Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest team news: Emery & Dyche name lineups in Premier League

Unai Emery and Sean Dyche have confirmed their starting lineups and substitutes for this Saturday lunchtime’s Premier League clash between Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest.

The teams arrived at a bitterly cold Villa Park for what could prove to be a frosty encounter between sides at opposite ends of the standings. Villa will be eager to bounce back after seeing their remarkable 11-game winning streak end away at Arsenal. Forest, meanwhile, are determined to return to form following three successive defeats.

Emery has a big boost to his selection today as Boubacar Kamara and Matty Cash are well rested and back from suspension. Those two were bitterly missed at the Emirates last time out. In the opposite dugout, Forest are relieved to welcome back defender Ola Aina to the XI, while former Villa favourite Douglas Luiz is amongst the substitutes.

Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest lineups

Without further ado, here’s how both teams shape up in full.

Villa XI: Martinez (GK); Cash, Konsa, Lindelof, Maatsen; Kamara, Tielemans; McGinn, Buendia, Rogers; Watkins.

Villa subs: Bizot (GK), Digne, Garcia, Carroll, Bogarde, Hemmings, Sancho, Malen, Jimoh-Aloba.

Forest XI: John Victor (GK); Aina, Murillo, Milenkovic, Williams; Anderson, Dominguez, Gibbs-White; Bakwa, Hutchinson, Jesus.

Forest subs: Sels (GK), Morato, Awoniyi, Douglas Luiz, Kalimuendo, McAtee, Zinchenko, Savona, Abbott.