Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last six Premier League home games against Nottingham Forest, winning the last five in a row. Their last defeat was in October 1994 under Ron Atkinson (0-2).

Nottingham Forest have won two of their last four league games against Aston Villa (L2), as many as they had in their previous 18 (D7 L9).

Aston Villa beat Leicester 2-1 in their first Premier League game of 2025. They’ve not won their opening league game in consecutive calendar years since 2008/2009.

Nottingham Forest have won their opening league game in five of the last seven calendar years, including a 3-0 win at Wolves in 2025. The exceptions in this run were a 1-1 draw with Chelsea in 2023, and a 2-3 loss at Brentford in 2024.

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