Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest: Confirmed line-ups in Premier League

Aston Villa’s 11-match winning run may have ended, but they have no time to mull over the loss at the Emirates, as they welcome Nottingham Forest for a Midlands derby.

The Tricky Trees also lost last time out, falling at home to Everton in a shock result.

Both will be keen to get back to winning ways at the start of the New Year.

101GreatGoals.com has full team news from Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, and you can also follow live text updates from the match.

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Aston Villa starting lineup vs Nottingham Forest

Villa make a few changes to the team that lost to Arsenal.

Most notably, John McGinn and Emiliano Buendia come into Unai Emery’s starting XI.

Jadon Sancho is once again amongst the substitutes.

Aston Villa starting XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Lindelof, Maatsen, Kamara, Tielemans, McGinn, Buendia, Rogers, Watkins

Aston Villa substitutes: Bizot, Digne, Garcia, Carroll, Bogarde, Hemmings, Sancho, Malen, Jimoh-Aloba

Nottingham Forest starting lineup vs Aston Villa

There is no Callum Hudson-Odoi for Forest, but they still have a strong core.

Morgan Gibbs-White captains the side and will partner Elliot Anderson in midfield.

Omari Hutchinson gets the nod again from Sean Dyche.

Nottingham Forest starting XI: Victor, Williams, Murillo, Anderson, Gibbs-White, Dominguez, Jesus, Hutchinson, Bakwa, Milenkovic, Aina

Nottingham Forest substitutes: Sels, Morato, Awoniyi, Luiz, Kalimuendo, McAtee, Zinchenko, Savona, Abbott

How to watch Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest: Live online stream, TV channel

Kick-off today is at 12:30 GMT (08:30 ET / 05:30 PT), with live coverage in the UK on TNT Sports 1. Fans can also catch the match on the discovery+ app.

Premier League fixtures and results this weekend

Elsewhere today, three other games will take place in the Premier League. A battle at the bottom awaits between West Ham and Wolves, while Brighton host lowly Burnley. Later on, league leaders Arsenal travel to Bournemouth in a tricky test on the South Coast.

On Sunday, six more games are on offer. Leeds welcome Manchester United in the early kick off, as Liverpool also take on Fulham, Sunderland travel to Tottenham, and in the big match, Manchester City host Chelsea.

Matches start at 15:00 GMT / 10:00 ET / 07:00 PT unless stated otherwise.

Saturday, January 3

Brighton vs Burnley

Wolves vs West Ham

Bournemouth vs Arsenal (17:30)

Sunday, January 4

Leeds vs Manchester United (12:30)

Everton vs Brentford

Fulham vs Liverpool

Newcastle vs Crystal Palace

Tottenham vs Sunderland

Manchester City vs Chelsea (17:30)