Round 31.
Stadium: Villa Park (Birmingham).
Referee: Simon Hooper.
5.04.2025 19:30
In the match of the 31st round of La Liga Aston Villa at home arena will host Nottingham Forest. The game will start on 5 April at 19:30. Bookmakers in the pair are on the side of the future hosts, believe that Birmingham will be closer to victory in the upcoming game. Telecomasia offers a free prediction for the match and provides important statistics.
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Aston Villa played five official matches in March 2025. In the Champions League, they beat Brugge twice, in the APL they beat Brentford and Brighton, and in the FA Cup they beat Preston. Overall, the winning streak of the Lions reached seven matches. Before the latest round of the EPL, the Villans were in 7th place with 48 points, just 2 points behind Newcastle in the European Cup zone. Birmingham's home statistics are 6th in the division, +7=7-1, 25:18 goal difference.
Nottingham Forest
In March and April 2025, the Foresters played five matches in two tournaments. Nottingham knocked out Ipswich Town and Brighton from the FA Cup, and in the championship they beat Manchester City, Ipswich and Manchester United. Overall, Forest have won six matches in a row. Before the start of the 31st round of the EPL, Forest is in third place in the league standings with 57 points, which is 16 less than the leading Liverpool and 6 more than Manchester City, who are located outside the Champions League zone. When it comes to away games, Forest's record is third in the EPL, just behind Liverpool and Arsenal, with +8=2-5 and a goal difference of 26:25.
H2H Meetings
This season, Villa and Forest have played each other once, in the EPL, on Forest's turf. The match finished 2-1 to Forest. They've played each other 135 times in total, with Aston Villa winning 62, drawing 32 and Nottingham Forest winning 41 – so their goal difference is 234 to 195 to Aston Villa's advantage. The home team has won in 64 matches, which is 63% of the time, and there have been 20% draws and 17% wins for the away team.
Bookmakers' Options
The bookie 1xbet is offering odds of 2.05 for Aston Villa to win the match. Nottingham is more likely at 3.50.
The bookies think about 3 goals will be scored in the match. You can bet on the total (2.5) goals to be scored in the match with odds of 1.80, or on the total under (2.5) in the match with odds of 2.00.
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Expert Betting Tips
Both teams are on the move and both are highly motivated. Villa want to get back into the European Cup zone, and preferably the Champions League zone, as we see Birmingham like this tournament and the Lions don't mind carrying on conquering the top of the Champions League. Meanwhile, Nottingham is having a phenomenal season. They're currently in third place and have a good chance of getting into the Champions League, but for the Foresters to stand any chance of doing that, they'll need to keep picking up points at their current rate, because the competition is fierce. It's worth mentioning that the Villans have a game in Paris four days after our match against the powerful PSG, so we can't rule out the hosts using the rotation for such an important match. When it comes to Forest's away stats in the EPL, they're not that far off Villa's home stats, but the odds for the match are like teams of different levels meeting, not teams of the same level. With the home team's workload in mind, we're going for the double chance of the away team. We won't be surprised if the match ends in a draw, maybe 1:1.
Our picks:
X2 for 1.69 at bet365
Draw for 3.69 at 1xbet
CS 1:1 for 6.50 at betway
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