaten run at Villa Park between March and December 2023 and could be the first Villa manager since Ron Saunders in 1976-77 (18) and 1980-81 (15) to have two separate runs of 15 unbeaten top-flight home games.

Since May 2024, Nottingham Forest have won 10 of their 17 away Premier League matches (D2 L5) – that’s as many as they won in 74 away games in the competition between August 1996 and April 2024 combined (W10 D18 L46).

Since losing 2-0 to Arsenal in August, Aston Villa have avoided defeat in all seven home Premier League games when they’ve conceded first (W3 D4). It’s their most wins at Villa Park when conceding first in a single top-flight campaign since 2013-14 (3), and they’ve never done so four times in one Premier League season.