Overview
- Forest host Villa at the City Ground on Sunday at 2pm BST, with live coverage on Sky Sports Premier League.
- Both teams played Europa League quarter-final first legs on Thursday, with Forest drawing 1-1 at Porto and Villa winning 3-1 at Bologna.
- Vitor Pereira said dropping out of the Premier League would be a disaster and stressed that staying up is the club’s priority.
- Elliot Anderson is available for Forest, Chris Wood has returned but Igor Jesus is expected to start, and Villa weigh Ollie Watkins’ inclusion with Boubacar Kamara and Jadon Sancho still sidelined.
- Forest have only three home league wins this season and no home victory since December 14, while Villa sit fourth but have lost their last two league games away.