Aston Villa
Line-up
- 1Ø. Nyland
- 3N. Taylor
- 5J. Chester
- 4A. Tuanzebe
- 21A. Hutton
- 10J. Grealish
- 14C. Hourihane
- 7J. McGinn
- 26J. Kodjia
- 18T. Abraham
- 11Y. Bolasie
- 27Ahmed El Mohamady
- 6G. Whelan
- 22A. El Ghazi
Subs
- 31M. Bunn
- 34J. Doyle-Hayes
- 36C. O'Hare
- 9S. Hogan
Nottingham
Line-up
- 1C. Pantilimon
- 18J. Robinson
- 3Tobias Figueiredo
- 20M. Dawson
- 27T. Darikwa
- 24C. Yacob
- 6J. Colback
- 14M. Cash
- 10João Carvalho
- 23J. Lolley
- 7L. Grabban
- 44M. Hefele
- 37K. Ansarifard
- 31Gil Dias
Subs
- 15Steele, Luke
- 21S. Janko
- 5A. Guédioura
- 11B. Osborn
Big match in the Championship today.
Dean Smith continued his impressive job at Aston Villa at the weekend, extending his side's winning run to three games with a 4-2 derby victory over Birmingham that saw the Villans climb within four points of the play-offs. Nottingham Forest, meanwhile, could climb as high as third in the table should they win here.
The new boss has managed to win all three of his matches at Villa Park since taking charge and I think Nottingham is the right opponent to stop their series.
In addition, Nottingham played a draw 9 times out of 18 games of the season.