Aston Villa Host Nottingham Forest on Jan. 3: How to Watch and What to Know
Analysts favor Villa at home due to Forest absences.
Overview
- Kickoff is 7:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, Jan. 3 at Villa Park, with U.S. coverage on USA Network and NBC streaming and live UK broadcast on Sky Sports.
- Unai Emery’s side enter after a 4-1 defeat to Arsenal that left them six points off the leaders.
- Villa expect to be without Pau Torres, Tyrone Mings and Amadou Onana, with Matty Cash and Boubacar Kamara available again after suspension.
- Forest travel short-handed, with Chris Wood, Dan Ndoye, Ola Aina and Ryan Yates injured and Willy Boly plus Ibrahim Sangare away at AFCON.
- Previews spotlight Ollie Watkins and a possible Donyell Malen start for the hosts and cite Forest’s counter threats in Hutchinson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Igor Jesus and Callum Hudson-Odoi, with predictions commonly pointing to a Villa win at 3-1.