Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest prediction | 12 Sep 2026 | xGtoday


Aston Villa
Ranking: #23 overall, #11 in England

83.1 → 82.7 (-0.4 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-2 10 May Burnley (A) 81.6 -0.7
4-2 15 May Liverpool (H) 82.0 +0.4
0-3 20 May Freiburg (A) 82.7 +0.7
1-2 24 May Man City (A) 83.5 +0.8
4-0 23 Aug Brighton (A) 82.7 -0.8
Nottingham Forest
Ranking: #32 overall, #13 in England

79.9 → 80.9 (+1.0 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-1 10 May Newcastle (H) 80.0 -0.2
3-2 17 May Man United (A) 79.4 -0.6
1-1 24 May Bournemouth (H) 80.0 +0.6
0-1 22 Aug Leeds Utd (H) 80.0 0.0
2-2 29 Aug Liverpool (A) 80.9 +0.9

Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest: by the numbers

Aston Villa sit 9 places above Nottingham Forest in our European rankings, and 2 places above them in England.

Nottingham Forest arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving +1.0 rating points over their last 10 matches against Aston Villa's -0.4.

Aston Villa gained 0.7 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 7 May 2026.

Aston Villa first climbed to joint #16 in our European rankings on 7 Jan 2024.

The best xGtoday rating Nottingham Forest have ever held is 81.8, first set on 1 Feb 2025.