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Welcome to the Jungle rings out and it’s showtime at the City Ground.
Late news: Pau Torres is back in, with Tyrone Mings feeling ill in the warm-up.
Nottingham Forest: Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Murillo, Nikola Milenkovic, Neco Williams, Ryan Yates, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Elliot Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Nicolas Dominguez, Chris Wood.
Subs: Morato, Taiwo Awoniyi, Harry Toffolo, James Ward-Prowse, Jota Silva, Anthony Elanga, Ramon Sosa, Willy-Arnaud Boly, Carlos Miguel.
Aston Villa: Emiliano Martinez, Matty Cash, Diego Carlos, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, John McGinn, Youri Tielemans, Morgan Rogers, Boubacar Kamara, Jhon Duran.
Subs: Ross Barkley, Emiliano Buendia, Ollie Watkins, Kosta Nedeljkovic, Ian Maatsen, Amadou Onana, Lamare Bogarde, Robin Olsen.
Those results make this a battle of fifth versus sixth.
The Saturday 3pms are done, and a couple of surprising results.
One change from Forest’s glorious defeat of Manchester United, and that’s Dominguez in for Jota. For Villa, Duran starts as expected, and Pau Torres is replaced by Tyrone Mings.
The teams - Duran starts
Nottingham Forest: Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Murillo, Nikola Milenkovic, Neco Williams, Ryan Yates, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Elliot Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Nicolas Dominguez, Chris Wood.
Subs: Morato, Taiwo Awoniyi, Harry Toffolo, James Ward-Prowse, Jota Silva, Anthony Elanga, Ramon Sosa, Willy-Arnaud Boly, Carlos Miguel.
Aston Villa: Emiliano Martinez, Matty Cash, Diego Carlos, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne, John McGinn, Youri Tielemans, Morgan Rogers, Boubacar Kamara, Jhon Duran.
Subs: Ross Barkley, Emiliano Buendia, Ollie Watkins, Pau Torres, Kosta Nedeljkovic, Ian Maatsen, Amadou Onana, Lamare Bogarde, Robin Olsen.
Quiz time, and it’s a difficult one.
Early team news.
Alex Moreno cannot play for Forest as he is a Villa loanee.
Ollie Watkins is a doubt so we could see Jhon Duran making another start after his winner last week against Southampton.
Preamble
Aston Villa, whose form looked to have slipped, look to have refound their mojo, with a big win in Leipzig to celebrate to follow two Premier League wins that were much-needed. Nottingham Forest are hunting in the territory Villa aspire to, Nuno hailed as a miracle worker in the East Midlands. Two former European Cup winners where the good times have rolled around once again, this could be a pre-Christmas cracker.
Kick-off is 5.30pm. Join me.
