Overview
- The second leg kicks off at 20:00 BST on Thursday at Villa Park, live on TNT Sports 1 and HBO Max, with Glenn Nyberg refereeing and Jérôme Brisard on VAR.
- Forest carry a 1-0 lead from the first leg, earned by Chris Wood’s penalty after a Lucas Digne handball confirmed by VAR.
- Forest face a late decision on Morgan Gibbs-White after a deep facial cut, while Villa are set to recall Ollie Watkins and John McGinn after weekend rotation.
- Chris Wood is expected to start because Taiwo Awoniyi is not on Forest’s UEFA list, with Ola Aina, Ibrahim Sangare and Murillo listed as doubts.
- Forest arrive on a 10-match unbeaten run after Monday’s 3-1 win at Chelsea, whereas Villa have lost three straight domestically but have nine consecutive European home wins, and the winner goes to the Istanbul final to meet Braga or Freiburg.