By Aston Villa FC

The teams have been announced at The City Ground ahead of Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa.

Head coach Unai Emery has opted to keep faith with the same starting XI from last weekend’s 3-1 win against Luton Town.

Alex Moreno returns to the substitutes bench after injury in the only change to the squad from the last outing, with Tim Iroegbunam dropping out after featuring for the Under-21s on Friday night.

Here are the teams in full…



Nott'm Forest: Vlachodimos, Toffolo, Niakhaté, Murillo, Aina, Domínguez, Mangala, Sangaré, Gibbs-White, Awoniyi, Elanga

Subs: Turner, Nuno Tavares, Williams, Kouyaté, Andrey Santos, Yates, Aurier, Danilo, Boly

Aston Villa: Martínez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne, McGinn, Kamara, Douglas Luiz, Zaniolo, Diaby, Watkins

Subs: Diego Carlos, Tielemans, Traoré, Moreno, Chambers, Lenglet, Olsen, Bailey, Dendoncker