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Aston Villa

Leon Bailey will be assessed for Aston Villa after he missed the 3-0 win at Brighton on Wednesday night.
That leaves just Ross Barkley as the only confirmed absentee for Saturday's crunch clash with Aston Villa.
Marco Asensio and Ollie Watkins may both come into the side, while Amadou Onana returned to action off the bench and is pushing for a start.
Nottingham Forest

Nuno will hope to have key attackers Callum Hudson-Odoi and Chris Wood available for selection on Saturday evening.
Ola Aina is missing after suffering a calf injury in Tuesday's 1-0 win over Manchester United, and with Alex Moreno ineligible to face Aston Villa, Nuno may move to a three-man backline.
Nicolas Dominguez and Morato may both come into the side as a result, with Ryan Yates moving over to right wing-back.
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90+5'

The referee blows his whistle for the final time to end this match.
90+4'

Nottingham have a chance to score from a corner kick, but the ball is cleared by a defender.
90+2'

Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) darts into the penalty area to latch on to a pass, and he unleashes a low shot in the direction of the right post. Matz Sels is alert and denies him with a nice save.
90+1'

Murillo (Nottingham) gets into a shooting position! What a long-range cannonball of a shot! His nice effort, however, only crashes against the crossbar. Aim better, sir.
90

There will be a minimum of 4 min. of added time.
89'

A fantastic block by a defender means that the corner from Aston Villa comes to nothing.
89'

The corner is swung in but Aston Villa can’t take advantage as a defender sweeps the ball away. Corner kick. Aston Villa will have an opportunity.
88'

Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) finds himself free inside the box and pulls the trigger, but his effort is brilliantly stopped by one of the defending players. The ball goes out of play. Aston Villa are awarded a corner kick.
88'

Aston Villa earn a corner.
86'

Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa) violates the rules and gets a yellow card.
86'

Jota Silva (Nottingham) is adjudged offside.
84'

Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) fails to find the target. The goalkeeper, rooted to the spot, watches on helplessly as the volley goes well wide of the right post. The goalkeeper rode his luck there.
84'

Aston Villa take the corner, but their hopes of scoring a goal end with a nice clearance by the defence.
81'

Golden chance! Neco Williams (Nottingham) meets a cross in the box and finds some space for a shot. He produces an inaccurate effort that goes wide of the left post.
80'

The ball sits up nicely on the edge of the box for Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa), but his powerful first-time effort flies high over the bar.
78'

Elliot Anderson (Nottingham) goes for goal but he blazes his shot well over the top.
76'

Neco Williams (Nottingham) hits a shot towards the left side of the goal from the edge of the box, but it's a weak attempt and is easily saved by Emiliano Martinez.
75'

The manager has decided to make a substitution and Morato walks off the pitch to be replaced by Willy Boly (Nottingham).
74'

Nuno Espirito Santo has decided to substitute Nicolas Dominguez and he is replaced by Ramon Sosa (Nottingham).
73'

Substitution. Marco Asensio makes way for John McGinn (Aston Villa).
73'

Jota Silva (Nottingham) sees a yellow card from Simon Hooper after he sent one of the opposing players to the ground.
73'

Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) aims for the middle of the goal, but that's an easy job for the goalkeeper. It will take more than that to test him!
70'

Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) leans back and sends a volley well wide of the right post from inside the box.
69'

What an opportunity! Marco Asensio (Aston Villa) wastes a huge chance as he latches on to a perfect pass and produces a first-time blast from point blank range. It goes towards the right side of the goal, but Matz Sels reacts superbly to keep the ball out.
67'

Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham) latches onto a long ball into the box and unleashes a fine volley at goal, but flashes the effort just wide of the right post. That would have been a great goal!
67'

Elliot Anderson (Nottingham) unleashes a shot, but it's well wide of the left-hand post.
66'

Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) gets inside the penalty area and sends a powerful shot that almost ends inside the net. The keeper is alert and makes a good save.
64'

A good clearance by a defender means the corner comes to nothing for Nottingham.
62'

Amadou Onana goes off the pitch and Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa) comes on.
62'

Unai Emery decides to make a substitution. Donyell Malen will be replaced by Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa).
62'

Substitution. Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) has come on for Ollie Watkins.
60'

A pass into space is latched onto by Elliot Anderson (Nottingham), and he bends a shot just wide of the right post that had the keeper worried.
60'

Nottingham failed to take advantage of the corner as the opposition's defence was alert and averted the threat.
57'

Goal! Neco Williams plays it to Jota Silva (Nottingham), whose deflected shot from inside the box goes past the helpless Emiliano Martinez. 2:1.
54'

Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham) unleashes a shot, but it just misses the right-hand post.
53'

Neco Williams (Nottingham) fires a shot well wide of the right post from inside the box after latching onto a short pass.
51'

Today's referee Simon Hooper rightly decides to book Marco Asensio (Aston Villa) for his harsh tackle.
49'

Simon Hooper shows a yellow card to Morato (Nottingham) for a tough tackle.
47'

Neco Williams (Nottingham) unleashes a decent shot towards goal from long range, but his effort just misses the target.
46'

Nuno Espirito Santo has made a change at the break. Jota Silva has come on in place of Anthony Elanga (Nottingham).
46'

Half-time substitution. Andres Garcia (Aston Villa) is replaced by Ezri Konsa.
46'

The game restarts for the second half.
45+2'

The referee blows his whistle for half-time, bringing to a close the first 45 minutes of the match.
45

The fourth official shows 1 min. of added time.
43'

Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham) finds himself beyond the last defender, but the game is stopped by the referee after the linesman signals for offside.
41'

Ryan Yates (Nottingham) shoots from the edge of the penalty area. The ball travels towards the target, but Emiliano Martinez easily deals with the threat.
39'

Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) delivers a long ball, but it lacks enough power to reach his teammates and is intercepted by one of the defenders.
37'

Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) deprives his opponent of the ball, but the referee blows his whistle for a foul. He's not happy with the decision!
36'

Marco Asensio (Aston Villa) aims his free kick effort towards the middle of the goal, but Matz Sels is well prepared and makes a good block to stop the ball from crossing the goal line.
34'

Morato (Nottingham) commits a rough foul. Simon Hooper stops the game and makes a call.
28'

Anthony Elanga (Nottingham) is caught offside!
24'

Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham) amazingly found his way through the defence, but lacked a precise finish as his effort from close range went slightly wide of the left post.
22'

Anthony Elanga (Nottingham) lacks options so goes solo. It's a fine run and good shot from inside the box, but it's a whisker past the right post.
21'

Marco Asensio (Aston Villa) fires the ball at goal from inside the area, but it's well blocked.
18'

Nicolas Dominguez (Nottingham) latches on to the ball from the corner kick and sends in a snap shot from the edge of the box. He can't direct his shot goalwards as it goes well wide of the left post.
17'

The ball is out of play. Nottingham will have a chance to score from a corner.
17'

Ryan Yates (Nottingham) unleashes a bullet of a shot that is blocked by a defender.
15'

Goal! Donyell Malen (Aston Villa) finishes from close range with an easy finish and he makes it 2:0. He was ably assisted there by Ian Maatsen.
13'

It's a goal! Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) scores with a brilliant shot into the bottom right corner after being released inside the box by a superb lofted pass from Youri Tielemans. The score is now 1:0.
12'

The linesman raises his flag for offside before Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham) heads on.
10'

The keeper doesn't have to worry about this one. Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) sacrificed accuracy for power, and thus his attempt went well wide of the left post.
8'

This would have been a magnificent goal from Marco Asensio (Aston Villa), who collected the ball inside the box and prodded a first-time shot on goal that flew just narrowly wide of the left post.
6'

Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) hammers a powerful first-time shot from close range, sending the ball towards the right side of the target, but the goalkeeper stops it with a miraculous save.
3'

Marco Asensio (Aston Villa) plays a through ball but overhits it.
1'

The first half has just begun.

Nottingham will kick-off.

Simon Hooper is the one to supervise the game today.

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