Premier League England Regular Season - 20 Jan 3 2026 12:30 Villa Park

Aston Villa Home team

finished 3-1 Match Finished Kickoff · January 3 2026 at 12:30

Nottingham Forest Away team

Fixture events

Events improve post-match history and future player/team analysis.

45'

Goal · Normal Goal Aston Villa · O. Watkins · Assists: M. Rogers

49'

Goal · Normal Goal Aston Villa · J. McGinn · Assists: M. Cash

61'

Goal · Normal Goal Nottingham Forest · M. Gibbs-White · Assists: D. Bakwa

65'

Card · Yellow Card Nottingham Forest · D. Bakwa · Foul

69'

SUB

subst · Substitution 1 Aston Villa · I. Maatsen · Assists: L. Digne

69'

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subst · Substitution 2 Aston Villa · E. Buendia · Assists: J. Sancho

69'

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subst · Substitution 1 Nottingham Forest · D. Bakwa · Assists: J. McAtee

69'

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subst · Substitution 2 Nottingham Forest · O. Aina · Assists: N. Savona

73'

Goal · Normal Goal Aston Villa · J. McGinn · Assists: Y. Tielemans

78'

SUB

subst · Substitution 3 Nottingham Forest · John · Assists: M. Sels

83'

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subst · Substitution 3 Aston Villa · O. Watkins · Assists: D. Malen

83'

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subst · Substitution 4 Aston Villa · J. McGinn · Assists: L. Bogarde

83'

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subst · Substitution 4 Nottingham Forest · N. Dominguez · Assists: Douglas Luiz

83'

SUB

subst · Substitution 5 Nottingham Forest · Igor Jesus · Assists: A. Kalimuendo

89'

Card · Yellow Card Nottingham Forest · J. McAtee · Foul

90'

SUB

subst · Substitution 5 Aston Villa · M. Cash · Assists: A. Garcia

90+4'

Card · Yellow Card Aston Villa · L. Bogarde · Foul

Head to head

19:00 Finished

Home team Aston Villa 4-0 vs Away team Nottingham Forest

UEFA Europa League Semi-finals

19:00 Finished

Home team Nottingham Forest 1-0 vs Away team Aston Villa

UEFA Europa League Semi-finals

13:00 Finished

Home team Nottingham Forest 1-1 vs Away team Aston Villa

Premier League Regular Season - 32 · City Ground

16:30 Finished

Home team Aston Villa 2-1 vs Away team Nottingham Forest

Premier League Regular Season - 31 · Villa Park

17:30 Finished

Home team Nottingham Forest 2-1 vs Away team Aston Villa

Premier League Regular Season - 16 · City Ground

15:00 Finished

Home team Aston Villa 4-2 vs Away team Nottingham Forest

Premier League Regular Season - 26 · Villa Park

14:00 Finished

Home team Nottingham Forest 2-0 vs Away team Aston Villa

Premier League Regular Season - 11 · City Ground

14:00 Finished

Home team Aston Villa 2-0 vs Away team Nottingham Forest

Premier League Regular Season - 30 · Villa Park

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Home team Aston Villa

Away team Nottingham Forest

AI match analysis

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Home 45%

Draw 45%

Away 10%

API adviceDouble chance : Aston Villa or draw

Model edgeAston Villa · Win or draw

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Preview of the locked analysis

Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest in Premier League already has enough context for a first read: recent form is 5-0-1 vs 2-0-4, H2H sample contains 8 matches, and 10 fixture-linked injuries are visible. The full AI analysis weighs home/away context, goal trends, squads, transfers, provider signals, API prediction signals and missing-data risk before assigning informational probabilities.

Recent form6/6

Head to head8

Squads24/24

Injuries10

Predictions1

Provider signals0

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Match preview

Aston Villa face Nottingham Forest in Premier League (England) on January 3 2026 at 12:30. The match is part of Regular Season - 20 and is listed at Villa Park in Birmingham. Current match status is Match Finished. This page brings together team links, recent form, H2H, squads, injuries, data coverage and AI analysis signals for pre-match research.